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Addiction Medicine Update
                 University of Florida
Scott Teitelbaum, M.D. Vice Chairman & Chief of Addiction Medicine , President
                                     FSAM

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Addiction Medicine Update University of Florida - FSAM Scott Teitelbaum, M.D. Vice Chairman & Chief of Addiction Medicine , President
NIMH’s Annual Report :
              “Top 10 Research Advances of 2011”
6. Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health.
Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders account for 13%
of the global burden of disease, more than cancer and cardiovascular
disease (15). It is becoming very clear that there is no health without
mental health and that without efforts to identify and treat the substance
abusers and mentally ill, more and more of the health dollars are spent
on Band-Aids and revolving doors. European Union and global recognition
of the economic costs of mental illness (17) and the importance of
including mental health in global health care (18, 19) is clear, but often
ignored and unfunded .
(15) World Health Organization. The Global Burden of Disease: 2004 Update (WHO, 2008).
(16) Collins PY, Patel V, Joestl SS, March D, Insel TR, Daar AS et al. Grand challenges in global mental health. Nature. 2011 Jul 6;475(7354):27-30.
(17) Bloom DE, Cafiero ET, Jané-Llopis E, Abrahams-Gessel S, Bloom LR, Fathima S, Feigl AB, Gaziano T, Mowafi M, Pandya A, Prettner K, Rosenberg L, Seligman B,
Stein A, Weinstein C. The Global Economic Burden of Non-communicable Diseases. Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum, 2011
(18) Eaton J, McCay L, Semrau M, Chatterjee S, Baingana F, Araya R, Ntulo C, Thornicroft G, Saxena S. Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and
middle-income countries. Lancet. 2011 Oct 29;378(9802):1592-603.
(19) Raviola G, Becker AE, Farmer P. A global scope for global health--including mental health. Lancet. 2011 Nov 5;378(9803):1613-5.
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UF College of
 Medicine
Addiction Medicine Update University of Florida - FSAM Scott Teitelbaum, M.D. Vice Chairman & Chief of Addiction Medicine , President
UF Division of Addiction
         Medicine

 Research
 Clinical
 Teaching
Addiction Medicine Update University of Florida - FSAM Scott Teitelbaum, M.D. Vice Chairman & Chief of Addiction Medicine , President
University of Florida is Leading The Nation

•   Addiction-Related Brain Science
•   Treatment Research
•   Education
•   Epidemiology & Toxicology
•   Recovery Programs for Professionals
•   Scholarly & Prevention Activities from
    Gainesville to Beijing
Addiction Medicine Update University of Florida - FSAM Scott Teitelbaum, M.D. Vice Chairman & Chief of Addiction Medicine , President
UF Distinguished Alumni Professor
           (2011-2013)
Addiction Medicine Update University of Florida - FSAM Scott Teitelbaum, M.D. Vice Chairman & Chief of Addiction Medicine , President
Addiction
Medicine
Meet The Experts:
                Division of Addiction Medicine

Detoxification Inpatient Treatment Partial Hospitalization Impaired Professionals Treatment
                Outpatient Evaluation and Treatment Suboxone® Maintenance
•   20 Addiction Researchers at UFCOM Led By
    Mark S. Gold, MD

•   Mark H. Lewis, PhD
•   John M. Petitto, MD
•   Nicole M. Avena, PhD
•   Sara Jo Nixon, PhD
•   Lewis R. Baxter, Jr., MD
•   Habibeh Khoshbouei, PharmD, PhD
•   Lisa J. Merlo, PhD
•   Karen M. von Deneen, DVM, PhD
•   Yijun Liu, PhD
•   Firas H. Kobeissy, PhD
•   Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel, PhD
•   Barry Setlow, PhD
•   Bruce Goldberger, PhD
•   Drake Morgan, PhD
•   Todd E. Golde, MD
•   C. Shawn Dotson, PhD
•   Sylvain Dore, PhD
•   Marcelo Febo, PhD
•   Kevin Wang, PhD

                                               Updated
                                               9/27/11
Food Addiction and Obesity: Evidence from Bench
                  to Bedside
   Liu Y, von Deneen KM, Kobeissy FH, Gold MS. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2010; 42(2): 133-145.

