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Trauma-Informed Care (November/December) | 2022

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Learning Objectives, Trauma and Addiction, CATR Nov/Dec 2022

October 31, 2022

After reading these articles, you should be able to do the following.

Trauma and Addiction

October 31, 2022

Will Rutland MD, JD, MPH

Here, we describe treatment approaches for patients with comorbid addiction and PTSD.

Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Addiction Treatment

October 31, 2022

Lydia Bartholow, DNP, PMHNP, CARN-AP

Trauma-informed care is a treatment approach that is gaining traction in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, including substance use disorders. Dr. Bartholow describes the underpinnings of trauma-informed care and reviews ways to integrate this approach into the treatment of patients with addiction.

Office-Based Opioid Treatment

October 31, 2022

Joshua Blum MD

Some providers may be reluctant to treat patients with opioid use disorders with MOUD, especially in a busy primary care setting, fearing that these patients are “too complex.” In this observational study, investigators found that patients on MOUD are not all that different from everyone else.

Phenobarbital vs Lorazepam in Alcohol Withdrawal

October 31, 2022

Clayton Barnes, MD

Barbiturates and benzodiazepines are both commonly used for alcohol detoxification. But how do they compare to one another? Here, researchers found some intriguing benefits of phenobarbital.