National Capital Region Substance Use Disorder Symposium

The 5th Annual Substance Use Disorder Symposium is brought to you by the National Capital Region Pain Initiative at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The Symposium is designed to help clinicians and healthcare teams prevent, identify, and treat substance use disorders as it requires a multifaceted approach including education, research, intervention and clinical care.

This year’s Substance Use Disorder Symposium will be held as an ALL LIVE virtual event in
Adobe Connect.

AGENDA

0900-0905	Welcome - Dr. Christopher Spevak
0905-1005	Keynote Speaker: Dr. David George (NIH/NIAAA) Understanding the biological causes of domestic violence, PTSD and how they interact with addiction
1005-1050	Provider & Patient Experience Dr. Kevin McCauley
1050-1100	BREAK
1100-1145	Substance Use Disorders in the Navy (Past, Current & Future Perspectives) Mr. Christopher Johnson
1145-1230	Clinical Practice Guidelines for Substance Use Disorders Dr. Joseph Liberto
1230-1300	(30 min) LUNCH

1300 - 1630 WORKSHOPS

Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use Disorders Workshop

Motivational Interviewing for Substance Abuse workshop helps provider understand and develop skill on this method of brief client-centered, semi-directive psychological treatment approach that concentrates on improving and strengthening individuals' motivations to change. MI aims to increase an individual's perspective on the importance of change.

Integrative Medicine for SUD Workshop

Emerging evidence suggests that integrative approaches can target neurocognitive mechanisms to produce significant therapeutic effects on SUDs and prevent relapse. This workshop will review, discuss and practice some of these therapeutic mechanisms that might be applied to intervening in SUDs and preventing relapse.

COVID and SUD, Intersecting Epidemics Workshop

As we continue to work to make progress with risks related to COVID-19 we continue to also address risks related to opioid safety. This workshop will review key points related to opioid safety, approaches to pain care and integrating strategies for opioid risk mitigation and covid risk mitigation.

The Lifecycle of a SUD Patient Workshop

This workshop is to present and discuss the stages of a substance use disorder patient through the healthcare system. The goal is to learn to identify aspects of a substance use disorder patient while learning some of the interventions and support within each stage to have positive outcomes for each patient.

AGENDA

1300 - 1630 WORKSHOPS

Sponsored By:

National Capital Region Pain Initiative

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center