Treating Alcohol Use Disorder in an Integrated Care Setting

Thursday, November 13, 2025
1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET

Description:

What’s your next step following a positive patient screening for alcohol use disorder (AUD)? Reinforce your skills and confidence with a discussion of motivational interviewing techniques to support patient-directed treatment plans with an introduction to the National Institute on Drug Abuse Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) screening and assessment tool.

Earn 0.5 Behavioral Health continuing education credit (CEUs) for attending this webinar.

Objectives:

Participants in this webinar will be able to:

  • Describe how to develop a patient-directed treatment plan to manage AUD in an integrated care setting.

Presenter:

Todd “Akiva” Mandell, MD, Senior Associate, Addiction Medicine, Bizzell US

Todd “Akiva” Mandell, MD, Senior Associate, Addiction Medicine, Bizzell US, is a board-certified psychiatrist of more than 30 years with added qualifications in addiction psychiatry. His work experience has included direct clinical treatment at the inpatient, partial hospitalization, outpatient, and residential levels of care as well as in administration. Dr. Mandell served for eight years as the medical director for the Vermont State Office of Drug and Alcohol programs, where he was a key participant in the creation of the Vermont Hub and Spoke Model for delivery of medication for opioid use disorder. Prior to joining Bizzell US, he served for five years as the chief medical officer for Community Substance Abuse Centers in New England. He currently supports training and technical assistance activities for Bizzell US as a subject-matter expert.  

Register for the Webinar

Continuing Education (CE):

  • We offer behavioral health continuing education credits for participation in behavioral health/substance use disorder integration technical assistance (BH/SUD TA) events.
  • You must attend the event and complete the online Health Center TA Satisfaction Assessment after the event (2-3 minutes).
  • A link with instructions will be provided at the end of the session.
  • CE certificates will be sent within 5 weeks of the event from the Health Center BH/SUD TA Team via Smartsheet (user@app.smartsheet.com>.
This course has been approved by JBS International, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #86832, JBS International, Inc., is responsible for all aspects of their programming. JBS International, Inc., has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6442. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. JBS International, Inc., is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.