The Neurobiology and Stigma Related to Substance Use Disorder



Date & Location
Friday, August 23, 2024, 12:00 AM - Friday, August 22, 2025, 11:00 PM

Target Audience
Specialties - Patient Safety and Quality
Professions - Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician

Overview

The Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety (ICPS) is hosting a series of webinars to provide health care givers with up-to-date information related to Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

Launch Date: 8/23/2024

Expiration Date: 8/22/2025


Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Discuss current trends in the opioid epidemic
  2. Recognize the history and context of changing language around Substance Use Disorder and it's effect on stigma
  3. Recognize available local resources and trends in identification and treatment of patients with Substance Use Disorder

Registration

How to obtain CE credits:

Please note, you have to watch the entire video in order to receive any CE credit for this online activity.
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  1. Click the Tests tile > Launch Video to view the module.
  2. After viewing the video go back to the Tests tile and click Post-Test to attest to completing the activity.
  3. Click the MyCME button > Evaluations and Certificates.
  4. Find the activity name in the list and click Complete Evaluation.
  5. Click Submit.
  6. On the Evaluations and Certificates page, click Download Certificate or access your transcript through the Transcript tile.

Please note that you are not able to claim credit if you already attended the live virtual conference on July 17th, 2024.


Accreditation
 
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Indiana University School of Medicine and Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety. Indiana University School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nurses
Indiana University School of Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacists
Indiana University School of Medicine designates this activity for 1.0 ACPE contact hours. Pharmacists should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Credit will be provided to NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after the activity completion.

Physicians
Indiana University School of Medicine designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

References:

  • Stigma of Addiction | Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • New medications for drug addiction hiding in glutamatergic neuroplasticity
  • P W Kalivas and N D Volkow
  • Molecular Psychiatry 16, 974-986 (October 2011) | doi:10.1038/mp.2011.46ated with altered activity in ACC and anterior BA 13
  • Post-mortem histological findings suggests that the frontal lobes continue to develop into the third decade of life (e.g., Huttenlocher, 1979; Yakolev & Lecours, 1967), as indicated by ongoing myelination (increase in white matter) and pruning (loss of cortical gray matter) that allow for more efficient communication among brain areas.
  • More recently, structural neuroimaging findings have demonstrated This same protracted pattern of frontal lobe development in vivo (e.g.,Durston et al., 2001; Giedd,
    2004; Reiss, Abrams, Singer, Ross, & Denckla, 1996; Sowell, Thompson, Tessner, & Toga, 2001).
  • Further, functional neuroimaging studies employing putative frontal lobe tasks indicate a more diffuse pattern of frontal lobe activation in childhood than adulthood that coincides with the loss of synaptic connections (Casey, Giedd, & Thomas, 2000).
  • Developmental Neurocircuitry of Motivation in Adolescence: A Critical Period of Addiction Vulnerability(Am J Psychiatry 2003; 160:1041–1052)
    http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh21-2/101.pdf
  • Intentionality and “free-will” from a neurodevelopmental perspective. Leisman et al Front. Integr. Neurosci., 27 June 2012
  • A kinder, gentler dopamine… highlighting dopamine's role in behavioral flexibility Beeler et al. Front Neurosci. 2014; 8: 4.
  • Koobs et al J Drug Issues. 2009 January ; 39(1): 115–132
  • Source: SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Mental Health, Detailed Tables available at: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/population-data-nsduh
    2021NSDUHFFRHighlights092722.pdf (samhsa.gov)
  • Know More About Stigma – Know More About Addiction (knowmoregenesee.org)
  • Link BG, Phelan J. Social conditions as fundamental causes of disease. J Health Soc Behav. 1995;35:80-94

Additional Information

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.


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ABS CC (1.00 hours), ACPE Contact Hours (1.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)