IFSS-NAMI Speaker Series Presentation

Calendar
When:
05/11/2020 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
2020-05-11T17:00:00-04:00
2020-05-11T18:00:00-04:00
Where:
Online
Cost:
Free
Contact:
NAMI Middlesex
(732) 745-0709
Event website
NAMI NJ Webinar Series

“Treating Substance Use (incl. Tobacco Addiction) and Co-Occurring Disorders”

Speakers: Azeem Sitabkhan & Lisa Evans, CHOICES-Consumers Helping Others Improve their Condition by
Ending Smoking, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) & Zahid Syed & Kelly Magee, RIOT-Rutgers
Interdisciplinary Opioid Trainers Program, Rutgers-RWJMS & Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Research indicates that smokers who receive a combination of behavioral treatment and cessation medications quit
at higher rates than those who receive minimal intervention. CHOICES peer educators will provide information
about the prevalence of tobacco dependence among mental health consumers, and will be told from their own
perspective as mental health consumers and former smokers. This presentation will provide resources for behavioral
and pharmacological treatments that are available. Additionally, presenters will share information about a new
program called RIOT, which is committed to increasing education and reducing stigma about Opioid Use Disorder
and Medication Assisted Treatment in NJ.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtceCsqTsrEtCvThgZN1lPDG9Q0rNIxGQO