                                       • Associated with both substance
                                         related disorder and eating
                                         disorder
                                       • Many shared neural and
                                         hormonal pathways
                                       • Distinct differences
                                       • fMRIs of obesity and drugs of
                                         abuse show same characteristics
                                       • Acquired drive with respect to
                                         motivation and incentive
2012:Progress in Basic Addiction Science
• Drugs Change the Brain Over Time- Prevention is the
  Best and only 100% Effective Rx
• Early or Pediatric Exposure Makes Abuse and
  Dependence Most Likely- Cigarettes, Alcohol, Drugs
• Genes are not destiny but do matter—how long from
  use until dependence; choice of drug or drugs;
  exposures as a child or in utero trump genes or may
  actually change them
• Drugs Switch the Brain and Occasional Use Becomes
  Addiction or Dependence
• Drugs Hijack the Brain—New Understanding & New
  Therapies Possible
ADDICTION IS A DISEASE OF THE BRAIN
As other diseases, it affects tissue function
 Decreased Brain Metabolism in Drug Abuse Patient
                                                                           High

               Control                         Cocaine Abuser

 Decreased Heart Metabolism in Heart Disease Patient
                                                                           Low

          Healthy Heart               Diseased Heart
       Sources: From the laboratories of Drs. N. Volkow and H. Schelbert
Dopamine D2 images of Drug Addiction

                                Control       Abuser                                         Control    Abuser
        Cocaine                                                      Heroin

      Methamphetamine              Control       Abuser                Alcohol              Control    Abuser

    Drug abusers have low brain dopamine activity (shown here using [11C]raclopride PET
    studies) indicating an under stimulated reward system.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Addiction Science: From Molecules to Managed Care. Available at:
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http://www.drugabuse.gov/pubs/teaching/teaching6/Teaching4.html
The Memory of Drugs

                            Amygdala                     Amygdala
Front of Brain              not lit up                   activated

Back of Brain

             Nature Video                Cocaine Video
UF’s 2012 Addiction Research Highlights
 Dynamic cause-effect relationships between risky decision making and drugs of
  abuse
 Second and third hand Opium exposure compromises children in Afghanistan
 Novel lead compounds (5-HT(2C) agonist/5-HT(2A) inverse agonist) for drug
  development for obesity, addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders
 Identification of novel drug targets for treatment of RRB in autism
 Proteomic changes following second-hand smoke exposure
 Methamphetamine damages brain cells like head trauma does
 Development of nanotechnology for determination of alcohol/drug
  concentrations (e.g., exhaled breath to measure blood ethanol concentrations)
 Overlaps that exist in brain mechanisms that promote ingestion of food and
  drug abuse
 New pharmacological treatment for food addiction
 Long-term internet addiction and brain structural alterations
METH Use Neuronal Damage Similar to
      Traumatic Brain Injuries
                            Accumulated evidence indicates that acute
                             administration of METH leads to neuronal
                             damage in several brain regions that is
                             similar to traumatic and ischemic brain
                             injuries via activation of calpain and
                             caspase proteolytic systems
                            METH exposure, like TBI can cause both
                             apoptotic and necrotic cell death
                            METH addicts might benefit substantially
                             from long-term rehabilitative approaches in
                             conjunction with neuroprotective agents
                             similar to those used in trauma patients.

Gold MS, Kobeissy FH, Wang KKW, Merlo LJ, Bruijnzeel AW, Krasnova IN, Cadet JL.
Methamphetamine- and trauma-induced brain injuries: Comparative cellular and molecular
neurobiological substrates. Biological Psychiatry 2009 Jul 15;66(2):118-127.             20
International Collaborations/Global Health

 • Fogarty grant to provide behavioral health training
   in India and increase research opportunities
   between UF and Indian partners
 • Neuroimaging collaborations with Chinese
   investigators and China’s NSF
 • Canada Drugs and Children- Calgary
 • Second hand drug exposure: Afghanistan and
   Brazil
Tobacco Smoking
• Target is the Brain
• No one smokes for foul smelling clothes…or a
  cough…or bad breath…or cancer
• Smoking is injecting a drug without a needle…rapid
  delivery of smoke containing nicotine and other
  drugs to brain targets
• Filter is an oxymoron…accelerator is more like it
• SHS is first hand smoke against your will
• Smoking mother = huge increased risk of a smoking
  adolescent
• Teen smoker= Lifelong , chronic relapsing , smoker
MSG                                                    22
Smoke > IV > IM   sniff > oral
Withdrawal Syndromes Do Not Define Drugs of Abuse
                   or Addiction

MSG                                              24
Addiction Is Not Withdrawal
• Most pain patients on chronic treatment have withdrawal if
  they stop their medications, but few are addicts
• Addiction is pathological attachment
• Desire and motivation to take a drug
• Compulsive Self Administration after initial use & Loss of
  Control
• Continued Compulsive Use Despite Extreme Consequences
• Continuous Thinking or Seeking of Drugs Even When They Are
  Unavailable
• Librium treats alcohol withdrawal but not the alcoholic.

