Opioid use disorder: current trends and potential treatments (1 credit hour)

Program Summary:  This course explores opioid use disorder and reviews trends, treatments, and approaches.  The course offers an overview of the opioid crisis as one of our biggest public health challenges.  Benefits and limitations of existing treatment options are examined with a discussion of naloxone and MOUDs.  The course identifies possible ways to improve existing treatment strategies and highlights new approaches and medical developments.  The course places an emphasis on treating the whole patient and suggests that future treatments may have the potential to cure, not just manage OUD.  A second reading provides information on signs of an overdose, Naloxone, identifying OUD, and diagnostic criteria.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

Reading 1:  Opioid use disorder:  current trends and potential treatments Authors: Yu Kyung Lee, Mark S. Gold, Kenneth Blum, Panayotis K. Thanos, Colin Hanna, and Brian S. Fuehrlein Publisher: Frontiers in Public Health

Reading 2:  Naloxone DrugFacts (NIDA), Opioid Use Disorder: Diagnosis (CDC)

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Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining opioid use disorder, current trends, and potential treatments.

Learning Objectives:  Describe the current trends of opioid use disorder.  Describe the benefits and limitations of existing OUD treatment approaches.  Identify new developments and potential new treatments for OUD.

Course Available Until: January 31, 2029.

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1: The opioid crisis has shifted the focus to
 
 
 
 
2: Naloxone can treat
 
 
 
3: Which of the MOUDs is the most prescribed?
 
 
 
4: Which MOUD requires detoxification to start the medication?
 
 
 
5: Stopping MOUD is associated with __________ overdose risk.
 
 
6: One study revealed that patients on long-term Suboxone reported diminished sense of feelings of
 
 
 
 
7: Which is a noninvasive treatment that utilizes an extracranial magnetic coil to induce a magnetic field that can stimulate or inhibit targeted cortical and subcortical structures?
 
 
 
 
8: Which is a neuromodulatory treatment method that can directly stimulate targeted brain regions and typically relies on surgically implanted electrodes?
 
 
 
 
9: Which of the following is an example of a pyschedelic agent?
 
 
 
 
 
10: Reading 2//  Naloxone works to reverse opioid overdose in the body for only
 
 
 
 
11: When giving naloxone, one of the most important steps to take is to call 911 so the individual can receive immediate medical attention.
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: January 31, 2029.
Filed under: Addiction, Clinical