Chemical Dependency: Recognizing Addiction for the Entire
Dental Team
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Memphis, TN
1:00 to 3:00pm
2 credit hours; $70.00 per
person
Humphreys
General Education Building, corner of Madison and Dunlap, UTHSC, Memphis.
Parking is available in the parking garage located at 869 Madison Avenue,
next to the building. Parking is $5.
Course Description:
Addictions
are a silent, but pervasive problem in today’s society, regardless of
financial status, ethnicity, age or profession.
They impact our patients’ lives, our profession and our personal lives.
Fascinating research is indicating our brain’s neurotransmitters play a
major role in a person progressing from casual substance use to substance abuse.
This course will discuss types of substances, signs of substance use
(psychological, physiological, oral manifestations), and the role of the brain
in the addiction process. An outline
of successful intervention and preventive strategies will be included.
Because health care professionals must be aware of the many faces of this
problem, this course will provide the information needed to help a patient,
co-worker or family member manage this debilitating and complicated problem.
Presented by:
Nancy
J. Williams, RDH, EdD
Dr.
Nancy J. Williams is Professor of
Dental Hygiene in the College of Allied Health Sciences and Associate Professor
of the Department of Biologic and Diagnostic Sciences at the University of
Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry.
She has been at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center since
1980.
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