Day One: Understanding and Using the ASAM Criteria to Engage Individuals into Collaborative Treatment for Substance Use Disorder 8:30AM-4:00PM This workshop is designed to review the underlying principles and content […]

This event is brought to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center from Artist Lynda Cutrell of the 99 Faces Project. Objective: Mental health and substance use disorder impact our workforce, communities and families […]

The 2019 NH Providers Association Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting will take place from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (registration and breakfast begin at 9:00 am) and includes a light […]

Part 2 of the webinar series will feature a panel of providers presenting their experiences with effective treatment strategies and evidence-based practices for working with individuals with stimulant use disorders. […]

While the first two installments of this webinar series focus on effective treatment strategies and models for addressing stimulant use disorders, this last installment features three presenters discussing change management […]

This four-day event gives addiction and behavioral health professionals the opportunity to combine in-depth study of an area of special interest with the opportunity to learn in a beautiful, rejuvenating […]

GOALS  Our goal is to raise awareness that anxiety, depression, substance misuse and suicide can form as a cluster, and the opposite of this societal condition is connection. Connection is […]

Maine has one of the highest infant mortality rates in New England. This daylong learning collaborative brings together key players to discuss and plan strategies around improving the state of perinatal […]

Registration opens March 1! Abstract & Poster Submissions open March 1! Host: The University of Utah’s Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology’s Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, […]

Survivors of overdose are often considered complex clients because they present with multiple, interacting problems and seem to be the most difficult to engage in treatment. Despite using more health […]

Co-Prescribing Benzodiazepines and Opioids: The Black Box of Increased Overdose Risk* Presenter: Elisabeth Fowlie Mock, MD, MPH Learning Objectives: Review the trends in benzodiazepine prescribing Evaluate risks of co-prescribing benzodiazepines […]

Speaker: Samuel Likindikoki, MD, MMed Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Muhimbili Univeristy of Health and Allied Sciences The State of Psychiatry in Tanzania

Speaker: Brian Shiner, MD, MPH Title: Measurement Strategies for Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD: Trends and Associations with Patient-Reported Outcomes

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Keynote Speaker Michael Gass, PhD, LMFT, is a Professor and the Director of the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Center (obhcenter.org) at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Gass received his […]

The NH Behavioral Health Summit is the EXCLUSIVE statewide event in NH for behavioral healthcare providers and organizations, including mental health and substance use disorders. Conference Objectives: Provide opportunities for […]

2019 New Hampshire Behavioral Health Summit Hosts: The New Hampshire Providers Association, New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors Association, New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association Audience: Behavioral healthcare providers […]

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Speaker: Kay Jankowski, PhD Presentation Title: TBD

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Speaker: Sallie de Golia, MD Presentation Title: Supervision in Psychiatric Practice: Practice Approaches Across Venues and Providers

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At top-performing health care organizations with the lowest rates of burnout, physicians and other health care professionals have a voice and they are empowered to enact change with conscious leadership […]

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Speaker: James Rustad, MD Presentation Title: Understanding and Undermining the Opioid Crisis: A Patient-Centered Approach

This webinar will discuss prescribing/dispensing medications for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Hampshire. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, discuss challenges and share successful […]

Agenda Welcome/Opening Remarks Safe Station Update – Brian Mooney EOC Update - MHD N4H Update – Katiei Sawyer Doorway Update – CMC/Granite Pathways Other updates from the Collaborative Neonatal SUD […]

A virtual presentation/discussion addressing the growing multi-faceted challenges, including HIV, Substance Use Disorder, and HCV, facing the homeless population in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers Joe Wright, MD […]

Please join Dr. Rossignol from CMC and Makin' it Happen for a Prevention Week forum about the effects of Marijuana. Dr. Rossignol will discuss the development of the brain and […]

The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, through its philanthropic arm, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, have collaborated to create Knock Out Opioid Abuse, an initiative to address the opioid epidemic through community outreach, prescriber education, parent education and a statewide media campaign to increase […]

