Hayden Center – The Meth Epidemic: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
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- Hayden Center Faculty
2 hours and 48 minutes.
Audio and video formats are available.
Date: July 26, 2019
DescriptionMeth is a dangerously addictive narcotic that takes people’s lives. It’s essentially a chemical that burns holes in the human brain.
However, it has far-reaching consequences that extend far beyond the approximately half-million Americans who use meth every week. Families are abandoned, children are abused, and the jail system is overcrowded. It’s everyone’s fault.
As the tentacles of this heinous scourge extend into our communities, you must be prepared to address issues linked to methamphetamine and other stimulant drug use in your clients who use as well as in your clients who have a drug user in their lives!
This tape will provide you with the crucial information you need if you are an addictions professional, social worker, counselor, psychologist, or nurse.
Learn about the effects of co-occurring disorders and meth use on treatment success.
Work more efficiently with customers who are addicted to meth.
Prepare for future trends and next actions in the meth epidemic response.Make certain that you can contribute to the answer to one of the most frightening diseases confronting our communities today!
Handouts
The Meth Epidemic Manual (3.7 MB)
Outline 56 Pages Available After Purchase
METHAMPHETAMINE OVERVIEW
Meth usage is common.
How is meth made?
A typical dependency cycleMETHAMPHETAMINE USE DISORDER’S EFFECT ON THE BRAIN
Brain centers – the interaction of brain centers
The addictive brain and the pleasure factor
Distinctions from other types of drug use disorders
How long-term meth use alters the brainMETHAMPHETAMINE USE DISORDER: PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
Questions to ask about meth use disorder
Recent research on CBT
Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Motivational Interviewing
Management of contingencies
12-step therapy using the Matrix Model
Family therapy
Adjunctive tactics, such as smart phone daily prompts
evaluating and changing therapy to ensure efficacy
Limitations and hazards of psychotherapy techniques in researchWHEN METH IS INVOLVED, IDENTIFY AND TREAT CO-OCCURING DISORDERS
Co-occurring disorders’ influence on treatment results
Co-occurring diseases caused by substances vs. primary disorders
Procedures and instruments for screening
Questions to Ponder
Keeping track of outcomes
Concerns about safety
a history of trauma
Validity in studies on co-occurring disorders
The dangers of co-occurring treatment choicesTREATMENT WITH MEDICATION ASSISTED (MAT)
Medications used in current clinical trials
Research limitations and possible treatment hazardsPREVENTION STRATEGIES: SETTING THE STAGE FOR FUTURE SUCCESS
Community-based methods to meth use prevention
Individual-level prevention strategies
Relapse prevention methods
Hayden Center Faculty, PHD, LPC Seminars and goods that are related: 4Hayden Center, PhD, LPC, has been treating people and families suffering from drug addiction problems, including opioid use disorder, in a private practice environment for over 25 years. Dr. Center was most recently an evaluator for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s (CSAP) Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (SECAPT) and Border Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (BCAPT) (BCAPT).
Dr. Center spent ten years as a consultant to the Alabama Governor’s Office of Drug Abuse Policy and has worked with various state and municipal entities in Alabama.
Over 200 trainings on science-based prevention, assessment, risk and protective factors, co-occurring disorders, and other mental health and drug misuse concerns have been delivered by him. His current interests include offering training and technical help to improve the utilization and efficacy of evidence-based treatments and methods.
Dr. Center has been teaching at universities for over 28 years, in addition to his own practice. At Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama, he teaches graduate-level courses in Theories of Psychotherapy, Advanced Objective Testing, Psychopharmacology, and undergraduate psychology courses. At Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama, he received his PhD in counselor education and his Master of Science in psychology.
Disclosures for Speakers:
Hayden Center is financially self-sufficient. PESI, Inc. pays him a speaking honorarium.
Non-financial: There are no relevant non-financial relationships to report for the Hayden Center.
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