BEAT Meth: Delivering Data-Driven and Accessible Methamphetamine Treatment
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BEAT Meth: Delivering Data-Driven and Accessible Methamphetamine Treatment
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 opportunities to improve systems and processes of care for patients with methamphetamine addiction
This session presents preliminary findings from Beginning Early and Assertive Treatment for Methamphetamine Use Disorder (BEAT Meth), a CDC-funded strategy to design treatment and surveillance strategies for methamphetamine addiction. Attendees will hear original research findings on clinical protocols and outcomes for patients presenting with methamphetamine addiction; diagnostic criteria for methamphetamine-induced psychosis; patient perspectives on treatment. The design of a new randomized controlled trial for methamphetamine treatment is introduced.
The target audience for this advanced 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, Systems-based Practice
This session addresses the following IOM Competencies:Employ evidence-based practice, Apply quality improvement
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Apply medical and psychotherapeutic treatments for patients presenting to hospital settings with disorders related methamphetamine use
- Distinguish methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorders from alternative etiologies of psychosis, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
- Identify opportunities to improve systems and processes of care for patients with methamphetamine addiction
Registration Rates
| Rate Description | Rate |
| ASAM Member | $29 |
| 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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Scott Simpson
MD MPH
| Scott Simpson MD is Medical Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services at Denver Health Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Simpson has published on the management of substance use disorders in the emergency setting and part of the Denver Health team that launced Colorado's first 24/7 buprenorphine induction program. Dr. Simpson is board certified in general psychiatry, addiction medicine, and consultation-liaison psychiatry. |
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Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Denver Health
Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD, MSPH, is an Associate Research Scientist at the Public Health Institute at Denver Health and an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. Dr. Al-Tayyib's primary research interests are in behavioral risks for acquiring and transmitting infections, such as HIV and hepatitis C, with a focus on the social and structural determinants of risk. Since 2007, she has served as the site PI for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) system in the Denver metro area. More recently, Dr. Al-Tayyib has focused on social network studies examining the transition from oral ingestion of prescription opioids to injection drug use among at-risk youth and on developing interventions to keep people engaged in care for substance use disorders. The overarching goal of her work is to reduce the spread of infections, decrease substance use, and improve public health. Dr. Al-Tayyib currently leads the research efforts for the Denver Health Center for Addiction Medicine. She received her PhD and MSPH degrees in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is an alumna of the Clinical Faculty Scholar and the Leadership for Innovative Team Science programs at the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
Katherine Camfield, MD, MPH
Attending Physician
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Katherine Camfield, MD, MPH is a board-certified adult psychiatrist with special interests emergency psychiatry, addiction, and reproductive psychiatry. She is currently an Emergency Psychiatry Attending at Denver Health Medical Center, which includes being a Clinical Instructor at the University of Colorado School or Medicine. Prior to taking this position, she completed a one-year Emergency Psychiatry Fellowship at Denver Health Medical Center, where she received extensive training on advanced emergency psychiatry practices. Dr. Camfield’s research interests include management of addiction in the emergency department setting and perinatal psychiatric emergencies.
Dr. Camfield completed her adult psychiatry residency at the University of Southern California and LAC+USC Medical Center. During her time there, she received multiple resident awards, including the 2019 Outstanding Teaching Award for the Keck School of Medicine psychiatry Clerkship, the 2020 Resident Presentation Award for “A focus on Wellness to Improve the Well-being of Third-year Psychiatry Residents,” and the 2021 Resident Mentor Award. Dr. Camfield had multiple posters accepted into the American Psychiatric Association’s national conference as a resident. While in Los Angeles, Dr. Camfield was also very involved in the Southern California Psychiatric Society (SCPS). She was elected as one of two resident-fellow members for the Southern California district branch for two consecutive years, and in 2020 received the Outstanding Resident Award for her work with this organization.
Debbie Rinehart, PhD
Associate Director
Denver Health
Deborah Rinehart, PhD is the Associate Director of the Research Methods Core and a Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Health Systems Research in the Office of Research at Denver Health and an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado. Dr. Rinehart has been working in behavioral health research for 25 years and has been conducting health services research in a safety-net health setting for the last fourteen years. Her specific areas of research interest include maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and the integration of behavioral and physical health services. Her research utilizes qualitative and quantitative methods to develop and evaluate the impact of behavioral health interventions. She received her PhD in Health and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Colorado and MA in Health Psychology from the University of Northern Arizona.
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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