Gaps, Risks, and Next Steps for the Behavioral Health Workforce

Why Addiction Training Matters: Gaps, Risks, and Next Steps for the Behavioral Health Workforce

Substance use disorders are among the most prevalent and complex conditions encountered across behavioral health settings. Yet decades of research show that many professionals receive limited training in addiction assessment, treatment, and evidence-based approaches. These training gaps exist across disciplines and roles and create real risks for clients, providers, and systems of care.

This interactive webinar examines why addiction training matters by exploring the problems created by inadequate preparation, including underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis, ineffective or outdated interventions, increased stigma, and provider burnout. We will examine the challenges created by limited addiction training. Presenters invite participants to consider what we can do now, collectively, by highlighting how these gaps appear across clinical practice, supervision, education, and organizational decision-making.

Designed for clinicians, peer support specialists, faculty, supervisors, administrators, and allied professionals, this webinar emphasizes shared responsibility for strengthening addiction competence across the behavioral health workforce and supports discussion of practical next steps.

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