Is Recovery From Addiction a Miracle?

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
October 18, 2024
Reid Finlayson, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Addiction Psychiatry
Objectives:
The activity is designed to help the learner:
1. Describe the bio-psycho-social-spiritual recovery from addiction and other mental illnesses
2. Define obstacles to the American approach to social justice for those with substance use disorders
3. Assess a proposal to restructure the delivery of psychiatric care to reduce overdose deaths in Tennessee
Summary:
Based upon evolving insights from personal and professional experience managing severe mental illness and substance use this presentation will explore the social and spiritual understanding of recovery from addiction and mental illness. The presentation will contrast evidence-based outcomes with the current and traditional approaches. A management strategy to reduce addiction morbidity and mortality in Tennessee will be offered.
Dr. Finlayson's Proposal:
Consilient Opioid Addiction Management in Tennessee: Integrating Treatment, Research, and Social Justice
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Resources for further enrichment
Progressive Food and Drug Control by Lucius Polk Brown
Slaying the Dragon by William L. White
The Drug Hang-Up by Rufus King (out of print)
The American Disease by David F. Musto
Our Right to Drugs by Thomas Sasz
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