Events

Tuesday | February 19, 2019 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET

Presenters: Thomas Penders, MD, Walter B Jones Ctr; East Carolina University; Cornel Stanciu, MD, MRO, Director of Addiction Services at New Hampshire Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine

Target audience: This activity was developed to meet the needs of primary care physicians and specialty care physicians.

Cost: No fee.

Sponsor: American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)

Webinar description: This Q and A webinar will further discuss Drs. Penders and Stanciu’s webinar from 11/28/18, “Kratom, A Substance of Increasing Concern.” It will allow participants of the webinar to pose questions to both presenters and will address questions that were not covered during the original training session.

Educational objectives:

1. Recognize the salient aspects of Kratom’s background, psychoactive effects, and its pharmacological action
2. Review the state of knowledge about the impact of Kratom on mental health and its potentially dangerous adverse effects
3. Identify and manage Kratom withdrawal as well as provide maintenance treatment.