Addressing Insomnia among Patients Receiving Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
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Addressing Insomnia among Patients Receiving Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Recorded: Thursday, April 13, 2023 to Sunday, April 16, 2023
On-Demand Session
Overview
This 75-minute on-demand session from the ASAM 54th Annual Conference addresses insomnia among patients receiving medication treatment for opioid use disorder.
Dr. Huhn will briefly review clinical trials for insomnia medications conducted in individuals in OUD treatment, with an emphasis on risk/benefit tradeoffs for different classes of medications. Dr. Huhn will also discuss findings from recent pilot studies on mirtazapine and suvorexant, with an emphasis on treatment type/setting (e.g., outpatient methadone maintenance vs inpatient opioid withdrawal), as well as potential collateral benefits of treating insomnia in this population (e.g., reduced cravings and improved retention).
The target audience for this introductory level session includes physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, other clinicians, researchers, residents, fellows, students, and counselors.
This session addresses the following ACGME Competencies: Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement
This session addresses the following IOM Competencies:Provide patient-centered care, Work in interdisciplinary teams, Employ evidence-based practice, Apply quality improvement
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Define insomnia and its diagnostic criteria as well as report on the current science underlying the complex bidirectional relationship between opioid use disorder (OUD) and insomnia
- List the components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and conduct brief counseling interventions with patients in OUD treatment, such as those related to sleep hygiene, sleep restriction and keeping a sleep diary
- Describe the evidence supporting the use of pharmacologic treatments for insomnia and recent findings regarding their efficacy in clinical samples of individuals receiving medication for opioid use disorder
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| Non-Member | $39 |
| Associate Member | $19 |
| Resident Member* | $19 |
| Student Member* | $19 |
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Registration Deadline: 05/15/2026
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Caitlin Martin, MD, MPH
Dr. Caitlin Martin
Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy
Dr. Caitlin E. Martin is an assistant professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate education at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She earned her medical and public health degrees at Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health. She then completed her residency training at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Now as faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, she practices as a general obstetrician-gynecologist as well as an addiction medicine provider for women including during pregnancy and postpartum.
Joseph Dzierzewski, PhD
Vice President of Research and Scientific Affairs
National Sleep Foundation
Dr. Dzierzewski is the Vice President of Research & Scientific Affairs at the National Sleep Foundation (theNSF.org). In this role, he is charged with leading NSF’s scientific platform, which includes overseeing the development of NSF’s sleep health guidelines and sleep health research activities. He also serves as an NSF sleep expert for media and industry partnerships and engages in national advocacy efforts. Dr. Dzierzewski was previously a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University where he served as the Concentration Director for the Behavioral Medicine Program. He is both a well-funded and widely-published investigator, with over 120 publications to date. He has served on numerous Scientific Review Committees for both the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and National Institutes of Health, as well as serving as an Associate Editor for several academic journals. Dr. Dzierzewski’s educational background is in Clinical Health Psychology, focusing on behavioral sleep medicine, and he maintains an active clinical license.
Andrew Huhn, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Andrew S. Huhn, Ph.D., MBA is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research is focused on understanding the human experience of opioid use and opioid use disorder (OUD). The majority of his work has been in human laboratory studies and clinical trials, and has focused on identifying risk factors for illicit drug relapse and medication strategies to improve OUD treatment outcomes. These studies cover the continuum of care, including supervised opioid withdrawal and sustained recovery using medications for OUD. Topics of interest include sleep disturbance, drug craving, and diurnal measures of stress and mood. In addition, Dr. Huhn has conducted studies on the tradeoffs between the abuse liability and analgesic efficacy of opioid medications, including research on persons with chronic and/or acute pain. His lab employs diverse methodological approaches to better understand opioid use and OUD, including neuroimaging, ecological momentary assessments, wearable technologies, human laboratory studies, and survey research. Taken together, this research is aimed at improving treatment outcomes directly and evaluating and strategizing macro-level changes to improve healthcare for substance use and related disorders.
Ashley Wilson
MD
Ashley M. Wilson, MD is a Virginia Commonwealth University fellowship trained Addiction Medicine physician who has a strong interest in both mental health and peri partum substance use disorders. Her interest in substance use disorder treatment began after she attended a summer institute for medical students at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, CA. She initially trained in Family Medicine then completed an Addiction Medicine fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. She currently works at Lyra workforce mental health care as a mental health physician and also works at ReVida Recovery center as an addictionologist.
CME, CE, CEU and Other Credit Types
ACCME Accreditation Statement
The American Society of Addiction Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Society of Addiction Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
This activity has been approved by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #295, ASAM is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
California Association for Drug/Alcohol Educators (CAADE)
This educational program is approved by CAADE: #CP40 999 1225.
California Association of DUI Treatment Centers (CADTP)
This educational program is approved by CADTP: #205.
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
This educational program is approved by CCAPP: #OS-20-330-1224.
Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
Non-physician participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the activity and an online evaluation confirming their participation. Participants should submit his/her certificate of attendance to their professional organization/institute.
Maintenance of Certification / Continuing Certification Program
American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)
The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) has approved this activity for 1.25 credits towards ABPM MOC Part II requirements.
American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology TM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®.
American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 1.25 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn 1.25 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credits.
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and/or Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Successful completion of this CME activity can be used to satisfy the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s (ABPN) CME requirement for Maintenance of Certification program.
American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)
Successful completion of this activity can be used to satisfy the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) for Tmoc as credits towards ABAM LLSA Part II requirements.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
Royal College Fellows can use participation in Accredited Continuing Medical Education to earn Section 3 Credits.
Disclosure Information
In accordance with disclosure policies of ASAM and the ACCME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all CME/CE activities. These policies include mitigating all possible relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for the Planning Committees and Presenters. All activity Planning Committee members and Presenters have disclosed relevant financial relationship information. The ASAM CE Committee has reviewed these disclosures and determined that the relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are not inconsistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.
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