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Keynote

Addictive Behaviors

Keynote 19 - Amplifying and Extending the Framework of Treatment

Saturday, June 27, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Location: Golden Gate A, B2 Level
Earn 1 Credit
Keywords: Addictive Behaviors, Alcohol Use, Therapy Process
Level of Familiarity: Moderate
Recommended Readings: Scott CK, Dennis ML, Foss MA. Utilizing Recovery Management Checkups to shorten the cycle of relapse, treatment reentry, and recovery. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005 Jun 1;78(3):325-38. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.12.005. Epub 2005 Jan 26. PMID: 15893164; PMCID: PMC5933845. ,   Stringfellow EJ, Lim TY, Humphreys K, et al. Reducing opioid use disorder and overdose deaths in the United States: A dynamic modeling analysis. Sci Adv. 2022;8(25):eabm8147. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abm81474 ,   White, W. L. (2007). Addiction recovery: Its definition and conceptual boundaries. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33(3), 229-241. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.04.015 " ,   ,  
Since the initial declaration of a "war on drugs" 50 years ago, much has been learned regarding the taxonomy, etiology, pharmacology, epidemiology, neurobiology, typology, and phenomenology of addiction that has shifted public policies and public opinion on addiction away from incarceration toward treatment and public health. More recently there has been a further focus on interventions that combine acute care stabilization and short-term intervention toward models of assertive clinical-community linkage and long-term recovery management that promise to enhance rates of stable remission. This talk will review these paradigmatic shifts occurring during the past 50 years with a focus on how the public health and addiction treatment infrastructure is changing to enhance rates of remission as well as accelerate the time to stable remission.

Learning Objectives:

  • Name three major treatment paradigm shifts that have occurred during the past 50 years in addiction care.
  • Describe the major mechanisms through which treatment and recovery support services are shown to confer benefits.
  • Name two underlying dimensions that affect the degree of stigma and discrimination in addiction.