Substance Abuse Capstone 2021

  Advancing Awareness in LGBTQ Care, Part I: History of Specialized Treatment for LGBTQ+ Clients Friday, June 18, 2021 @ 12:00-2:00pm ET (11CT/10MT/9PT) (Register) Watch: On-Demand Recording (coming soon...) Download: PowerPoint Slides (coming soon...) CE Credit: Online CE Quiz (coming soon...) Instructions: Access to Online CE Quiz and Certificate Instructions Description The need for specialized treatment for LGBTQ+ individuals was first addressed in 1979 at the Rutgers Summer School on Alcoholism, which led to the founding of NALGAP: The Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies. The co-founders of NALGAP will discuss those origins along with landmarks that followed NALGAP’s establishment, including how SAMHSA eventually published A Provider's Guide for Working with LGBT Individuals and a curriculum for training all professionals on the specific issues of LGBT clients. Presenters Joe Amico, MDiv, LADC I, CAS, is an inter...

  The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) states that the criteria to diagnose AUD includes a pattern of alcohol use that exhibits dependency and addiction and the inability to control craving or reaction to alcohol cues (American Psychological Association, 2013). Alcohol mimics GABA’s effect by binding to GABA receptors and inhibiting neuronal signaling. Most alcohol is metabolized in the liver and the rest is excreted in the lungs and kidneys. Excessive drinking includes binge drinking and heavy drinking. There are health risks that are associated with binge drinking such as motor vehicle crashes, falls, drowning, and burns. There are also risks for violence, homicide, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence. The chronic excessive use of alcohol can also lead to developing chronic diseases and problems in every organ system of the body. It is estimated that 4.65% of the population experiences alcohol abuse and dependence, of which 3.81% are c...

  Increased use of telehealth means that health care organizations and practitioners need to develop guidelines for monitoring telehealth practitioners such as nurse practitioners and sharing internal review information such as peer review. Federal law requires that, at a minimum, this shared information must include adverse events that result from a practitioner’s telemedicine services and complaints a health care organization receives about a practitioner. References: 1. Federal Regulation. 42 C.F.R. x 482.22(a)(3)(iv), (a)(4)(iv). 42 CFR 482.22— Condition of participation: Medical staff. Cornell University Law School. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/42/482.22. 2. Klein S, Kim J. Telemedicine and mobile health innovations amid increasing regulatory oversight. Westlaw Journal Health Law. 2014. https://www.aamc .org/download/386042/data/telemedicineandmobilehealthinnovationsamid increasingregulatoryi.pdf.