SUD Institute

1 - From Stress to Substance Abuse: Helping Your Patients Through a Pandemic

Thursday, March 11, 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET

Location: Live

CE: 1

Learning Level: 2
Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
ACPE Number: 0202-0000-21-046-H04-P, 0202-0000-21-046-L04-P
Number of Hours: 1

Speaker(s)

Martein Lewis, PharmD, BCPP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Mental Health
Pharmacy Initiative Leaders, Inc.
Mansfield, Texas, United States

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation PDF

Managing stress and trauma is difficult at any time for those with substance use disorders. COVID-19 has only intensified the challenge. Isolation and financial burdens can drive patients with substance use disorders to engage in risky behavior or potentially relapse. What can you do as their pharmacist? Plenty. Join this session to explore how trauma and stress might affect your patients and how you can help them safely cope.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the impact that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced stress and trauma might have on patients diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD).
2. Identify strategies to help patients with SUD cope with COVID-19–induced stress and trauma without relapse or increasing substance misuse.
3. Describe how pharmacists can assist patients who are in recovery or struggling with SUD during the COVID-19 pandemic.