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Adapting the Cognitive Health Assessment for Patients with Substance Use Disorders

June 21, 2023 • Dr. Anna Chodos • Season 1 • Episode 4

In this episode, we are joined by two addiction medicine doctors in the UCSF Department of Medicine: Christine Soran, MD, MPH, assistant professor, primary care clinician, and medical director of the Office-Based Buprenorphine Induction Clinic; and Triveni Defries, MD, MPH, assistant professor, primary care clinician, and addiction medicine specialist.

We will discuss how substance use disorders affect cognition, how to adapt the cognitive health assessment for patients with substance use disorders, and how to incorporate a workup for substance use disorders in the next- steps evaluation. You will also gain a deeper understanding and practical skills for how to better assess older patients for substance use disorders.

Click here to watch a webinar, Adapting the Cognitive Health Assessment for Patients with Serious Mental Illness or Substance Use Disorder, featuring Dr. Soran and Dr. Defries.

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