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Summary: Through both environmental and genetic factors, substance use disorders frequently perpetuate from one generation to another within families. Treating individuals struggling with a substance use disorder in isolation often represents a missed opportunity to provide both treatment and preventive measures for others in their family who have been directly impacted by, are at risk for or also struggle with a substance use disorder. Participants will:

• Recognize the role genes and shared environment play in multigenerational perpetuation of substance use disorder
• Understand familial risk factors for substance use
• Identify key stages of the individual and family life-cycle for multigenerational interventions
• Increase confidence in being able to invite family members to support treatment and participate in preventive measures
• Recognize opportunities for prevention of further harm from substance use disorders, no matter the age or life stage of the individual whom they are treating.

Presenter: Peter Jackson, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UVM Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

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