NJPN Annual Addiction Conference 2022

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

PM WORKSHOPS AT A GLANCE

Healing the Opioid Crisis with Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement

Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW Distinguished Endowed Chair in Research, Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development, University of Utah Opioid misuse among people with chronic pain fueled the current opioid epidemic. However, to date, there are no evidence-based treatments that simultaneously address chronic pain, opioid misuse, and opioid use disorder (OUD). To meet this need, Dr. Garland designed Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) through a decade-long treatment development process funded by the National Institutes of Health. Rooted in affective neuroscience, MORE unites complementary aspects of mindfulness training, third-wave CBT, and positive psychology into an integrative therapy to target the brain’s reward system and reduce addictive behavior, stress, and chronic pain. This session will detail the theory underlying the MORE treatment approach, research data demonstrating MORE’s effectiveness, and unique clinical skills integral to this novel treatment approach. To date, MORE has demonstrated efficacy for opioid misuse, OUD, and chronic pain in five clinical trials involving over 550 patients. Across these studies, MORE has been shown to decrease opioid misuse twice as effectively as standard psychological therapy, while simultaneously reducing pain, craving, depression, and PTSD symptoms. At the same time, as a result of the savoring techniques taught in MORE, this novel therapeutic approach increases brain responses to natural rewards, healthy pleasure, and meaningful life experiences – something that no other therapy has been shown to do. Given the effectiveness of this novel therapeutic approach, MORE should now be disseminated by behavioral health providers throughout the country to help stem the tide of the opioid crisis.

Marijuana in Your Community: Taking Local Control to the Next Level

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Dana Stevens, MPA Executive Director, CASA Community Action, Service and Advocacy

Preventing Substance Misuse and Promoting Mental Health in the Pandemic Era: What Does the Future Look Like? AaronWhite, Ph.D Chief of the Epidemiology and Biometry Branch. Senior Scientific Advisor to the NIAAA Director

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20/20 Vision: Health Inequities and Cultural Implications of Addiction

Juliana M. Mosley-Williams, PhD, CDP DEI Consultant/Strategist

Reaching and Engaging LGBTQI People on Tobacco Control

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Scout Executive Director, National LGBT Cancer Network

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DAY 1 - PMWORKSHOPS AT A GLANCE