Take 10! Transforming Care for Women with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) and Their Families, Topic 8 (Overview Session): Peer Supports for Women with SUDs in Recovery
The Take 10! Transforming Care for Women with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) and their Families series discusses current issues and challenges confronted by women presenting with substance use, SUDs, and who are in recovery. Women experience SUD in ways that are distinct from men. Studies show that when women begin treatment for SUDs, they frequently arrive with more severe medical, behavioral, psychological, and social struggles compared to men. For these reasons, there is a need for different treatment methods.
Topic 7 (Overview Session): Peer Supports for Women with SUDs in Recovery
This 30-minute overview session will introduce participants to the emotional, physical, and socioeconomic factors that uniquely impact women during treatment, and especially how these factors relate to the peer supports available to women with SUDs in recovery.
Learning Objectives
Best practices for treating women with SUDs in the United States, with a focus on the Midwest
The link between trauma, substance use, and other co-morbidities in women
Using trauma-informed approaches during treatment when appropriate
Effective clinical strategies, interventions, and resources that help improve engagement, retention, and completion of treatment programs
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Virtual
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