Understanding and Addressing Stigma and Discrimination in Addiction
August 24, 2023This webinar will briefly review the new knowledge gained during the past 50 years. The faculty will describe the shifts in cultural understanding of addiction that have given rise to new research and approaches that can help reduce stigma and discrimination against people with substance use disorders.
Culture and Society: Influencers of Mental Health and Substance Misuse
This webinar will discuss how to promote equity, improve access, and increase retention in care among BIPOC communities in healthcare.
Aging Gracefully with Harm Reduction: Reducing Harm and Enhancing Well-Being
This session provides a non-clinical view of harm reduction, with a particular focus on its intersection with aging.
Men’s Health: Your Health is Your Wealth
August 8, 2023This webinar will provide an overview of common health issues among men, how to engage and empower men to take control of their health, and strategies to overcome barriers to care for men.
Synergy in Care: Embracing and Empowering Community Healthcare Workers
August 4, 2023This webinar explores the role of community health workers (CHWs) in improving health outcomes. The faculty will review strategies for integrating CHWs into clinical teams, effective communication and collaboration with CHWs, and best practices for supervision and training. Participants will also learn about the potential benefits and challenges of integrating CHWs into the clinical workforce.
Supporting Clients Through the Stages of Change with Motivational Interviewing
July 25, 2023This interactive webinar defines, describes, and demonstrates motivational interviewing. It will present key concepts and principles of MI as a set of methods employed to help people increase intrinsic motivation by exploring and resolving ambivalence about behavioral change.
Engaging Youth in HIV Prevention and Care
June 20, 2023This webinar provides an overview of developmental aspects of youth that are living with HIV/AIDS, including challenges and/or barriers to prevention, treatment, and medical adherence to care.
Breaking Barriers: Biomedical Interventions Paving the Way to Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US
June 2, 2023This webinar delves into the context and state of the HIV epidemic, different forms of PrEP and PrEP formulations, how PrEP is utilized, side effects of PrEP use, and barriers to accessing methods of HIV prevention and treatment.
Destigmatization of Drug Use
This session explores the impact of stigma on people who have been diagnosed with substance use disorder (SUD) and those who are not clinically diagnosed but display symptoms. The presenter examines the relationship between stigma and systemic racism, as well as racism’s compounding effect on access to healthcare services for people who use drugs. The presenter also provides strategies for challenging stigma and misconceptions about SUD.
The Intersection of Mental Health and HIV Among Youth
May 22, 2023This webinar will increase the audience’s understanding of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and young adults with HIV. The webinar will provide strategies for addressing particular needs and promoting overall physical and mental health.
The Effects of the Social Determinants of Health on Intimate Partner Violence
April 25, 2023This self-paced module covers how the effects of various social determinants of health affect both intimate partner violence and the spread of HIV.
The New Paradigm in Addiction Treatment: Introduction to Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP), Clinical Rationale, Theory and Technique
March 30, 2023Drawing on relational, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness therapies, IHRP techniques are uniquely tailored to each person. A central focus on therapeutic alliance and relationship creates a safe context in which to clarify the meanings and functions of risky and addictive behavior, enhance self-regulation and develop alternative healthier, self-affirming solutions.
