Learn About Treatment | Training Videos > Addressing Treatment Lapses
Presenter(s): Addy Adwell
Date: February 2019
This session discussed treatment lapses using a hopeful, patient-centered approach The presenter addressed: that opioid use disorder is a chronic and treatable disease; genetic, environmental, and physical parts of opioid use disorder risk/protection; emphasizes that return to use (relapse) is a normal and expected event and provides a learning opportunity; warning signs of potential return to use; strategies for addressing return to use; reducing shame and stigma; and identifying when and how to adjust treatment.
Three learning objectives:
- Understand opioid use disorder as a chronic disease,
- Identify risk factors for recurrence of use,
- Identify why and how to discuss recurrence of use with patients.
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