**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description In traditional treatment programs for addiction, the majority of patients are not offered ongoing medical treatment. The minority who do receive medical care typically face intensive psychosocial […]
Webinar
Improving Clinical Quality in Methadone Treatment: Results of a 2-Year Pilot
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description There are more methadone programs in the U.S. today than there were five years ago. In fact, the methadone treatment industry grew more in the past four […]
Supporting Children Who Lose Parents to Accidental Overdose
Note: this webinar presents preliminary data, final results were published JAMA Pediatrics in April 2020. **Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description Between 1999 and 2017, approximately 1,000 children in Allegheny County unexpectedly lost a parent […]
Addressing Opioid Addiction in Acute Care Settings
“Addressing Opioid Addiction in Acute Care Settings” presentation featuring Michael Lynch, MD.
Treating a Patient with a Co-Occurring Disorder
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description Patients with mental health disorders are at increased risk for substance use disorders, and vice versa. Many approaches to treatment address one or the other, despite their […]
How Nurses Can Foster Positive Interactions with Patients who have Substance Use Disorders
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description All nurses encounter patients with addiction and these patients can be challenging to treat. However, it is imperative that nurses foster positive relationships with patients that have […]
Implementing Recovery Oriented Methadone-Maintenance: A Clinical Quality Improvement Project
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description Methadone saves lives. A large systematic review published in 2017 showed unequivocally that methadone reduces mortality among people with opioid use disorders. In the context of an […]
Prescribing Buprenorphine in Primary Care
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description We are in the midst an opioid use and opioid overdose epidemic. More than a million people with opioid use disorder go untreated each year in the […]
Hope and Help for Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description Substance misuse and substance use disorders often have an adverse impact on families and their individual members, including children. Yet little attention is paid to the impact […]
Cultivating Change Talk, Part 2
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description Whether in the context of a brief intervention or in an ongoing counseling relationship, when patients talk about their intrinsic motivation they’re more likely to make that […]
