Webinars
CISATR webinars offer students and practitioners cutting-edge content in the field of opioid use disorder in interprofessional practice. Webinars are free and open to anyone who wishes to participate. If you missed a webinar, you can view a recording of the event and download the presenter’s slides.
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March 25, 2021
Addiction diseases require a village of resources and supports to help people achieve recovery. These different supports are often siloed and, for various reasons, are unable to coordinate with each other. Digital health resources can help enact significant positive change within the recovery care ecosystem by bridging and sealing the gaps in care that many people with addiction diseases face. This presentation will explore how one organization, Halcyon Health, highlights their care team’s lived experiences of addiction disease and combines that with a proprietary digital recovery support platform. Their mission is to balance their real-person support with technology in order to bridge and unite the recovery care ecosystem.
Presenter: Matthew Demasi, MA
Director of Care Delivery at Halcyon Health -
February 5, 2021
This interactive session covers the impact of opiod and substance abuse on overall nutritional health and well-being. The session objectives address the screening for and identification of nutritional risk as well as the therapy necessary to improve nutritional status.
Presenter: Dr. Laura Byham-Gray
Dr. Gray is professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences in the School of Health Professions at Rutgers University. She has published widely in her area of expertise. -
November 20, 2020
The expansion of legalized gambling opportunities has highlighted a hidden addiction: gambling disorder.
Unlike with substances, you can’t smell gambling on someone’s breath, see it in their eyes, or experience it through their behavior. Most individuals with gambling problems are able to hide the nature and extent of their addiction until creditors take the house, the car, or they finally lose their jobs.
Gambling disorder has a devastating effect not just on individuals but also on families and children, who are often likely to develop problems themselves.
This presentation will:
–Provide an overview of problem gambling and gambling disorder
–Identify the etiological pathways that lead different groups of people to develop problems in different ways
–Discuss ways to address the erroneous cognitions that accompany problem and disordered gambling in clinical clients
Presenter:
Lia Nower, JD, PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Gambling Studies at the Rutgers University School of Social Work
Dr. Nower is a professor and director of the Center for Gambling Studies and the Addiction Counselor Training (ACT) Certificate Program at the Rutgers University School of Social Work. She is the 2019 recipient of the Research Award from the National Council on Problem Gambling in Washington D.C., where she chairs the research committee. A former Fulbright research fellow, she is the co-editor of the Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Disordered Gambling and an upcoming book on risk-taking behavior. Her research interests include the etiology and screening for problem gambling and gaming, training and treatment for individuals with behavioral addictions, online gaming and sports wagering, measurement of addiction-related constructs, and gambling-related forensic issues.
Link to view the webinar: VIEW GAMBLING WEBINAR
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October 16, 2020
This webinar features a discussion panel of treatment providers and Representative Donald Norcross (NJ-1st District).
Featured Topics:
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Legislation for Access to Treatment for Substance Use Disorder and Mental Illness
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Suicide and Overdose Risk
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Access to Treatment during COVID-19 Pandemic
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Q&A forum
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This presentation will explain what “structural competency” is and how it relates to more commonly-understood terms, such as the social determinants of health and “cultural competency.” We will also discuss the role of stigma in the syndemic. The goal of the presentation is to help health care providers think in a more comprehensive manner about the upstream factors that lead to health inequities.
Presenter: Ann Bagchi, PhD, DNP, FNP-C, APN Assistant professor, School of Nursing, Rutgers University
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Treatment for substance use/opioid use disorders is often complicated for persons with a co-occurring mental illness. Even though researchers and clinicians are examining best practices for prevention and treatment for this population, discussions on how to access after-care and recovery support services for this population are often left out of the conversation. This webinar will discuss the importance of access to after-care and recovery support services, case management for psychosocial services, and barriers to services.
Presenter: Tameika Minor, PhD, CRC Assistant Professor, CISATR Director, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers University
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Opioid use disorder has reached an alarming rate in the United States. As more and more people struggle with opioids, it is important for behavior healthcare workers to understand how to best support people in need; specifically, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community. LGBTQ+ individuals are disproportionately affected by substance use disorders, inclusive of the opioid epidemic. This presentation will highlight the impact that opioid use disorder has on the LGBTQ+ community, best practices, trauma-informed care, and behavioral health integration into primary care.
Presenter: Anthony Zazzarino, PhD, LPC, ACS, CPRP Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers University
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Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a complex illness that requires comprehensive services to promote recovery. Ideally, these services include evidence-based medication treatment to manage opioid-related cravings and withdrawal, treatment for co-occurring mental health disorders, and case management to facilitate other psychosocial services. However, these services are rarely accessed in the same setting, burdened by a lack of trained provers, difficult to afford without health insurance, and commonly undermined by poor coordination between health professionals. this webinar will review standards of care, and barriers and promising directions for interdisciplinary OUD treatment, using direct examples from the presenter’s research.
Presenter: Jamey Lister, PhD, MSW Rutgers University School of Social Work