A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
August 12, 2020
3:00 pm–4:30 pm ET
This 1.5 hour session will be a discussion on screening patients with psychiatric symptoms in OTP settings.
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This 1.5 hour session will be a discussion on screening patients with psychiatric symptoms in OTP settings. Topics to be discussed: Differentiating between psychiatric disorders and substance induced symptoms, polysubstance use, and caring for patients using psychostimulants.
This training will be held via Zoom. We would prefer that you log in using a computer with a web cam so that we can all connect to each other via video. Please note that signing on with video is required to receive CEs. If you do not have access to a web cam, please let us know.
OTP and OBAT staff providing treatment for substance use disorders
LISCW
Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services
Nalan WardMD, Chief Medical Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services
Describe how to screen patients with psychiatric symptoms in OTP settings and strategies to differentiate between a psychiatric disorder and substance induced symptoms.
Review clinical approaches for management with patients in OTP as it relates to risk for polypharmacy and coordination of care with psychiatric providers.
Discuss the particular challenges related to polysubstance use, including best strategies for caring for patients using psychostimulants.
Bureau of Substance Addiction Services
Boston Medical Center grants 1.50 hours to all nurses who attend, complete the evaluation, and complete the post test. Boston Medical Center is approved as a provider of continuing professional development by American Nurses Association, Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Boston University School of Social Work which is authorized through the MA state board of Social Work to provide 1.50 CE Credit Hours.
Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is a program of Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End and the largest safety-net hospital in New England.
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