Please join the Maryland Addiction Consultation Service (MACS) and the Maryland Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care (BHIPP) for a webinar focused on Benzodiazepine and Prescription Stimulant Use in Youth. The session will feature a presentation by MACS consultant Marc Fishman, MD, addiction psychiatrist, Medical Director of Maryland Treatment Centers, and a member of the Psychiatry faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
To combat the opioid use disorder (OUD) epidemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has expanded access to medication for opioid disorder. As of January 2021, there are fewer requirements for physicians to receive their waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to treat OUD. Following the session, MACS staff will provide technical support to providers interested in applying for their waiver.
Free CME/CPE/CEU credit available for participation!
*Certificates will only be awarded to participants that attend for the entire duration and complete the post event evaluation form.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
1.) Identify therapeutic benefits, risks and side effects associated with use of benzodiazepines and prescription stimulants
2.) Identify vulnerabilities and risks of misuse of benzodiazepines and prescription stimulants in youth, including progression to use disorder
3.) Identify approaches to treatment of SUD and psychiatric co-morbidities in youth with benzodiazepine and prescription stimulant misuse
CME/CPE/CEU Credit for Participation:
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending. Maryland Behavioral Health Integrated Pediatric Primary Care Program (BHIPP) of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry is authorized as a sponsor of Continuing Education Units. BHIPP maintains responsibility for this program.
Universal Activity Number (UAN): 0025-9999-21-098-L04-P
CPE Credit: 1.0 Contact Hours (0.1 CEU)
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About the Presenter(s):
Marc Fishman, MD, is an addiction psychiatrist, Medical Director of Maryland Treatment Centers, and a member of the Psychiatry faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr Fishman leads Maryland Treatment Centers, a regional behavioral health care provider, which includes Mountain Manor Treatment Centers in Baltimore and Emmitsburg as well as several other inpatient and outpatient programs. In that role he has been involved in development and implementation of innovative programming in addiction and co-occurring disorder treatment. His clinical specialties include treatment of drug-involved and dual-diagnosis youth, opioid addiction in adolescents and adults, and addiction with co-occurring psychiatric disorders. His research work has focused on medication treatment for SUDs as well as, models of care and treatment outcomes in youth, in particular opioid addiction. He has been a president of the MD Society of Addiction Medicine, and is currently a member of its Board.