SUD Desitgmatization, Language, and Cultural Competency

This session will focus on how to engage in a culturally humble approach when working with individuals experiencing substance use. Discussion will include strategies to destigmatize substance use, language to use and avoid, how social determinants of health impact substance use and society's view of substance use, and what it means to approach patients with cultural humility.

Dr. Del Real, MD, University of Wyoming-Casper, Family Medicine Residency Program, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Specialty