Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
As part of the twice-monthly SUD Care Continuum ECHO® series, Megan Hudson, MSN, PMHNP-BC, will improve interdisciplinary assessment and care coordination for patients presenting with psychosis in the context of substance use, and differentiate substance-induced psychosis from primary psychotic disorders using clinical history, symptom characteristics, and the temporal relationship between substance use and psychotic symptoms. She will also apply evidence-informed approaches to assessment, treatment planning, and follow-up for patients with co-occurring psychosis and substance use disorders. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.
The Substance Use Disorder Care Continuum ECHO® (SUD Care Continuum ECHO®) series offers training and support in addiction treatment, with a focus on supporting front line addiction treatment workforce. This includes health providers in Acute Treatment Services (ATS), Crisis Stabilization Services (CSS), Transitional Support Services (TSS), Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP), long-term residential program, sober and recovery homes, primary care, and psychiatry. This free, case-based tele-mentoring program is designed to increase the capacity of health care providers to implement high-quality and evidence-based addiction treatment.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Megan (Meg) Hudson, MSN, PMHNP-BC (she/her)
Meg is a clinical nurse educator with Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance and a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner at Boston Medical Center. Prior to obtaining her MSN, she worked as a nurse care manager in the Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Clinic (START) clinic, integrating harm reduction, infectious disease treatment, medical addiction groups, and co-management of stimulant use disorders and mental health conditions. Her clinical expertise includes harm reduction, low barrier treatment, complex care management, early identification and management of acute and persistent stimulant-induced psychosis. She earned both her BSN and MSN from Regis College.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
1. Improve interdisciplinary assessment and care coordination for patients presenting with psychosis in the context of substance use.
2. Differentiate substance-induced psychosis from primary psychotic disorders using clinical history, symptom characteristics, and the temporal relationship between substance use and psychotic symptoms.
3. Apply evidence-informed approaches to assessment, treatment planning, and follow-up for patients with co-occurring psychosis and substance use disorders.
Sponsored by
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)
Accreditation information
Please read the Accreditation Information section of the training registration page for accreditation details and to learn about the requirements for receiving credit or a certificate of completion.
