Video Training For Physicians and Healthcare Professionals
How to Treat Substance Use Disorders and Prescription Drug Dependence In Your Office
The United States is struggling with a serious drug problem.
Patients and their families don’t know where to go for help and they’re confused about the best treatment practices. Matters are often made worse by ineffective treatment protocols not supported by research.
But confusion exists among healthcare professionals too, due to a severe lack of addiction training in medicine.
After decades of working on the front lines, witnessing unnecessary suffering, I decided to do my part and create education, training and support so you can learn how to treat Substance Use Disorders and Prescription Drug Dependence most effectively in your office.
Patricia Halligan, M.D.
Training Videos
Addiction Psychiatrist, Dr. Patricia Halligan, provides you with up-to-date research and practical strategies for how to treat Patients with Substance Use Disorders and Prescription Drug Dependence in your office.
TREATING OPIOID USE DISORDER AND HOW TO PRESCRIBE BUPRENORPHINE (1.25 CME CREDITS)
This video includes an in-depth interview with Dr. Halligan regarding her experience working in the trenches as an Addiction Psychiatrist during the last two heart-breaking decades of the opioid epidemic. She discusses ...
BENZODIAZEPINE USE DISORDER (1 CME CREDIT)
This video includes an interview with Addiction Psychiatrist, Dr. Patricia Halligan, who explains the increase in long term benzodiazepine prescribing, linking it to both the deprescribing of opioids and lack of knowledge on how to deprescribe ...
CANNABIS USE DISORDER (0.5 CME CREDITS)
In this video, Dr. Halligan answers commonly asked questions from parents and colleagues concerning cannabis. She describes cannabis addiction and the harmful effects on the developing brains of teens and young adults. The effect of ...
"There’s a lot of confusion across America about about how to best treat people dependent on pain pills, heroin or benzodiazepines. Patients are not getting the help they need and often are being given the wrong treatment, which can be deadly. I’d like to share what decades of research tell us about Opioid Use Disorder and Benzodiazepine Dependence and how to treat it, so we can all get on the same page regarding best treatment practices."
Dr. Patricia Halligan
Substance Use Disorders and Prescription Drug Dependence are Highly Treatable
The United States is a country of overprescribing and there's an epidemic of overdose deaths involving opioids and benzodiazepines. Learn what you can do to be part of the solution.
Our Mission
To educate, train and support health care professionals in the understanding and treatment of Substance Use Disorders and Prescription Drug Dependence using gold standard, research supported practice guidelines so you can lessen patient suffering/death and help more patients fully recover.