3126.1: Monday, October 22, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM |
Oral Session |
| Overview of CSAT's "A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for LGBT Individuals" |
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| This panel will introduce CSAT's new LGBT treatment publication. This document seeks to inform administrators and clinicians about appropriate diagnosis and treatment approaches that will help ensure the development or enhancement of effective lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender sensitive programs. Serving as both a reference tool and program guide, it provides statistical and demographic information, prevalence data, case examples and suggested interventions, treatment guidelines and approaches, and organizational policies and procedures. |
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. |
| Learning Objectives: 1. Understand how and why the document was created.
2. How it can be utilized within treatment programs. |
| 2:30 PM | | Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals: Initiatives Implemented by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Edwin Craft, DPh, Kevin P. Mulvey, PHD |
| Sponsor: | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers |
| Cosponsors: | Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus |
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work |