CARE Series - Impulse Control-Conduct Disorders & Substance Use Disorder Care



Date & Location
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 12:00 PM - Friday, May 28, 2027, 1:00 PM

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Overview

Review of:

  • Brain biology of addiction including Substance Use Disorders
  • Definitions and risk factors for Conduct Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders
  • Types of treatment for Conduct Disorders or Impulse Control Disorders
  • De-escalation & escalation avoidance strategies
  • Staging treatment and care management for Substance Use Disorders with co-occurring Conduct Disorders or Impulse Control Disorders
  • Providing mental health medications including MOUD for people with Conduct Disorders or Impulse Control Disorders
  • Treatment strategies for Substance Use Disorders with co-occurring Conduct Disorders or Impulse Control Disorders
  • Referring to specialty mental health care

Presenter

Thomas A. Simpatico, MD
Professor of Psychiatry & Director, Division of Public Psychiatry
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

Presenter Biography

Dr. Simpatico trained at the University of Chicago and serves as Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Public Psychiatry at the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. He has served in a wide variety of clinical and administrative roles including Chief Medical Officer for the Vermont Medicaid Authority from 2013-2017. He was the recipient of the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Featherfist Humanitarian Service Award. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and past president of the Vermont Psychiatric Association. His decades of clinical, administrative, and public policy experience in the field of behavioral health have centered around the planning, treatment and provision of services to individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders across both inpatient, correctional and community- based systems of care. In 2014 Dr. Simpatico founded MTS Group, a spin-off company in partnership with the UVM College of Medicine in order to move he and his team’s work from academic grants to the public sector market place. In 2021 he was approached by Google who invited MTS Group to become a Google partner. MTS Group in partnership with Google is currently building a novel IT system called WayFinder which is supporting Judge Steve Leifman’s nationally recognized Miami Model for Jail Diversion. The Google Cloud-based WayFinder system allows information exchange, interoperability and AI decision support for treatment and service providers, outreach agencies, law enforcement, corrections authorities, veterans’ groups, and other entities that typically operate in isolation serving common populations.


Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify one risk factor for Conduct Disorders and one risk factor for Impulse Control Disorders.
  2. Describe one aggressive behavior de-escalation or escalation avoidance strategy.
  3. Explain one care management strategy for people with a Substance Use Disorder with co-occurring Conduct or Impulse Control Disorder.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health 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. 

American Medical Association (AMA)
Dartmouth Health designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Dartmouth Health designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours.

All other learners may claim CME-designated participation credit. Consult your professional licensing board regarding the applicability and acceptance of CME-designated participation credit for programs certified for credit by organizations accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Education.

Registration/Requirements for Successful Completion
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Bibliographic Sources

Provider Contact Information
Provider contact information for questions regarding accreditation of the activity:

Center for Learning and Professional Development
CE Office
Dartmouth Health
[email protected]


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