Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment Entry Amongst LGBTQ Adults

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 10 am PT

Summary

Learning Objectives

  1. Provide an overview of terminology and acronyms, including why pronouns matter
  2. Define minority stress theory and apply it to the development of substance use disorders (SUDs) in the LGBTQIA+ community
  3. Describe the disparities in the use of substances and prevalence of SUDs in analyses comparing LGBTQIA+ individuals to cisgender heterosexual peers

About the Speaker

Dr. Andy Tompkins is Director of the Division of Substance Abuse and Addiction Medicine (DSAAM) https://dsaam.org, a Division of the UCSF School of Medicine providing substance use disorder treatment, research, and education in service to our community at San Francisco General Hospital and accessing mobile and community-based clinics partnering with the Department of Public Health across the City and County of San Francisco.  Dr. Tompkins is a psychiatrist experienced in addiction clinical trials, behavioral pharmacology, pain, and innovative treatment engagement strategies, appointed Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF.  Dr. Tompkins specializes in addiction psychiatry, treatment of comorbid pain and substance abuse.

About the ISD Webinar Series

The Investigator Skills Development (ISD) Webinar Series is presented by the Investigator Skills Development Unit (ISDU) of the UCSF Research Coordinating Center to Reduce Disparities in Multiple Chronic Diseases (RCC-RD-MCD). 

Co-Sponsored by CAPS Town Hall and the CAPS Implementation Science and Health Systems (ISHS) Core

ISDU Director: Mandana Khalili, MD, MAS, Professor of Medicine, UCSF, Chief of Clinical Hepatology, San Francisco General Hospital

ISDU Co-Director: Edwin Charlebois, PhD, Professor of Medicine,  Division of Prevention Science, UCSF