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American Dental Association Webinar Tomorrow:
Opioids: Current Status of the Crisis, Response, and Future Directions
Presenter: Scott Winiecki, MD, Team Lead, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Professional Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement Staff, Safe Use Team, Food and Drug Administration

Date: Thursday, July 19, 2018

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET

Webinar description: This webinar will focus on the current state of the opioid crisis, including deaths from prescription and illicit opioids, prescribing trends, and steps being taken to address the crisis.  [Learn more]
American Society for Pain Management Nursing Archived Webinar:
Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy
Presenters: Michael Barnes, Esq.,Managing Partner, DCBA Law & Policy in Washington, DC; Wade Delk, BA, Director of Governmental Affairs, for the American Society for Pain Management Nursing

Webinar description: This webinar will provide insights in to the thought process of those making policy, and how that policy will affect healthcare providers. [Learn more]
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Nurses Group Holding Twitter Chat on "Safe Use of Opioids"
The American Society of Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN), a PCSS partner, is conducting a Twitter Chat tomorrow at 3:00 pm ET. The chat will be an open dialogue with pain management experts on the topic of "Safe Use of Opioids" and will last one hour.

To participate, search for #ASPMNLearns and #OpioidSafety and make sure you add those hashtags to your comments during the chat.
SAMHSA Webcast Series:
The Power of Perceptions and Understanding: Changing How We Deliver Treatment and Recovery Services
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), together with Massachusetts General Hospital’s Recovery Research Institute, invites health care professionals at all levels to watch a series of webcasts, The Power of Perceptions and Understanding: Changing How We Deliver Treatment and Recovery Services. The series includes discussions among experts in the field of addiction treatment, research, and policy on:
  • Overcoming stigma and ending discrimination
  • Why addiction is a “disease” and why it’s important
  • Reducing discriminatory practices in clinical settings
  • A future without discrimination and discriminatory practices
Each webcast recording includes a resource guide, and participants can earn up to 4.0 free continuing medical education/continuing education credits for watching the series.
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Psychiatric News
 
New England Journal of Medicine

Journal of the American Medical Association

American Journal of Obestetrics & Gynecology

American Public Health Association

Drug & Alcohol Dependence
PCSS Online Brochure. Please share this link with colleagues: https://goo.gl/G1ay6H
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Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant nos. 5H79TI025595-03, 5U79TI026556-02 and 3U79TI026556-02S1 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.