MSG                                                        25
VTA

     Amphetamines
     Opiates               Alcohol
     THC                   benzodiazepines
     PCP                   barbiturates
     Ketamine  Nucleus
     Nicotine  accumbens

Dopamine Pathways
Biological              Socio-cultural
The processes
that initiate and
maintain
alcoholism are
regulated by
interactions
among nerve
cells in the brain.
                       Influences susceptibility
                            to drug usage

       Psychological
                                                   Environmental
NIH/NIDA
           28
Hypofrontality in Cocaine Dependent Patients
Reduced Metabolic activity at baseline in cocaine dependent subjects

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Drugs Attack the Prefrontal Cortex &
Dependence Consequences are related to
  dysfunctions in the Prefrontal Cortex
• Unfortunately the Prefrontal Cortex is Critical
  for :
• Decision-making
• Weighing of risks vs. rewards
• Assigning emotional valence to stimuli
• Suppressing limbic impulses
• Goal-directed behaviors
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Motivational Toxicity

 Why work so hard for rewards if reward can be produced
  by smoking, drinking or drugs?
 Intense motivation is critical in the disease of addiction
 Hierarchy of work-reward disrupted
 Pathological attachment or ‘Fatal Attraction’
 Brain is unprepared by evaluation for reward n demand or
  cocaine
 Drug effects persist “forever: in coded “bad learning” and
  with relapse, re-addiction can occur very quickly. Our
  Group has also shown some drugs cause brain cell
  damage and loss too!

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Drug Use Trends

In 1962, only 2% of the U.S. population over
 the age of 12 years had tried an illegal drug
By the mid 1980s, nearly 50% of the
 population had experimented with an illegal
 drug

National Survey Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2008. Available
   at https://nsduhweb.rti.org
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34
Past Year Marijuana Use
         40

         35

         30

         25                                                   2009
         20
                                                              2010
         15

         10                                                   2011
          5

          0

                  8th          10th              12th

                        UM NIDA Monitoring the Future Study
Updated 1/30/12
Nov. 4, 2002
               36
Gateway Drug
Marijuana Use Linked with Increased Risk of
              Motor Vehicle Crashes

                                     • Greater the amount of marijuana in a
                                       person’s urine, the greater the risk of
                                       a car crash
                                     • 28% of drivers who died in an accident
                                       tested positive for non-alcohol drugs
                                       (most commonly, marijuana)
                                     • Marijuana use by drivers is associated
                                       with a significantly increased risk of
                                       being in a motor vehicle crash.

Li MC, Brady JE, DiMaggio CJ, Lusardi AR, Tzong KY, Li G. Marijuana Use and Motor Vehicle Crashes.
Epidemiologic Reviews. Advance Access published October 4, 2011.
Drug and alcohol involvement in four types of fatal
                          crashes
  Drivers who die in crashes test positive for drugs 25% of
    the time (44,239 drivers; 24 states)

  Fatal crash subtypes: failure to obey/yield; inattention;
    speeding; seat belt misuse

  Alcohol positives: 42%                       Drug positives: 24.9%

  Most prevalent drug classes: cannabinoids 22.7%;
   stimulants 22.5%; multidrug 14.9%

Romano E and Voas RB. Drug and alcohol involvement in four types of fatal crashes. J
Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 2011; 72:567-576.
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Marijuana Perceived Risk vs. Use
Marijuana Primary Substance of Abuse at Admission to U.S.
                State Licensed or Certified Substance Abuse Treatment
                        Facilities, Ages 12 and Older, 1992-2008
          18