Talk Summary Observation is the starting point of discovery. Based on observations, scientists form hypotheses that are then tested and evaluated. In the information-age, trillions of observations are being made and recorded every day – from online social interactions to emergency room visits. With so much data readily available, generating hypotheses using a single scientist’s […]

A virtual presentation on racial and ethnic disparities in the time of COVID-19. Dr. Bisola Ojikutu will discuss available data on these disparities in COVID-19 diagnosis and mortality and review similar data from other infectious diseases, including HIV. The presentation will also address the root causes of these inequities and will explore sustainable solutions from […]

Join "Mrs. Daniels'" a former teen counselor to explore the stress of COVID-19 on the mind and body. She'll help you understand why you're having a typical response to a prolonged stress-inducing experience. She'll help you explore ways to feel different - possibly better - and she'll be as real as real can be on […]

Target Audience: Primary and ambulatory healthcare workers using or planning on using electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care and patient education Clinical Objectives: To educate primary and ambulatory healthcare workers in electronic information and telecommunication technologies. Speaker: Joseph C. Kvedar, MD Register Here

About the Presentation: Since the first use of information technology to deliver contingency management (CM) to promote smoking cessation in 2005, technological advances have rapidly expanded the geographical reach of CM from local to nationwide, permitted detection of smoking and alcohol using mobile phones, and allowed automation of all aspects of technology-based CM. Recently, several […]

Senate President Donna Soucy, and CODE3 Executive Director, Joe Abdalla will join Makin’ It Happen for an important discussion about prescription drug safety. 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs—60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs. With the pandemic cancelling DEA Rx […]

Target Audience: Primary and ambulatory healthcare workers using or planning on using electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care and patient educationClinical Objectives: To educate primary and ambulatory healthcare workers in electronic information and telecommunication technologies. Speaker: Kristin Sohl, MD, FAAP; Register Here

Join the Northwest ATTC for its next monthly webinar, presented by Laura Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH, and Michael Parchman, MD, MPH.This one-hour webinar will share how a systems-based approach to improving chronic pain and opioid management in primary care can improve outcomes for patients, including complex patients with diagnoses of behavioral health and substance use disorders. We will […]

Target Audience: Primary and ambulatory healthcare workers using or planning on using electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care and patient education Clinical Objectives: To educate primary and ambulatory healthcare workers in electronic information and telecommunication technologies. Speaker: John D. Scott, MD, MSc, FIDSA Register Here

Deaths by overdose and suicide continue to increase despite state and national efforts.  Individuals with substance use disorders are at increased risk for suicide.  Efforts to jointly address substance use and suicide are warranted.  This webinar describes suicide risk among those who misuse substances and details multiple strategies for joint prevention, intervention, and treatment in […]

A virtual conference addressing HCV epidemiology, assessment and treatment, and how to start HCV program at your health center. The conference will feature presentations, breakout sessions, and practice cases, and will address the management of HCV during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Register Here

Facilitated by Jordana Willers, Ed.M Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11 2020 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM Live Webinar This webinar focuses on ways to engage and support family members who have a loved one with Substance Use Disorder. Day 1 will focus on ways to help support parents, caregivers and other family members who […]

Research indicates that integrated treatment is more effective than sequential treatment and parallel treatment for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. This presentation will introduce the Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT) and the Dual Diagnosis Capability in Mental Health Treatment (DDCMHT) instruments and toolkits for improving co-occurring disorder (COD) treatment […]

NIDA Director Nora Volkow and Emergency Care researcher Gail D’Onofrio will have a live “fireside chat” on Facebook live related to opioid use disorder, COVID-19, and the emergency room. You can view the chat live on the NIDA Facebook page.  

