Addiction 101—What It Is and What It Isn’t

March 20, 2025

2 – 3 p.m. EST

ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE 

This session will provide an introduction to addiction, its effects on brain functioning, and how it fits into the chronic disease model. We will review DSM-5-TR criteria and the placement dimensions from ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine) to support care planning.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Attendees will gain an understanding of how addiction impacts the brain; consequences of addiction and behaviors residents dealing with addiction might exhibit.
  2. Attendees will gain an understanding of DSM-5-TR criteria for addiction to support treatment referrals.
  3. Attendees will gain an understanding of basic addiction screening tools.

Speaker: Dr. Malcolm Horn, LCSW, MAC, SAP

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