          16

          14

          12

          10
PERCENT

           8

           6

           4

           2

           0

                                           YEAR
Anhedonia and Abstinence
• Drugs produce sense of well being and euphoria

• Drugs of abuse change the brains set point for
  reward and pleasure

• Drug withdrawal produces depression and
  anhedonia

MSG                                                45
46
Dopamine Pathways                  Serotonin Pathways

                       striatum
  frontal                    hippocampus
  cortex

                                                   Functions
                                      substantia   •mood
                                      nigra/VTA
Functions
                                                   •memory
•reward (motivation)                                processing
                       nucleus
•pleasure, euphoria    accumbens                   •sleep
•motor function                                    •cognition
                                           raphe
 (fine tuning)
•compulsion
•perseveration
  MSG                                                     47
                                                               47
Prescription Misuse, Abuse, &
               Addiction
• More Emergency Room admissions
• More overdose deaths
• More problems with Poly Pharmacy
• More older Americans addicted to pain
  medicines…many are still in pain
• More need for addiction treatment of teens to
  elder adults
Generation Rx
• 18% of teens have abused Vicodin
• 20% tried Ritalin or Adderall without Rx
• 9% abused OTC cough syrup to get high
• More teens had abused a prescription
  painkiller in 2004 than Ecstasy, cocaine, crack
  or LSD
• April 21, 2005. Partnership for a Drug Free
  America. 17th annual study of teen drug
  abuse.
‘Prescription’ Drugs
• 1 in 4 high school seniors report using
  psychoactive medication without medical
  supervision
  – Sedatives
  – Narcotics
  – Barbiturates
  – Amphetamines
Might Not Meet Today’s FDA
        Standards
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53
Many Adolescents Report Prescription Drug Abuse

 Data from 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found 8.2% of
 teenagers (12-17 years) report misusing at least 1 prescription drug in
 the prior year. Opioids were most misused. N=18,678.

Schepis TS, Krishnan-Sarin S. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.
2008;47(7):745-754.
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.
    Bailey JA, Hurley RW, Gold MS. Crossroads of Pain and Addiction. Pain Medicine. 2010; Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

                                               • Few pain training programs offer
Crossroads of Pain                               significant experiential and didactic
and Addiction                                    training in drug abuse and addiction
Patients with coexisting                       • Addiction medicine programs offer
addictive disorders and                          little training in pain management
chronic pain are                               • Patients with coexisting pain/addiction
common and represent                             have a decreased pain tolerance,
some of the most                                 increased anxiety, depression and sleep
                                                 disturbances
difficult patients in the
field of medicine.                             • Collaboration of these two fields can
                                                 lead to successful management of
                                                 patients with coexisting chronic pain
                                                 and addictive disorders
High School Survey
              Annual Oxycontin Use
   6

   5

   4
                                                   2009
   3
                                                   2010
   2
                                                   2011
   1

   0

       8th          10th           12th
             UM NIDA Monitoring the Future Study
58
M.D.s Rarely Make A Diagnosis

         University of Pennsylvania study :
        Only 3% of patients in treatment for
         addiction came because of a M.D.
                       referral

MSG                                            59
Huge Public Health Problem
      MDs Are Out of the Loop—and getting worse
                Penn Addiction Referral Sources

Source of Addiction Referrals
                      1990                        2004
Drug Courts, Police,
Criminal Justice     38%                          59%
Employers/EAP        10%                           6%
Welfare/CPS           8%                          16%
Hosp/Phys              4%                           3%
MSG                                                      60
Alcohol Screening by PCPs

• < 1/3 of U Penn “alcoholic” inpatients were seen
  recently by their MD or health provider. Few, if any,
  were screened using a CAGE or other rapid
  assessment screen for alcohol or drug problem

• Even if an alcoholic in need of treatment was found <
  1/2 were given any intervention or referral

Edlund MJ, et al. Med Care 2004;42:1158-1166.
Top Physician Reasons
                  for Not Screening
              426 PCPs at the
   Society of General Internal Medicine
1.     Don’t know what to do                                           69%
2.     No effective treatment                                          55%
3.     Not really a medical problem                                    26%
4.     No time                                                         19%

