Chemical Dependency and Prescription Writing

Chemical Dependency and Prescription Writing

This course will provide updates on epidemiology, diagnosis and management of opioid use disorder. Specific emphasis will be placed on the chronic disease model of opioid use disorder and its implications, as well as how we can more effectively speak with patients about risk for opioid-related problems. At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the current landscape of national trends in evidence-based management of opioid use disorder
• Appreciate specific techniques for improving communication with patients about substance use disorders
• Discuss emerging approaches to integration of opioid use disorder care into general medical settings

Dr. David Marcovitz is a board-certified general and addiction psychiatrist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He helped launch the Vanderbilt University Hospital Addiction Consult Service and transitional outpatient Bridge Clinic at VUMC. He also serves as the Principal Investigator for the state-funded Middle TN Opioid Addiction Treatment Hub at Vanderbilt. While completing his addiction psychiatry fellowship at Partners Healthcare / Harvard Medical School, he also worked as a staff psychiatrist receiving additional mentored training in collaborative care in the IMPACT Model at Partners Healthcare in Boston, MA. He is an experienced educator, delivering formal and informal didactics on various addiction-related topics to medical students, residents, fellows and colleagues. He has served as the senior trainer for Tennessee supporting the federally-funded Opioid Response Network to help build addiction treatment capacity across TN. He has published on addiction education methods as well as research at the intersection of treatment of opioid addiction and community mutual help. Dr. Marcovitz serves on the board of directors for the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP). In addition to being board-certified in general and addiction psychiatry, Dr. Marcovitz has received additional training in couples and family interventions for patients affected by addiction and other co-occurring disorders.  

**offered in-person ONLY. Registration is limited to ADA member dentists and their staff members at this time.**