Heroin: The Tragedy and the Recovery

  • 2/18/2014 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • True
  • United Way 2400 Reading Rd. Cincinnati
  • Education
  • Vicki Thatcher
  • [email protected]
  • 3
  • 2/17/2014 5:00 PM
  • Class Full
    • $15.00
    • $45.00

  • Continuing Education Credits are $15.00 per hour.

    No Certificate = Free (when registering don't check any certificate box)

    Presenter: Mike Kalfas, M.D.
    This lecture will cover the neurobiology of heroin/opioid addiction including: the reward pathway of addiction, the definitions of tolerance and dependence, medication assisted treatment of heroin addiction and evidence based practice. Participants will be able to identify brain structure and mechanisms in the brain that contribute to opiate reactivity; define key concepts of tolerance and dependence; list key medicines used to treat opiate addiction and their preferred administration schedules for the most successful outcomes; and describe how MAT and therapy within a case managed system produces successful recovery.

    CEU approval sources: Ohio Counselor and Social Worker CPE hours approved, #RCS030401 (valid until November 2015), by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board; KY Board of Social Work Continuing education sponsorship number KBSW-SP1322 (valid until August 2014). Successful completion of this offering includes attending the entire offering and completion of evaluation. If you arrive late or leave early continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Focus area: Clinical Counseling, clinical psychopathology, personality and abnormal behavior. Targeted at Intermediate level of learning. 3 hours credit approval for session.
     

    Contact Vicki Thatcher at 859-431-1077 ext 110 or [email protected] for more information.