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Advancing Addiction Treatment: Evidence, Experience & Evolution

The History and Current State of Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Greg Hobelmann, MD, MPH
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This course provides a brief history of the treatment of substance use disorder to illustrate how the field has evolved into its current state. It will discuss the current state of treatment, including the challenges and gaps that are somewhat unique to the field. It concludes with an exploration of strategies to improve treatment and drive better outcomes for individuals and communities.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this presentation is to explain how SUD treatment has evolved largely outside of traditional academic medicine, in order to understand the current state of the field and the key areas of improvement needed.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Discuss SUD and treatment modalities from colonial times through mid 20th century.

  • Describe how the current gap between the “treatment industry” and the health care system evolved.

  • Summarize substance use disorders today.

  • Evaluate evidence-based modalities in treatment.

  • Discuss how to reduce the burden of SUD.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Greg Hobelmann, MD, MPH
Greg Hobelmann, MD, MPH currently serves as a Co CEO of Ashley Addiction Treatment. In this role, he oversees the clinical, medical and nursing staff for both the inpatient and outpatient clinics, in addition to general operations. He previously worked as an interventional pain specialist as well as a staff psychiatrist after completing his psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins. He completed an anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins in 2006 and has a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His treatment interests include substance use disorder and chronic pain.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Ashley Addiction Treatment