CSSW Alumni Conference It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions

It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions The Opioid Crisis In America Extent of the Crisis How it started Other contributing factors What we can do to overcome the opioid addiction problem

It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions The Opioid Crisis Daily, more than 115 Americans die of OD Who?  No boundaries.  No cultural, economic, or other influences determine who will become addicted to opioids.      

It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions The Opioid Crisis The Midwest is the Epicenter of the Crisis and most frequently in the farmlands Ohio Wisconsin Indiana Kentucky Illinois Arkansas Pennsylvania

It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions How it Started Pain Management Trauma Fentanyl

It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions What Can We Do to Overcome the Opioid Addiction Problem Treatment using evidence based treatment interventions Empathetic listening with open-ended questions

It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Community forums with families to inform them of the potential dangers of opiate medications Training physicians to avoid prescribing opiates (especially to people with a history of drug addiction)

It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)