Facilitated by Jordana Willers, Ed.M Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11 2020 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM Live Webinar This webinar focuses on ways to engage and support family members who have a loved one with Substance Use Disorder. Day 1 will focus on ways to help support parents, caregivers and other family members who […]

This is a conversation in Motivational Interviewing,(MI), to illustrate the power of one person in the lives of the people we serve. During this healthcare crisis, providers are transmitting all […]

Youth Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders Facilitated by Jordana Willers, Ed.M Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM Live Webinar This training examines the relationship between mental health disorders, […]

This ten (10) session series will kick-off June 23rd and run until July 28Th,. offering one contact hour per session. The series will be hosted via webinar with topics that […]

This webinar, presented by Dominique Simon-Levine, PhD, MPH and John Fitzgerald, PhD, LPC, CAS, will introduce two digital health tools to address addiction in families and patients, both free during the COVID-19 pandemic. An overview of the evidence-base for the programs, how they work, benefits and risks, and ways they can be incorporated into present […]

Speaker: John T. Broderick Jr. Senior Director of External Affairs Dartmouth-Hitchcock(Former Chief Justice, NH Supreme Court) Register Here

Speaker: Franc Hudspeth, PhD, NCC, LPC-S, ACS, RPT-s, Rph Register Here

Speaker: Christopher Stawasz Regional Director American Medical Response Register Here

This webinar will review the use of technology-based interventions related to treating individuals with substance use disorders and providing recovery support services focused on asynchronous tools, such as social media, blogs, podcasts, online support groups, videos, and text messaging. Finally, recommendations for clinicians and peer recovery coaches for developing their own tools will be highlighted. […]

Description Substance use developmentally peaks during emerging adulthood (ages 18-25). Many emerging adults who develop problematic substance use during this developmental period have been exposed to environmental, individual, and interpersonal stressors throughout their life that place them at risk for ongoing difficulties with substance use as they transition to adulthood. This transition into substance use […]

Speaker: Donna Proulx, PhD, RN, CCRN-CSC Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Nursing Programs, Rivier University Register Here

Presenter: Dr. Nicholas C. Jacobson is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University and completed his clinical fellowship and post-doctoral fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jacobson researches the use of […]

With recent developments in wearable biosensors and portable electronics (collectively referred to as digital health technology – DHT), many clinical trials propose measuring endpoints using a DHT.  DHTs record data at a higher frequency than traditional clinician/patient observed data.  For example, a wearable accelerometer records data multiple times a second every day during follow-up (lasting […]

Speakers: Jake Cavanaugh: Founder & Executive Director, The NAN Project Donna Kausek, LMHC, Clinical Director, The NAN Project Register Here

Join us for this interactive session to discuss the ongoing impact of COVID-19, Complex PTSD, and strategies for working with individuals with opioid use disorder. Session objectives: 1. Explore and resolve issues related to Complex PTSD 2. Learn about typical long-term and residual effects of traumatic life experiences 3. Develop strategies to help cope with […]

With the rapid onset of the public health emergency, COVID-19, the use of technology and social media by behavioral health practitioners, for personal and professional purposes, has increased dramatically. As such, ethical and practice issues, like self-disclosure in postings, unintentional boundary crossings and violations, privacy and security issues, and social media concerns, reflect just some […]

Overview Youth and young adults are bombarded with media depicting substances in a positive light, increasing the likelihood that they will use alcohol and other drugs. Building skills in youth and young adults to critically analyze media messages may help reduce the impact of the pro-substance messages on youth and young adults. This webinar will […]

Speaker: Donna Plourde Executive Director & Co-Founder Real Life Giving Register Here

COURSE DESCRIPTION Substance misuse and behavioral health overall, are an intrinsic part of public health. Many people with substance use disorders also live with mental health disorders, including serious mental illness, as well as preventable and treatable medical health issues. Often, the same root causes and care disparities are responsible for most or all of […]

Join this NNED virtual roundtable hosted by the NNED National Facilitation Center and SAMHSA’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity in partnership with SAMHSA’s Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network Coordinating Office to learn how faith-based NNED partner organizations are supporting the mental health concerns of racial/ethnic minorities and providing opportunities to receive support and connection […]