A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D. ONDCP and University of Pennsylvania. Personal
communication, 2008.
UF COM Education
•   Undergraduate
•   Medical Students
•   Pas & Nurses
•   Interns & Residents
•   Fellowship
Mandatory Addiction Medicine at
              UF
• Clerkship, Not Classroom
• Imagine learning how to deliver a baby by listening to
  a lecture or reading
• Competencies only possible by seeing, learning,
  doing, and improving intervention, interviewing,
  diagnostic skills, detox, and treatment skills of the
  MD
• The data on MD performance is a reflection of the
  lack of actual experience they receive in addiction
  medicine
ASAM-ABAM Recognizes UF
•   “In the past, the specialty was very much targeted toward psychiatrists,” said Nora
    D. Volkow, the neuroscientist in charge of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
    “It’s a gap in our training program.” She called the lack of substance-abuse
    education among general practitioners “a very serious problem.”
•   Institutions offering the one-year residency are St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in
    New York, the University of Maryland Medical System, the University at Buffalo
    School of Medicine, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the University
    of Minnesota Medical School, the University of Florida College of Medicine, the
    John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii, the University of
    Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Marworth and Boston University
    Medical Center. The new accreditation comes courtesy of the American Board of
    Addiction Medicine, or ABAM, which was founded in 2007 to help promote the
    medical treatment of addiction. NY Times July 10, 2011
Addiction Medicine Leadership Group
Scott Teitelbaum, M.D. - Double Boarded Pediatrician and Addiction Medicine
Vice Chairman , Chief of Addiction Medicine’s 12 full time MDs and FRC Medical Director. President of Florida
ASAM , Committees at ASAM, one of only 10 ABAM GME Fellowships & one of 3 with NIAAA funding .
National Expert, Evaluator PRN , IPN, 37 State Boards of Medicine & NY Yankees. Frequent national media
expert and called as an expert to the White House .Built FRC from State to National prominence.

Martha Brown, M.D. -Double Boarded Psychiatrist and Addiction Psychiatrist
Formerly USF Dean, LSU Associate Professor & Head of Louisiana’s Impaired MD programs. PRN (Florida)
Associate Medical Director (50% effort) working with all Florida Medical & Health Specialty Boards. Extensive
work in La., Fl. and Southeast as an Impaired Nurse and MD evaluator and Nationally as an expert for
Professional Sports , especially NFL and NBA. UF ‘ s Pain Fellowship GME Program Co-Director and Pain CME ;
Professionalism and Mis-Prescribing Director. Regional Expert.

Kevin Wandler, M.D. - Double Boarded Psychiatrist & Addiction Medicine
Pioneering Anorexia Nervosa, Eating Disorders and Dual Disorders Evaluation & Treatment Expert
Psychiatrist and then CMO for Remuda Ranch safely treating >10,000 patients
National Expert, BOD for Eating Disorders Societies Academy for Eating Disorders, International Association of
Eating Disorders Professionals, & Christian Psychiatry

Mark S. Gold, M.D. - Distinguished Professor, Eminent Scholar, and Chairman of 80 Faculty UFCOM
Department. Inventor, Researcher & Author of nearly 1,000 scientific papers, books, and commentary.
Inventor with 15 patents including Clonidine, Dopamine Hypothesis , Obesity Rx & Medication Adherence .
Distinguished Alumni Awards from Wash U, Yale, and UFL. UpToDate Editor, International Expert from WHO
to China-Japan to NAS in 80s on Tobacco and today on Obesity.
Contracted Long-Term Consultant Positions to Major Wall Street firms (Lehman, Goldman, Carlyle, Cressy)
Regularly Quoted expert on new technologies in WSJ, Bloomberg, CNN, and Others this year alone.
Founder of FRC and first Addiction Medicine hire at UF
Recovery
• Evidence does not support fast brain recovery
• Evidence from NIDA’s Director Nora Volkow,
  M.D. and others failed to show brain recovery
  after many months of “successful” treatment
• While brain recovery can and does happen
  with abstinence, treatment, exercise, and
  diet…it takes years and not days
Normal

 Cocaine Abuser (10 Days)

Cocaine Abuser (100 Days)
The Target is Always
                             The Brain, however…
The nucleus accumbens lighting up
While science has taught us
that addiction is a hijacking of
      the brain, recovery must
   involve healing of the heart
                  and the soul.
Drug Abuse Is a
                                 “Treatable Disease”
                              Comparison of Relapse Rates Between
                            Drug Addiction and Other Chronic Illnesses
                 100%
Percent of Patients

                      80%                                  50%-70%       50%-70%
  Who Relapse

                                40%-60%
                      60%                     30%-50%
                      40%
                      20%
                      0%
                             Drug Addiction    Type I    Hypertension    Asthma
                                              Diabetes
Addiction. NIH News National Institutes of Health. Available at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2007/nida-07.htm. Accessed June 16, 2008.
Similarities to Other Medical
               Disorders
• Substance addiction comparable to asthma,
  hypertension and diabetes.
• Risk of relapse highest during first 3-6 months.
• Length of time in treatment is key
• Patients respond best to a combination of self
  help and behavioral interventions.
• Treatment of severe cases & dual disorders
  requires experts but, improves outcomes
Drug Abuse Is a
                                 “Treatable Disease”
                              Comparison of Relapse Rates Between
                            Drug Addiction and Other Chronic Illnesses
                 100%
Percent of Patients

