Addiction, Grief, Attachment, Recovery Conference (AGAR)

Friday, October 25, 2024, 8:00 AM - 6:15 PM, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN


The 2024 AGAR Conference, presented by IU Addiction Psychiatry and Overdose Lifeline, is a multidisciplinary professional educational conference for physicians, nurses, therapists, scientists, trainees and policymakers.
Addiction death by overdose and many other fatal pathways is  the leading cause of  premature death in the U.S.  Significant gaps exist in understanding the nature and suffering of this death toll  for patients and families among treatment professionals. This conference will explore clinical-scientific knowledge addressing these 3  themes:

1) Addiction is a brain disease of motivation and attachment;
 2) Understanding and treating patients suffering with the  special grief of losing loved ones to addiction;
 3) Understanding and driving addiction and mental illness recovery as a form of Grief Processing

Audience participation is expected and the proceedings will be filmed to create an educational documentary. Lunch will be provided.

1. Faculty and audience participants will better understand the neuroscientific and clinical aspects of addiction as a disease of motivation and attachment, and implement this knowledge into their research, training missions, and clinical practices.
2. Faculty and audience participants will better understand the neuroscientific and clinical aspects of Grief and Loss due to addiction and related deaths, and incorporate this knowledge into their research, training missions, and clinical practices.
3. Faculty and audience participants will better understand and incorporate the neuroscientific and clinical aspects of Attachment damage and repair in addiction recovery into their research, training missions, and clinical practices.

Registration is open!

All attendees: $195

 

Social Workers
Indiana University School of Medicine has been approved by the Indiana Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Counselor Board to provide Category I Continuing Education program. This activity qualifies for 8.5 Category I CEU as outlined by the Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board.

For questions about accessibility or to request accommodations please contact the IUSM CME office at 317-274-0104 or [email protected]. One week advance notice will allow us to provide seamless access. Please ensure to specify the accommodations you need in order to participate.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (8.50 hours), ABS CC SAM (8.50 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (8.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (8.50 hours), Social Work Category I CEU (8.50 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Indiana University School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Friday, October 25, 2024