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On-demand | Micro-interventions to Support Those Escaping Emotional Pain: Addressing Overlapping Substance Use and Suicide Risk
Jointly provided by the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Health Bodies Healthy Minds of Washington County
Program Release: May 13, 2022
Expiration Date: May 31, 2024
Estimated time to complete: 90 Minutes
There are no prerequisites for participation.
GUEST SPEAKER
Ursula Whiteside, PhD
Clinical Instructor and Advisor, Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics
Center for Behavioral Technology, University of Washington
Zero Suicide Faculty, National Action Alliance
CEO, NowMattersNow.org
Overview
Few clinicians understand how suicidal thoughts and behaviors are similar to substance use
in that they can create emotional and physiological relief. In this webinar, healthcare professionals
will be informed about the connections between suicide and substance use-- and be encouraged to
work across disciplines on prevention strategies.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for emergency medicine, primary care and family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, psychologists, and social workers providing both emergency care and routine care to patients.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the learner should be better able to:
- Describe the intersection between suicidal risk and substance use including research quantitative and qualitative research.
- Assess and stabilize clients with suicidal ideation using a DBT informed approach.
- Describe the overlapping functions of the behaviors of substance use and suicidal phenomena.
Acknowledgement of Funding
This training is funded by Grant SM-17-006 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION AND HOW TO RECEIVE CME CREDIT
There are no fees for participating in and receiving credit for this activity.
- Review the activity objectives, faculty information, and CME information prior to participating in the activity.
- View the CME presentations
- Complete the CME activity evaluation at the conclusion of the activity in order to receive a credit certificate.
FACULTY DISCLOSURE
In accordance with the disclosure policy of the Brown University CME Office as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), speakers have been asked to disclose any relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation but to be identified openly so that the listener may form his/her own opinion. Any potential conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to this presentation.
Faculty Disclosure/Conflict of Interest
The following speakers and planning committee members* have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships:
| Ursula Whiteside, PhD | Jennifer Maloney* | Danielle Stewart, MA, LMHC* |
| Robert Harrison, MD* | Susan Orban, LICSW* | Maria Sullivan, BS* |
DISCLAIMER AND PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy Policy: The Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) and its educational partners protect the privacy of personal and other information regarding participants and educational collaborators. The CME Office maintains its Internet site as an information resource and service for physicians, other health professionals, and the public. The CME Office will keep your personal information confidential when you participate in a CME Internet-based program. CME collects only the information necessary to provide you with the services that you request.
Disclaimer: This educational program is designed to present scientific information and opinion to Health professionals, to stimulate thought, and further investigation.
Course Outline
- Comorbidity of SUD and mental health - what we know and how it relates to suicidal behavior rates
- Suicidal behavior and substance use from a behavioral perspective: overlap and divergence
- Perspectives: those with lived experience
- Emotional emergencies and substance use: the biopsychosocial theory of emotion dysregulation
- Brief intervention plans for emotional emergencies with those at risk of or experiencing SUD & suicidal intensity
- Creating a brief emergency response plan
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy: supporting the plan with several coping strategies
- Question & Answer
Guest Speaker
Ursula Whiteside, PhD
Clinical Instructor and Advisor, Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics
Center for Behavioral Technology, University of Washington
Zero Suicide Faculty, National Action Alliance
CEO, NowMattersNow.org
Dr. Ursula Whiteside is a licensed clinical psychologist, CEO of NowMattersNow.org and Clinical Faculty at the University of Washington. As a researcher, she has been awarded grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Whiteside is co-principal investigator on a study involving 18,000 high-risk suicidal patients in three major health systems. This study includes a guided version of NowMattersNow.org, a program she developed that includes skills for managing suicidal thoughts based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and paired with Lived Experience stories.
Clinically, she began her training with Dr. Marsha Linehan in 1999 and later served as a DBT-adherent research therapist on a NIMH-funded clinical trial led by Dr. Linehan. Dr. Whiteside is a group and individual certified DBT clinician. Now, she treats high-risk suicidal clients in her small private practice in Seattle using DBT and caring contacts.
Dr. Whiteside is national faculty for the Zero Suicide initiative, a practical approach to suicide prevention in health care and behavioral healthcare systems. This program was recently described by NPR on a segment titled “What Happens If You Try to Prevent Every Single Suicide?” Dr. Whiteside serves on the faculty of the National Action Alliance Zero Suicide Academy. She is also a founding board member of United Suicide Survivors International and a member of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Standards Trainings and Practices Committee.
As a person with Lived Experience, she strives to decrease the gap between “us and them” and to ensure that the voices of those who have been there are included in all relevant conversations: nothing about us without us.
Course Chair
Robert Harrison, MD
Program Director, Washington County Zero Suicide
Planning Committee
Jennifer Maloney
Coordinator, Office of CME
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Susan A. Orban, LICSW
Director, South County Healthy Bodies, Health Minds
Coordinator, Washington County Zero Suicide Program
Danielle Stewart, M.A., L.M.H.C.
Behavioral Health Community Outreach Coordinator
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds Washington County
Maria Sullivan
Director, Office of CME
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Siana Wood, RN, BSN, CDOE
Nurse Planner, Office of CME
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Supervisor, Quality of Care
Tufts Health Plan
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 Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and South County Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education.
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists
Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for 1.5 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. This credit is accepted by the Rhode Island Board of Psychology.
Continuing Education for Nurses
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
Continuing Education for Social Workers
The above program has been approved in accordance with the Regulations of the Rhode Island Social Work Board of Licensure.
Other Healthcare Providers
Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Many other disciplines accept AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM towards re-licensure or recertification. Check with your state licensing board to verify.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.50 ANCCThis continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
- 1.50 AttendanceParticipants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.