Psychedelics for Substance Use Disorders: Preparing for the Impending Paradigm Shift
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Psychedelics for Substance Use Disorders: Preparing for the Impending Paradigm Shift
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 the pharmacology and clinical/preclinical evidence for the use of psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy for various substance use disorder (SUDs).
There is growing evidence that psychedelics may hold treatment potential for alcohol, opioid, tobacco, and other substance use disorders. This session of researchers and clinicians aims to familiarize addiction specialists with this modality to help them prepare for its likely arrival to the clinic in coming years. Past and current clinical trials investigating their utility in the treatment of SUDs, as well as well as safety considerations, anticipated challenges with their implementation, and other issues around equitable access are discussed.
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, Systems-based Practice
This session addresses the following IOM Competencies:Provide patient-centered care, Work in interdisciplinary teams, Employ evidence-based practice
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- describe the pharmacology and clinical/preclinical evidence for the use of psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy for various substance use disorder (SUDs).
- describe safety considerations around the use of psychedelics.
- demonstrate knowledge about challenges to incorporating psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy into the current SUDs treatment system.
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| 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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Jeremy Weleff, DO
Addiction Psychiatry Fellow
Yale University School of Medicine
Jeremy Weleff, DO is an addiction psychiatry fellow at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and a research fellow at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his psychiatry residency at the Cleveland Clinic and his undergraduate medical education at Michigan State University. His research interests include the social determinants of health, homelessness, addiction, the history of psychiatry, and novel therapeutics.
Brian Barnett, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Brian Barnett, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Co-Director of the Treatment-Resistant Depression Clinic at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Barnett completed his psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital in 2017. Afterwards, he completed his fellowship in addiction psychiatry at Partners Healthcare in 2018 and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University in 2019. Dr. Barnett’s primary research interests are in catatonia, mood disorders, psychedelics, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. He is the primary investigator on a clinical trial assessing the efficacy of LSD for generalized anxiety disorder and a soon-to-launch clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy for treatment-resistant depression. Dr. Barnett also writes about mental health and addiction issues for the public, and his writing has been featured in Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other outlets.
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, joined Yale School of Medicine in July 2018 as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, after completing her psychiatry residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, and her addiction psychiatry fellowship-academic track at Mount Sinai West, Icahn School of Medicine, New York.
Her research interests are, mainly, in translational research on addiction and mental health disorders. She is particularly interested in the biological effects of acute and chronic stress on developing substance use disorders, as well as, the effects of substance use on stress response and psychiatric symptoms. She has been focused on the use of cannabinoids (partial and full agonists) and endocannabinoid system dysregulations in relation to childhood trauma and substance use disorders, particularly opioid use disorder. She is also interested in the potential use of psychedelics in treatment of substance use disorder, particularly alcohol use disorder.
Peter Hendricks, PhD
Director of Research
University of Alabama
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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