Xylazine - An Introduction to a New Drug — Online Lecture Wednesday, September 6, 2023 5 p.m. ET

https://opioidresponsenetwork.org/events/?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=0dbad6c6f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_23_01_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0dbad6c6f1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#event=76853344;instance=20230906170000?popup=1 This lecture will discuss xylazine contamination in the current opioids. Xylazine history, pharmacology, clinical effects, and epidemiology will be discussed. Xylazine's contribution to the opioid epidemic, withdrawal, and treatment of patients with OUD will be reviewed.

Digital Therapeutics — Webinar Wednesday, September 6, 2023 2 p.m. ET

Digital Therapeutics — Webinar Wednesday, September 6, 2023 2 p.m. ET https://attcnetwork.org/centers/global-attc/event/samhsa-digital-therapeutics-webinar-0?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=0dbad6c6f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_23_01_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0dbad6c6f1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D The last decade has seen immense changes in digital health, with increased use of electronic medical records, mobile applications, and wearable devices. This webinar will introduce the audience to a recently released SAMHSA Advisory on Digital Therapeutics (DTx) and the benefits of their use in behavioral health. The webinar will describe research, regulatory, and reimbursement implications for DTx, selection and implementation considerations, and issues related to equitable access of DTx in behavioral health. Through a roundtable format, the webinar will also highlight one state’s success in integrating DTx into its service provision.

Substance Use Prevention and Public Health: Recognizing the Role of Prevention in a Wider Field – Webinar Series Tuesday, September 5, 2023 1 p.m. ET

Substance Use Prevention and Public Health: Recognizing the Role of Prevention in a Wider Field – Webinar Series Tuesday, September 5, 2023 1 p.m. ET https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/central-east-pttc/event/substance-use-prevention-and-public-health-part-1-recognizing-role?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=0dbad6c6f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_23_01_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0dbad6c6f1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D Substance use prevention is one of many human service fields that seek to improve the overall health and wellbeing of populations and communities. Collectively, these fields are known as public health. This first webinar will provide a broad overview of public health and what can be the role of the substance use prevention field within it. It will describe the idea of public health and the similarities that exist across its service fields, such as: a focus on preventing issues before individuals require clinical services, seeking to address environmental factors and the social determinants of health, reducing health disparities, and implementing population-level services, among others. Part 2 of the series, which takes place on Thursday, September 7 at 1 p.m. ET, will discuss how prevention professionals can better implement a public health approach to prevention.

Asylum Seeking Children and Families and the Effects of Immigration, Detention, and Separation — Webinar Thursday, August 31, 2023 4 p.m. ET

Asylum Seeking Children and Families and the Effects of Immigration, Detention, and Separation — Webinar Thursday, August 31, 2023 4 p.m. ET https://mhttcnetwork.org/centers/national-hispanic-and-latino-mhttc/event/asylum-seeking-children-and-families-and-effects?utm_campaign=0dbad6c6f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_23_01_49&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_term=0_-0dbad6c6f1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D This presentation aims to discuss culturally relevant approaches to working with children and families who may have been separated during immigration and asylum-seeking processes. The presentation will address the possible effects of such processes in attachments among family members. The intended audience is behavioral health providers working with Latino populations who may work with families who have experienced dislocation and disruptions related to immigration and asylum-seeking processes.

Join Us for the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare’s (NCSACW) Upcoming Webinar and “Dialogue with Experts” Series: Emerging Drug Trends and the Effects on Safety and Risk to Children and Parents Thursday, August 31, 2023 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET

Join Us for the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare’s (NCSACW) Upcoming Webinar and “Dialogue with Experts” Series: Emerging Drug Trends and the Effects on Safety and Risk to Children and Parents Thursday, August 31, 2023 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET https://cffutures.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NVWpTM6ER-K1MdC2kHZH-g?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=fcabfc2a30-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_11_03_35_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-8fec6a8684-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=0dbad6c6f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_23_01_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0dbad6c6f1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#/registration The increase of fentanyl and other substance use across the country highlights the need for child welfare agencies and workers to partner with substance use treatment to inform decisions on child and parents’ immediate needs for safety and potential future risk for a family’s well-being. Stigma about persons with substance use and mental health disorders influences how various service systems interact with families and calls for a family-centered collaborative approach. This approach remains a key ingredient to disrupting stigma and ensuring families access the services they need.

Operationalizing a Definition of Precipitated Withdrawal and the Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination of Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl — Webinar Wednesday, August 30, 2023 5 p.m. ET

Operationalizing a Definition of Precipitated Withdrawal and the Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination of Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl — Webinar Wednesday, August 30, 2023 5 p.m. ET https://opioidresponsenetwork.org/events/?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=0dbad6c6f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_23_01_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0dbad6c6f1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D This webinar will discuss challenges of illicit fentanyl consumption. The data presented will discuss a recent operational definition of precipitated opioid withdrawal, drawn from an empirical study, and will introduce how the unique absorption, distribution, metabolization, and excretion of fentanyl may be contributing to fentanyl's unique profile of effects in patients.

Building Bridges of Inclusion: Homelessness and the Distance between the Have and Have Nots — Webinar Wednesday, August 30, 2023 10 a.m. ET

Building Bridges of Inclusion: Homelessness and the Distance between the Have and Have Nots — Webinar Wednesday, August 30, 2023 10 a.m. ET https://attcnetwork.org/centers/central-east-attc/event/building-bridges-inclusion-homelessness-and-distance-between-have?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=0dbad6c6f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_23_01_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0dbad6c6f1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D This session focuses on cultural relevance and sensitivity in engagement of persons who experience homelessness. Engagers will learn key strategies to approach and service delivery. An insider's perspective and lessons learned to consider will be featured.