HYBRID EVENT: You can participate in person at Baltimore, Maryland, USA or Virtually from your home or work.

5th Edition of Global Conference on

Addiction Medicine, Behavioral Health and Psychiatry

October 21-23, 2024 | Baltimore, Maryland, USA

GAB 2021

Deni C

Speaker at Addiction Medicine, Behavioral Health and Psychiatry 2021 - Deni C
University of Pennsylvania, United States
Title : Substance Use Disorders Scope of the problem, What to Look for in a Treatment Program

Abstract:

The opioid epidemic in our country has understandably been given much attention. Here we discuss the prevalence of opiate use/addiction in population, present how the opioid crisis came about in the country, what’s helped address this problem and why this problem isn’t going away. We then look at what to look for when referring a patient to treatment providing a virtual Top 10 list of those things your treatment program should be doing to be successful clinically. Focus will include how to identify and select from among a wide array of practices, including technology-based practices, cognitivebehavioral treatments, and medication-assisted treatments, with substantial scientific proof of effectiveness. We will explore what to look for in staffing and curriculum to ensure the best outcomes. We will look at how to measure whether services are being delivered with fidelity by the right staff, to the right patients and how to evaluate their results. From experience in implementing staffing and evidence-based practices in over 250 public and private treatment programs, we show how all treatment systems can offer a cost-effective, evidence-based continuum of care.

Biography:

Deni Carise, PhD, is Chief Science Officer at Recovery Centers of America (RCA) and Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine (1997). She earned her BS (1988) and PhD (1993) from Drexel/Hahnemann University, completing her post-doc training at UPENN (94-96). Her career has spanned 18 years as an NIH-funded researcher, multiple clinical and treatment positions, the oversight of large clinical systems of care (>100 programs), and most recently, as one of the founders of RCA. She’s published >100 articles, blogs, and chapters, worked extensively internationally, and values having a voice on important behavioral health/ SUD topics.

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