Treating the Opioid Epidemic One Person One Family
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Treating the Opioid Epidemic: One Person, One Family at a Time Kate Appleman MA, CAADC, CCS, CMAT, CSAT Sr. Clinical Director of Men’s Services
Objectives: • Facts about Opioid Addiction • What is it really? Signs and Symptoms of Opioid Use Disorder • Intervention Considerations • Treatment Options • Recovery for Life @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
“We have an opioid epidemic in our country. ” Fact: In 2012, 259 million prescriptions were written for opioids, which is more than enough to give every American adult their own bottle of pills. - American Society of Addiction Medicine @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
“We have an opioid epidemic in our country. ” Fact: Nationwide, the drug overdose epidemic is now claiming more lives than both homicides and automobile accidents combined, and there were more fatalities from drug overdoses in 2015 than AIDS-related deaths during that epidemic’s peak in the 1990 s. Drugs are the No. 1 killer of people under 50, and they are shortening the average American life expectancy. @Caron. Treatment Pewtrust. org 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
“We have an opioid epidemic in our country. ” Fact: In the US, there were 64, 000 overdose deaths in 2016 and estimated to be over 70, 000 overdose deaths in 2017. - Centers for Disease Control That accounts for 78 people each day, 3 people per hour…. @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
“The problem is heroin AND opioid prescriptions. ” Fact: 21. 2 years is the average for First-Time Use of prescription painkillers in the past year. - National Survey on Drug Use and Health @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
“The problem is heroin AND opioid prescriptions. ” Fact: 94% of respondents in a 2014 survey of people in treatment for opioid addiction said they chose to use heroin because prescription opioids were “far more expensive and harder to obtain. ” - JAMA Psychiatry @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
Increase in opioid prescriptions Increase in prescription regulations Decrease in physician prescribed opioid medications Increase in heroin use @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
The problem is heroin AND prescription drugs Fact: 4. 3 million Americans are using opioids for non-medical purposes. - National Survey on Drug Use and Health @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
The problem really is…. a disease process @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
Addiction defined…. Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors. @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
Cravings… @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
What does it look like? Physiological • Tolerance • Withdrawal • Craving • Acute Symptoms: watering eyes, runny nose, dilated pupils, pale complexion, etc. @Caron. Treatment Behavioral • Continue despite consequences • Hazardous situations • Ways of supporting the habit • Values and behaviors don’t match 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
Why can’t they JUST STOP! https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=a. TZGfe 2 Q_6 c @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
Intervention Considerations • Check your feelings/views on addiction • There’s content, and then there’s delivery • Come with caring and compassionate, firm and clear statements/concerns @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
Intervention Considerations • You can control the delivery, but not the outcome • Do your homework: “set the table” • Know where you end, and where they begin – what are the boundaries and expectations? @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
What are the options? “Adequate treatment based on severity of addiction followed by monitoring. ” @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
What are the options? • • Interventionists Twelve Step Meetings/Support Groups Individual and Group Counseling Partial Hospitalization Program Inpatient Treatment Sober Living and Halfway Houses Monitoring @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
Knowing your resources @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ” - Desmond Tutu @Caron. Treatment 800. 678. 2332 I www. caron. org
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- Epidemic broadcast trees
- Epidemic dropsy
- Epidemic dropsy
- Doctors attributed the epidemic to the rampant
- Endemic epidemic
- Aids epidemic
- Endemic epidemic
- Obesity and bone health
- Person singular plural
- First second and third point of view
- Person person = new person()
- I, you, he, she, it, we, they sentences
- Poss scale vs rass scale
- Narkotik analjezikler
- Herzreizleitungsstörung
- Opioid overdose
- Opioid overdose
- Opioid overdose
- Non-opioid
- Mechanism of action of opioid analgesics
- Nips pain score
- Opioid receptors location