Description
June 5, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Addressing the Specific Needs of Women in Substance Use Disorder
Description:
The presentation will provide an overview of the unique addiction (substance use disorder) trajectories, treatment, and recovery needs women have compared to men. Sex (biological factors) and gender (social factors) interact in complex ways to create these differences and will be explored. Addressing these aspects can improve outcomes for women with addiction and this presentation will explain how.
Learning Objectives:
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- Understand women have unique addiction (substance use disorder) trajectories, treatment, & recovery needs
- Demonstrate how sex (biological factors) & gender (social factors) interact in complex ways to create these differences
- Examine differences between genders
- Explain how attention to these aspects can improve outcomes for women with addiction
Presenters: Smita R. Prasad, MD, MBA, MPH, FASAM
Dr. Prasad is board certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She is an Assistant Professor of Addiction Medicine with the Tulane Dept. of Psychiatry. She is the Medical Director of the Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority Board, the President of the Louisiana Society of Addiction Medicine, and the current Chair of the Physicians Health Special Interest Group for the American Society of Addiction Medicine. She is the Medical Director of the Longbranch Recovery & Wellness substance use disorder treatment programs. She provides outpatient addiction medicine services at the Tulane Addiction Medicine Clinics in New Orleans where she is also Medical Director. She is an avid volunteer and was recognized as a New Orleans CityBusiness 2024 Health Care Hero. She lives with her family in Springfield, Louisiana.
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contact hours for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval by the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
