Changing the Trajectory: SUD's Impact on Youth

A MEDS Ed seminar

This session of CareOregon Pharmacy’s MEDS Ed program examines screening tools and methodologies that can change the trajectory of SUD dependence in children and adolescents.

Key Session Takeaways

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• Substance Use trends – including Oregon-specific; overdose data: Part 1 – 9:00
• Youth fentanyl deaths growing 4x faster than U.S. as a whole, increased by 550%: Part 1 – 13:47
• The risk of developing a substance use disorders is greater for those who initiate use in adolescence: Part 1 – 16:16
• What’s different about the teen brain: Part 1 – 18:27
• Optimistic bias – adolescent belief of invincibility – identity vs. role confusion: Part 1 – 21:28
• Neurobiology and Risk Factors: Part 1 – 24:24
• Screening Tools: Part 1 – 34:32
• Guidance on the importance of Integration: Part 1 – 40:08

• Developmental Considerations for Adolescents and Their Relationship to Substance Use: Part 2 – 7:06
• What doesn’t work: Part 2 – 12:20
• What does work: Part 2 – 13:44
• The importance of Motivational Interviewing: Part 2 – 16:14
• Adverse Childhood Experiences and Positive Childhood Experience interventions: Part 2 – 23:53
• Recovery Oriented Systems of Care: Part 2 – 30:00

• Goals of School Based Health Centers and their services - locations: Part 3 – 4:37
• How School Based Health differs from the School Nurse: Part 3 – 10:18
  
• Eligibility criteria: Part 3 – 11:46
• Screening and Education: Part 3 – 12:38
• Dispensing: Part 3 – 27:53
• Urgent overdose prevention takeaways: Part 3 – 35:15

• Q&A: Part 4