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- Faculty:
- Charles Atkins
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 15 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Feb 09, 2018
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- How You Get Hooked in the First Place:
- Understand the Neuroscience of Opioid Addiction
- The Brain’s reward system: Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway
- How chronic opioid use changes the brain
- Differences from other substance addictions
- Distinct risks of opioid abuse
- How neurobiology can help you determine treatment methods and establish realistic goals
- Psychotherapeutic Approaches:
- Tailor Proven Techniques to the Person with Opioid Use Disorder
- CBT and how it’s applied in evidence-based practice
- DBT and dialectical abstinence
- Motivational enhancement
- Trauma-based therapies that target substance abuse disorders
- Peer-based models
- Contingency management – address problematic behaviors
- Mindfulness, wellness-based activities and physical exercise
- How to assess when treatment ends or is not working
- Research limitations and risks of psychotherapeutic approaches
- Treat Drug Addiction with Medication:
- How Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Can Save Lives
- Is the controversy over? Benefits, drawbacks and risks of MAT
- The latest findings – research and research limitations
- Opioid agonists and antagonists Methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone
- Naloxone (Narcan)
- How to combat associated stigma
- Current regulations
- Role of the behavioral health clinician in MAT
- How Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Can Save Lives
- Co-Occurring Assessment and State-of the- Art Tools
- The impact of opioid use and co-occurring disorders on treatment outcomes
- The Intake – if you don’t look for it you won’t find it
- High-risk areas for misdiagnoses and missed diagnoses
- The utility of standardized assessment tools and when to use them
- Obtain no-cost, and well-validated, diagnosis specific instruments
- Objective data and how and when to access prescription monitoring databases
- The assessment of dangerousness
- Assess readiness for change, and stage-of change theory
- How to approach level of care decisions
- Validity in co-occurring treatment research
- Risks associated with co-occurring treatment options
- Co-Occurring Treatment/Recovery Plans in 3 Easy Steps
- Create the Problem/Need List
- Set goals and objectives that meet client and regulatory needs
- Develop fully integrated treatment/recovery plans
- Understand the Neuroscience of Opioid Addiction
Please Note: PESI is not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organizations.
Faculty

Charles Atkins, MD Related seminars and products: 2
Charles Atkins, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, clinical trainer, Chief Medical Officer of Community Mental Health Affiliates (CMHA), member of the Yale volunteer faculty, and a past regional medical director for the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (CT). A frequent lecturer on opioid addiction and Medication Assisted Treatment, Dr. Atkins is the author of Opioid Use Disorders: A Holistic Guide to Assessment, Treatment, and Recovery (PESI, 2018) and Co-Occurring Disorders: Integrated Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders (PESI, 2014) which has been included in the core curriculum of multiple schools of social work and substance abuse counseling. He is also the author of more than 15 other traditionally published books, both fiction and nonfiction, and has had hundreds of short stories and articles appear in publications ranging from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) to Writer’s Digest Magazine.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Charles Atkins is Chief Medical Officer for Community Mental Health Affiliates, LLC (CMHA). He receives royalties as an author for Sourcebooks. Dr. Atkins receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Charles Atkins has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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