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Description of Series

UCLA ISAP Research Training Series has been established to provide an online, easily accessible learning opportunity prepared for national and international colleagues, students, fellows, and clinicians to gain current knowledge on a variety of topics on substance use disorders, addiction treatment, and co-occurring disorders, as well as instruction on grant writing and conducting research in this field. 

Within this series you will be able to view recorded lectures from the leading researchers and experts at UCLA ISAP.  Each lecture is approximately 30-45 minutes in length and provides an introduction to the type of training and information offered through ISAP’s more intensive fellowship programs and various training opportunities.

Lectures (see note)

Image link to Addiction is a Brain Disease video page

(Length: 28 min.)


Learning Objective:

  1. Increase understanding of the concept and neuroscience behind addiction being a brain disease and increasing knowledge of the relationship between drugs and the brain.
  2. Review the construct of relapse and relapse prevention as well as predictors of long term recovery.

Title:

Addiction is a Brain Disease: Now what?

Speaker:
Richard Rawson, Ph.D.

Walter Ling, M.D.
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director

Full Lecture Description:

When Alan Leshner, former director of National Institute on Drug Abuse, first brought the idea of addiction being a brain disease, it gave us the ability to substitute science for the ideology led strategies that were driving the addition field.

 

   
Link to Amphetamine and Meth video page

(Length: 42 min.)


Learning Objective:

  1. Increase knowledge of amphetamine-type stimulants, the medical consequences, and how it effects the brain
  2. Review evidence-based treatment models for ATS including behavioral and pharmacological strategies that are currently under study

Title:

Amphetamine and Methamphetamine: Consequences and Treatment Strategies

Speaker:
Richard Rawson, Ph.D.

Richard Rawson, Ph.D.
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Professor and Associate Director

Full Lecture Description:

Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) constitute the 2nd most widely used illicit drug category in the world, following cannabis.  Globally, the biggest impact from ATS use (amphetamine, methamphetamine, and captagon) has been identified in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and North America.

 

   
Link to Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) video page

(Length: 43 min.)


Learning Objective:

  1. Increase knowledge of screening and brief intervention concepts and techniques.
  2. Review Screening Steps and Brief Intervention Techniques.

Title:

Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

Speaker:
Thomas E. Freese, Ph.D.

Thomas E. Freese, Ph.D.
Director of Training, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Director, Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center

Full Lecture Description:

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based practice and set of procedures that can be used to help patients with problematic substance use and provide early intervention to avoid consequences from a full blown addiction disorder.

 

   
Link to Opioid Pharmacotherapies video page

(Length: 26 min.)


Learning Objective:

  1. Increase knowledge of opioid use disorders including epidemiology and public health impacts of the growing problem in the United States.
  2. Review evidence-based treatment strategies for Opioid dependence with an emphasis on pharmacological approaches (buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone, and naloxone).

Title:

Opioid Pharmacotherapies

Speaker:
Larissa Mooney, M.D.

Larissa Mooney, M.D.
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Full Lecture Description:

The problem of opioid dependence is on the rise; prescription opioid misuse is of particular concern, not only in adults but in adolescents as well.

   
Link to Pain and Addiction Video

(Length: 34 min.)


Learning Objective:

  1. Increase understanding of pain and addiction, acute pain and chronic pain, pain and suffering, and how opioids play a role in these dyads.
  2. Review strategies to address addiction in pain patients, including Seven Steps to Treat and Educate.

Title:

Pain and Addiction: The Role of Opioid

Speaker:
Richard Rawson, Ph.D.

Walter Ling, M.D.
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director

Full Lecture Description:

Pain and addiction is one of the most challenging problems in the addiction field, because opiates are some of the best medications for the treatment of pain, and at the same time they also cause some of the biggest problems in addiction.

 

   

(Length: 31 min.)


Learning Objective:

  1. Increase knowledge of drug use among offenders and the link between drug use and other types of criminal behavior.
  2. Review of assessments, treatment needs, and promising treatment strategies in correctional settings and in the community.

Title:

Substance Abuse Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings

Speaker:
David Farabee, Ph.D.

David Farabee, Ph.D.
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Professor in Residence

Full Lecture Description:

In the US and in many countries, the prevalence of drug use among convicted offenders is often so high that the criminal justice system can be the largest single provider of addiction and mental health services, with many never having participated in previous treatment.

 

   

(Length: 35 min.)


Learning Objective:

  1. Increase knowledge on the benefits of using technology in the assessment and treatment of addiction and the rationale for using technology platforms as potential delivery mediums for evidence-based behavioral treatment.
  2. Review recent advances in technology-based treatments for addictions and related comorbidities, including a current clinical trial incorporating text messaging for HIV and opioid users.

Title:

The Use of Technology in Addiction Treatment

Speaker:
Suzette Glasner-Edwards, Ph.D.

Suzette Glasner-Edwards, Ph.D.
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Associate Research Psychologist

Full Lecture Description:

As technology use (e.g. desktop computer, Internet and mobile phones) continues to increase globally, the use of technology offers a great promise in the assessment, prevention and treatment of substance use disorders and related conditions.

   

(Length: 29 min.)


Learning Objective:

  1. Increase your understanding and knowledge of the journal review process.
  2. Obtain tips to improve your writing style and manuscript preparation in order to better the probability for publication success.

Title:

The Publication Process

Speaker:
Debra Murphy, Ph.D.

Debra Murphy, Ph.D.
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Professor in Residence
Director, Health Risk Reduction Projects

Full Lecture Description:

Publications are a critical element to developing a professional career in research, yet learning the path to successfully publish papers is typically learned through trial and error.