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Identify, Isolate, and Measure: The Biology of Mental Health and Addiction Recovery

The Biology of Mental Health and Addiction Recovery

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1 CE Hour
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Description

Addiction is a complex disease comprising biological, psychological, and social components. Lack of access to objective diagnostic tools addressing the biological piece has perpetuated stigma, fueled behavioral health inequities, and led to poor treatment outcomes.

 

For too long, mental health and addiction treatment has lacked the diagnostic tools that other areas of healthcare have enjoyed for decades. Triage and treatment have been relegated to subjective interpretation of behaviors, feelings, and thoughts, rather than the utilization of objective diagnostic instruments, to diagnose and inform treatment of a bio-psycho-social disease. Simply put, it’s archaic.


Fortunately, we can identify, isolate, and measure specific biomarkers highly correlated to substance use disorders, process addictions, and primary mental health conditions. These biomarkers provide clinicians with an objective and precision-based method to address the biological component of mental health and addiction recovery.

Target Audience
  • Counselors
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Psychologists
Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe at least 2 similarities and 2 differences between diagnostic tools in mental health care and diagnostic tools in physical healthcare.

  • Describe at least 3 benefits of including objective biomarkers to diagnose and inform treatment for clients with mental health complexities, including substance use disorders and process addictions.

  • Describe at least 2 important components of biochemical pathway measurement for the purposes of baseline creation, selection of treatment modalities, and objective improvement as a result of measurement-based care.

  • Describe at least 2 similarities and 2 differences of the current subjective and self-reported model of care to the objective and equitable model of care.

References

  • Johnson, B. A. et al. Pharmacogenetic approach at the serotonin transporter gene as a method of reducing the severity of alcohol drinking. Am. J. Psychiatry 168, 265–275 (2011).

  • SLC6A4 gene - Genetics Home Reference - NIH. U.S. National Library of Medicine (2020). Available at: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/SLC6A4. • Anton, R. F. et al. Pharmacogenomics. Nat. Genet. 16, 268–278 (2008).

  • Ait-Daoud, N. et al. Preliminary Evidence for cue-induced Alcohol Craving Modulated by Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism rs1042173. Front. Psychiatry 3, 6 (2012).

  • Landgren, S. et al. Genetic Variation of the Ghrelin Signaling System in Females With Severe Alcohol Dependence. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. 34, 1519–1524 (2010).

Introductory
General
Counselors

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Addiction Counselors

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Social Workers

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Physicians


In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.Health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.

 

Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses


In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.Health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.

 

Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hours.

Psychologists

TPN.health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Exchange Events. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Jacqueline Hall, BA, CEI

Merging a decade of federal government relations and political affairs experience with the latest scientific research pertaining to mental health and addiction, Jacqueline acts as the principal conduit between Wired For Addiction® and the entities they serve. Prior to Jacqueline’s transition to the private sector as Wired For Addiction’s Chief Operating Officer, she worked as a congressional staffer on Capitol Hill, went on to become the Operations Director of a Florida based Super PAC, became a federal government affairs specialist for a large Florida university system, and ended her career as a political appointee at the United States Department of Energy in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.

Now a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Corrections Committee, the Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence Florida Program Advisory Board, the Florida Justice Center Board of Directors, the Pinellas Recovery Round Table Delegation Committee, and the International Society of Substance Use Professionals, Jacqueline ensures that stake holders in the criminal justice community, government officials, and behavioral health professionals have access to the services and education provided by Wired For Addiction®

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