                      80%                                  50%-70%       50%-70%
  Who Relapse

                                40%-60%
                      60%                     30%-50%
                      40%
                      20%
                      0%
                             Drug Addiction    Type I    Hypertension    Asthma
                                              Diabetes
Addiction. NIH News National Institutes of Health. Available at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2007/nida-07.htm. Accessed June 16, 2008.
What is recovery? A working definition from
                the Betty Ford Institute
  The Betty Ford Institute Consensus   There is an unknown but very large number of individuals who have
                Panel                  experienced and successfully resolved dependence on alcohol or other
                                       drugs. These individuals refer to their new sober and productive lifestyle
                                       as “recovery.” Although widely used, the lack of a standard definition for
                                       this term has hindered public understanding and research on the topic
                                       that might foster more and better recovery-oriented interventions.

                                       To this end, a group of interested researchers, treatment providers,
                                       recovery advocates, and policymakers was convened by the Betty Ford
                                       Institute to develop an initial definition of recovery as a starting point
                                       for better communication, research, and public understanding.

                                       Recovery is defined in this article as a voluntarily maintained lifestyle
                                       composed characterized by sobriety, personal health, and citizenship.
                                       This article presents the operational definitions, rationales, and
                                       research implications for each of the three elements of this definition.

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
2007; 33: 221-228.
What is recovery? A working definition from the
              Betty Ford Institute
      The Betty Ford Institute Consensus Pane (Dr Gold was a member of this panel )
                Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 2007; 33:221-228.

                                Recovery = a voluntarily maintained
                                lifestyle characterized by:
                                   • Sobriety
                                       – Early (1-11 months)
                                       – Sustained (1-5 years)
                                       – Stable (> 5 years)
                                   • Personal health
                                       –    Physical
                                       –    Mental
                                       –    Social
                                       –    Spiritual
                                   • Citizenship
                                        –    “Giving-back”
                                        –    Quality of life
Setting the standard for recovery:
                    Physicians’ Health Programs
DuPont RL, McLellan AT, White WL, Merlo LJ, Gold MS. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2009; 36:159-171.

                                          • 904 physicians admitted to 16
                                            state PHPs studied for 5 years
                                          Elements of success:
                                            • Abstinence-based programs
                                            • Frequent random tests for 5
                                              years
                                            • Close linkages to 12-step
                                              programs
                                            • Use of residential/outpatient
                                              programs rated excellent
MD Addicts: 5-Year Outcomes
                    Status of Medical Practice

 Medical Status   Completers, %   Continuers, %   Noncompleters, % Total Sample, %
 (Last Known)       (n = 448)       (n = 199)        (n = 257)        (n = 904)
 Working in
                      91.1            81.9               27.6              72.0
  Medicine
  Licensed/
                      2.9              6.0               10.1               5.6
Not Practicing
Not Licensed/
 Suspended            2.2              6.5               31.5              11.5
   License
   Retired/
                      1.8              2.5               7.4                3.5
Left Practice
     Died             0.7              0.0               11.3               3.5
  Unknown             1.3              3.0               12.1               4.8
DuPont RL, et al. Setting the Standard for Recovery: Physicians Health Programs. The
Betty Ford Institute Meeting, Rancho Mirage, CA; October 3-4, 2007.
Essential Ingredients of the
           PHP Model
• Contingency management with positive
  consequences for abstinence and active
  intervention for any use of alcohol or other drugs
  of abuse
• Frequent random drug testing
• Abstinence standard – drugs and alcohol
• Link to 12-step programs
• Active management of relapse
• Long-term continuing care and monitoring
• Focus on life-long recovery
Challenges
•   Increasing Rx misuse
•   Younger age of onset of use
•   More MJ smoking youth
•   Poly Drug, alcohol users teens
•   Dual Disorders
•   MDs role in Rx misuse
•   Aging Floridians and Addictions
•   Health Providers-MDs role in failure to Dx
•   ED-ERs role in failure to DX and intervene
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