Cocaine/Methamphetamine Use While on MAT
August 15 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
When
August 15, 2024
The training begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. (Lunch is on your own.)
Where
Sumter Behavioral Health Services Training Center, 755 Electric Drive, Sumter, SC 29153 (Entrance is at the rear of the facility.)
Who Should Attend
Addiction Counselors, Peer Support Professionals, Counselors and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Supervisors, and Other Interested Healthcare Professionals
Description
This training is intended to support clinicians and other healthcare professionals who work with patients misusing stimulant drugs despite receiving treatment and/or medication-assisted treatment (MAT). The training will focus on the benefits and limitations of MAT with buprenorphine. There are times when MAT users will have their opioid use "under control" but choose to start using another class of drugs at the same time. The reasons for this "switch" are many and varied, and they will be discussed along with some ways to "fix" this issue. Focus will be on cocaine and methamphetamines as the "switch drugs." The physical and emotional issues involved with this can have very negative consequences that are difficult to overcome. The major effects and side effects of these drug classes will also be explained.
Objectives
Upon completion of this training, participants will:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the benefits and limitations of MAT
- Increase their knowledge and understanding of the physical and emotional effects that cocaine and methamphetamine can have on a person
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the potential negative effects of using cocaine/methamphetamine while on MAT
- Have a better understanding of some of the reasons MAT users will use other drugs concurrently
Trainer
William "Billy" Heckle, RPh
Contact
Sarah Campbell, Executive Director
Sumter Behavioral Health Services
803.847.8022
mnienhius@daodas.sc.gov
Credit
5 hours (CEUs provided for Addictions Counselors, Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists.)
Cost
$25 for employees of county alcohol and drug abuse authorities; $40 for all others
Registration Deadline
August 13, 2024 (If mailed, registration must be postmarked by August 10, 2024.)
This event is not hosted by DAODAS.
