Presenter: Steve Shoptaw PhD, UCLA Department of Family Medicine 

Target Audience: This activity is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, social workers, and pharmacists. This activity is accredited for physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, social workers, and pharmacists.

Webinar Description: This webinar will review evidence on medications and behavioral therapies for stimulant use disorder. It will engage a discussion of the potential for using medications and behavioral therapies that have efficacy in local treatment clinics – and the steps needed to be able to accomplish this.

Educational Objectives:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the definition and epidemiology of stimulant use disorder, globally and in endemic areas
  • Key cultural factors and comorbidities
• Describe the neurobiology in development and maintenance of stimulant use disorder and how this relates to treatment outcomes
  • Withdrawal symptoms and their management
• Review evidence for advancements in pharmacotherapies and behavioral therapies that can be brought into practice
  • A road map that offers hope for the near future