Addiction Medicine Journal Club: Dry January - Audio Episode 5

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Addiction is a disease that can be treated, and these audios will help you stay up to date with the latest research that you can use in your addiction medicine practice. In each episode of Addiction Medicine Journal Club we discuss articles or studies related to addiction.

In this episode of Addiction Medicine Journal Club we discuss the article Short- and Longer-Term Benefits of Temporary Alcohol Abstinence During 'Dry January' Are Not Also Observed Among Adult Drinkers in the General Population: Prospective Cohort Study.

Article citation:
de Visser RO, Piper R. Short- and Longer-Term Benefits of Temporary Alcohol Abstinence During 'Dry January' Are Not Also Observed Among Adult Drinkers in the General Population: Prospective Cohort Study. Alcohol Alcohol. 2020 Jun 25;55(4):433-438. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agaa025. Erratum in: Alcohol Alcohol. 2021 Oct 15;: PMID: 32391879.

In our introduction we discuss taking the ABPM Addiction Medicine Board Exam, and the appalling number of drug overdose deaths in the US. Recent data from the CDC can be found at this link: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm.

Credits
Host: Sonya Del Tredici, MD
Host: John Keenan, MD
Research Assistance: WH Medical Librarians
Music: Benjamin Kennedy
Audio Production: Angela Ohlfest
CME Coordinator: georgeanna ledgerwood, MLIS/LMT
Sponsor: WellSpan Health

References for staying up to date on addiction research and policy: https://www.evidencealerts.com/" Evidence Alerts https://www.asam.org/publications-resources/the-asam-weekly ASAM Weekly https://www.asam.org/advocacy/advocacy-in-action/the-asam-advocate" ASAM Advocate

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1. Discuss the study design, results, and limitations of the research reviewed and how to apply those results to current practice
2. Analyze how the conclusions of the featured article affect current practices and reflect on how this changes communications with and care of patients with alcohol use disorder
3. Discuss the Dry January and other temporary abstinence initiatives and how they impact patient care

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.50 hours), Act 13 Patient Safety/Risk Management Credits (0.50 hours), Act 124 Opioid Continuing Education Qualified (0.50 hours)

Sunday, May 1, 2022, 12:00 AM - Sunday, December 31, 2023, 11:59 PM

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