Event Schedule: The live broadcast will take place on August 26, 2026 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET.
Pricing
FREE - $0
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Credits: CME: 1.0, Participation: 1.0
This session focuses on addressing opioid use disorder (OUD) in acute care settings, where treatment decisions often fall to them and carry lasting consequences for patients. This session walks through identifying OUD, assessing withdrawal, and choosing the right medication treatment when fentanyl exposure, pain, trauma, and psychiatric comorbidity complicate the picture. Participants will work through standard and alternative buprenorphine induction strategies, methadone initiation, and how to manage precipitated withdrawal when things do not go as planned. We will close with disposition planning, naloxone provision, discharge prescribing, and how to build a warm handoff that actually holds.
Format
Live, interactive webinar
Learning Objectives
- Recognize OUD in hospitalized patients and assess withdrawal using standardized measures.
- Select and initiate first-line MOUD in the hospital, performing standard induction or applying micro or macro initiation when the clinical situation calls for it.
- Manage precipitated withdrawal along with common comorbidities, such as co-occurring pain and PTSD, that complicate treatment decisions.
- Match patients to the appropriate level of continuing care and execute effective linkage to ongoing treatment.
Target Audience
Psychiatrists, residents/fellows, non-psychiatrist physicians (e.g., neurologists, primary care physicians, pediatricians), medical students, and other mental health professionals
Estimate Time to Complete
Estimated Duration: 1.0 hours
Program Start Date: August 26, 2026
Program End Date: August 26, 2026
Credit for this webinar must be claimed by November 24, 2026.
Attendees will have an opportunity to participate in Q&A.
How to Earn Credit
After evaluating the program, participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians) or certificate of participation (non-physicians) showing the event date and hours earned.
Continuing Education Credit
In support of improving patient care, the American Psychiatric Association is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
The APA designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Faculty and Planner Disclosures
The American Psychiatric Association adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity — including faculty, planners, reviewers or others — are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.
Instructor
- Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Danovitch’s clinical practice and research focuses on substance use disorders, as well as the integration of medical and mental health services. His studies are funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Planners
- John A. Renner Jr., M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, and Associate Chief of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System. Reports financial relationships with Johnson & Johnson, General Electric.
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