Treating Substance Use Disorders in the Collaborative Care Model
January 8 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am CST
Co-occurring substance use disorders and mental health conditions are common in the primary care setting. Join us for this engaging webinar where we will highlight how CoCM can also help PCPs screen for, diagnose, and treat SUDs in primary care.
Learning Objective 1: Review best practices for screening and diagnostic criteria for SUDs
Learning Objective 2: Discuss evidence-based treatment options for people living with substance use disorders (SUDs)
Learning Objective 3: Discuss how integrated behavioral health models, such as the Collaborative Care Model ( CoCM), can address co-occurring mental health disorders and SUDs in the primary care setting.
Speaker: Jennifer Thomas, MD, FASAM
Dr. Jennifer Thomas, MD, FASAM is board-certified in family medicine and addiction physician and currently serves as Medical Director of Integrated Behavioral Health at Morris Hospital in Morris, IL. She completed her medical degree at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield, IL in 2007, and completed her family medicine residency at Hinsdale Hospital outside Chicago in 2010.
Dr. Thomas practices in a community-based, rural setting and is passionate about integrating behavioral health services into primary care. She completed the 2018 University of California Irvine Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship. As a leader in developing partnerships between academic research settings and community-based providers, Dr. Thomas works closely with the University of Washington AIMS Center. Dr. Thomas serves as Project Lead for Morris Hospital’s partnership with the AIMS Center’s NIMH-sponsored research study CHAMP: Collaborating to Heal Addiction and Mental Health in Primary Care. As an advocate for increasing access to medication for Opioid Use Disorder, particularly in rural settings, Dr. Thomas was part of an inaugural cohort of 5 IL physicians supported by ISAM to become board certified in Addiction Medicine through the ABPM Practice Pathway. Dr. Thomas also serves as the National Medical Co-Director for Integrated Care at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association. Dr. Thomas is also a Senior Fellow for Health System Integration at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute.
