Understanding Addiction: An Interprofessional Case Discussion

Expert Guidance for Effective Management and Appropriate Monitoring of Patients With Pain

In this episode,Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, and Sung (Sunny) Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC, have an interprofessional discussion of patient cases centered on substance use disorders. Each expert provides a real-world case example from their practice and weighs in on the importance of educating all healthcare professionals on screening and management practices for use disorders. Listen as they discuss the complexities of addiction and patient care. One case focuses on a patient who is already receiving opioid therapy but has begun exhibiting signs of an opioid use disorder, and the other focuses on a patient who wants to try an opioid prescription but has several “red flags” in her history.

Presenter:

Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director
Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
McGovern Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

Sung Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Adjunct Faculty
School of Nursing
Virginia Commonwealth University
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Department of Psychiatry
VCU Health
Richmond, Virginia

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
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