Under value-based reimbursement, general healthcare providers are challenged to improve patients’ health while decreasing costs. Administrators realize the importance of behavioral health issues, but they’re not sure how to address […]

The NEW Twelve Step Facilitation Program – A Guide to Treatment and Recovery Twelve Step Facilitation (TSF) is a treatment program for substance use disorders that has been validated through […]

Opioids have become an important topic in medical, public health, and political debate. Opioids are a very versatile class of analgesics; however, they have many side effects, including abuse and […]

Parenting a teenager through the mood swings, social pressures, physiological changes and general upheaval of healthy adolescent development can be difficult. But when teen addiction and co-occurring disorders are also […]

Extreme correlation of these two disorders does not suggest a cause and effect relationship. Instead, each disorder reinforces the other and leads to progression of each. Treatment must recognize how […]

“Change talk” is a Motivational Interviewing expression that refers to language a client or patient uses that favors change. Recognizing, responding to, and eliciting change talk are three crucial skills practitioners must develop and apply to support clients/patients in making change. Whether in the context of a brief intervention or in an ongoing counseling relationship, […]

Calling for an end to our nation's epidemic of addiction and overdose deaths attributed to opioids, including heroin, and other prescription drugs.

“E pluribus unum” (“Out of many, one”) is more than the motto of the United States:  It is an essential part of the American experience.  The U.S. population is increasingly ethnically diverse—for example, Hispanics/Latinos now make up 16 percent of the population.  Racial diversity is also evident, with Whites (72 percent), African Americans (13 percent), […]

This presentation focuses on the correlation between impulsive and prolonged use of electronic screens and potential for developing substance addiction. Recent studies indicate a potential link between excessive use of electronic devices and substance addiction as a function of age (with younger children at greater risk). A critical role of the parent-child relationship during early […]

Crystal meth use has surged in urban gay communities across the globe. What continues to lure an expanding population of gay men to a drug with such disastrous repercussions? Please join this webinar where we will discuss crystal meth's impact on the queer community at large and examine some of our best known resources for […]

Presenter: Julie Kmiec, DO Sponsor: American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine (AOAAM) About the Webinar: This lecture will discuss the history of the rise of opiate addiction in the United States and the Harrison Narcotics Act that was enacted in 1914 to try to control use of narcotics, as well as case law from that […]

Caring for ME Webinar with Liz Blackwell-Moore, MPH. Schools, communities and healthcare practices across Maine are working hard to reduce the heavy burden being caused by substance use disorders. While many people are working hard to improve the community and healthcare response to overdoses and increase treatment and recovery services, there are also substantial efforts […]

Innumerable explanations and treatment models have been proffered for addressing addictions and addictive behaviors in our current era. Advances in behavioral and affective neuroscience have significantly advanced these endeavors. At the same time, neuroscience and its integration into counseling is growing at a rapid pace and providers need to know how to respond. One key […]

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities are reported to have higher incidences of substance misuse. This webinar will focus on the influences on the LGBT population that lead […]

This episode will feature footage, photos, and interviews of participants from nationwide events as individuals, families, and entire communities celebrate National Recovery Month, including the 2017 kickoff news conference and […]

Neurocounseling is a relatively new approach in addiction treatment that has been shown to be effective for a variety of addiction related issues including recovery management and relapse prevention. Neurocounseling […]

The ability to deal effectively with emotions is critical to success in recovery. Gain a greater understanding of the importance of emotional intelligence, how to use it with clients, how […]

Habilitation clients are creating a framework for recovery for the first time. Many deficits in the areas of knowledge, critical thinking, values, and emotional literacy are present. Constructing a recovery plan requires psycho-education, role playing, testing, building social support, treating institutionalization, and a clear model of care for core clinical issues (e.g., power and control, […]

The techniques taught in mindfulness play a critical role in relapse prevention. The core mindfulness skills, taken from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), enhance a client's ability to increase awareness of the present moment, increase the time spent in the present, and be in control of his or her mind. This then decreases the amount of […]

Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) has been shown to be useful in the treatment of addictive disorders. The cornerstones of ACT include principles of mindfulness, remaining open to new ideas, and moving toward one’s values rather than escaping one’s feelings. In short, accepting feelings rather than escaping them and moving toward values rather than toward suffering […]

11th C. Everett Koop New Hampshire Addiction Medicine Symposium: Harm Reduction in an Opioid Era: Promoting the Health & Dignity of Affected Individuals & Communities As a result of attending […]

Funded by the Attorney General's Office, Gordon Smith, Executive Vice President of the Maine Medical Association, will: 1. Provide participants with updated information on Maine PL Chapter 488 and associated […]

Learning outcomes:  Participants will be able to discuss mental health services research methods.  Participants will be able to use and interpret inferential and descriptive statistics. This will enable them to […]