Modern Ethics in Addiction Treatment
Modern Ethics in Addiction Treatment is organized by E Care Behavioral Health Institute.
Overview:
Working with substance use disorders can be an ethically complex terrain – a biopsychosocial disorder with numerous stakeholders, regulatory bodies, and clinical philosophies to juggle as you make clinical and organizational decisions.
This seminar focuses on applied ethics in the context of the treatment of addictions – examining real-world scenarios and ethical conflicts to help prepare you to navigate these challenging situations when they present in your practice. Topics addressed include drug screening, administrative discharge, harm-reduction models, decisional capacity, medication-assisted therapy, and more.
Objectives:
• Describe the strengths and weaknesses of at least two types of drug testing and best practices in responding to positive screens.
• Discuss questions related to decisional capacity and involuntary commitment related to substance use.
• Identify at least three words or phrases that are stigmatizing to individuals with substance use disorders, and their best-practice substitutes.
• Discuss different types of harm-reduction strategies, and ethical considerations related to their implementation.
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.