Involving Families in Addressing Youth Substance Use

What You’ll Learn:

  • Identify barriers to family involvement in SUD treatment 
  • Identify approaches to overcoming barriers to family involvement in SUD treatment 
  • Identify ways of leveraging family involvement in youth SUD treatment to improve outcomes 

Benzodiazepine and Prescription Stimulant Use in Youth – What’s the Impact on SUD and Its Treatment?

What You’ll Learn:

  • Background and scope of the problem 
  • Psychiatric use for co-occurring disorders: impact and problems 
  • Treatment of use disorder 
  • Case illustrations 
  • Conclusions 

Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Youth

What You’ll Learn:

  • Background and scope of the problem 
  • Barriers to success along the OUD treatment cascade 
  • Treatment: Survey of current evidence and emerging models of care 
  • New directions:  
    1. Engaging families and home delivery 
    2. Primary care integration 
    3. Recovery housing 
  • Conclusions 

Youth and Substances: What’s a Primary Care Provider to Do 

What You’ll Learn:

  • Scope of the problem: use patterns and vulnerability  
  • Cannabis: what’s the fuss 
  • Clinical approaches: assessment, intervention, referral 
  • Opioids