Virtual Webinar On-Demand

Gender Differences in Addiction

Presented by Lantie Elisabeth Jorandby, MD
1.5 CE Hours , 1.0 On-Demand General Introductory
Gender Differences in Addiction

Information

Recorded

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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify four or more sex and/or gender differences that affect women's experience with substance use, SUD services, and recovery.

  • Identify three or more common reasons that women initiate substance use.

  • Identify three risk factors for initiation of substance use.

  • Identify three protective factors for women/girls.

  • Identify three consequences/risks of Substance Use and SUDs for women.

  • Identify three common barriers women encounter while seeking and accessing treatment for substance use.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge of addiction and gender.

Description

This workshop will highlight the unique physiological, psychological, and sociological characteristics demonstrated by women with substance use disorders. Transgender populations have a higher rate of substance use disorders and require further research and integrative care. Diagnosis and treatment should focus on inherent gender differences. This presentation will review the risks for women and transgender individuals with substance use. We will also review the needs they have in treatment and recovery.

Target Audience

  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals

Presenters

Lantie Elisabeth Jorandby, MD

Dr. Lantie Jorandby, Chief Medical Officer at Lakeview Health in Jacksonville, FL, has dedicated her professional life to treating patients for mental illness and addiction. She is a nationally-recognized expert in the field and is triple board certified in general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine.

Dr. Jorandby graduated with honors from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Neuroscience. She attended medical school and completed her residency at the University of Florida. For seven years, Dr. Jorandby worked as a staff psychiatrist in the Veterans Administration and served as Mental Health Supervisor at the Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Florida, the third largest Outpatient VA clinic in the country.

After completing her Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Yale University, Dr. Jorandby became Medical Director for the dual diagnosis unit at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. She also served as faculty at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry. Prior to joining Lakeview Health, she worked in an integrative medicine and psychiatry practice in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Jorandby is a frequently sought speaker on the topic of mental health disorders, including eating disorders and co-occurring disorders with addiction, and a regular contributor to Psychology Today. She is passionate about encouraging patients to seek treatment and recovery for mental health, eating disorders and addiction.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Lakeview Health