Strategies to Prevent and Treat Adolescent Substance Use

Approximately 1 in 5 youth ages 12-17 are participating in substance use including alcohol, tobacco and cigarettes, and illicit drugs. Youth and adolescents who use substances are at risk of using as adults, and to limit this risk it is important to not only connect those currently using with helpful resources but also to prevent use before it begins. It is a challenge to identify youth who are struggling, and once identified, the wait to receive care is often prohibitive to timely treatment. Potential options for increasing screening and access to treatment include creating systems within primary care settings (90% of youth receive primary care), include school systems in screening and treatment, and stand-alone digital interventions. Join Dr. Uche Aneni as she discusses some of the most pressing issues in the youth substance use space and opportunities to treat and prevent use.

This event will be virtual.

ABOUT Kammarauche Aneni

Dr. Kammarauche Aneni is an Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Aneni received her MBBS from the University of Ibadan College of medicine Followed by her MHS from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She later became the Chief Resident at Duke University Hospital and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Aneni has received serval awards including the NIDA HEAL Diversity Supplement from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the YCCI Scholar Award from Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, the NIDA CTBH Pilot Award from the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, as well as the NIH AIM-AHEAD Fellowship Program in Leadership from the NIH.

Event Date
Monday, June 26, 2023
Start Time: 11:00am EDT
End Time: 11:45am EDT

Contact
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Elizabeth Rigsbee
9374086063
erigsbee@jhu.edu

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