Current Challenges in Adolescent Addiction Care. Vision for the Future.

Sunday, April 27, 2025

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Presenter(s)

Sandra Gomez-Luna, MD, MD, FAPA, FASAM

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
Darien, Connecticut
Lisa R. Fortuna, MD, MPH

Professor and Chair
University of Caiifornia Riverside
Riverside, California
Modar Sukkarieh, MD, FAAP

Addiction Medicine and Developmental Pediatrician
Boston Children's Hospital
Brookline, Massachusetts
SP

Sara J. Polley, MD, FAPA, FASAM

Chief Medical Officer
Ellie Mental Health
Golden Valley, Minnesota

Non-presenting author(s)

Scott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, FASAM

Division Chief / Associate Professor
Mass General for Children / Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
BS

Bagley Sarah, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Sharon Levy, MD, MPH

Chief
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

This workshop will summarize current challenges with accessing care for adolescents with SUD. Strategies for expanding access to treatment for SUD and co-occurring mental health conditions will be discussed along with the proposed framework for the Adolescent and Transition Age Youth Volume of The ASAM Criteria. Topics will include treatment infrastructure, expanding access to withdrawal management services, patient and family engagement and shared decision-making, utilization of a systems of care framework, and tailoring care to developmental age and stage.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Understand ongoing challenges with accessing appropriate care for adolescents with SUD and co-occurring mental health conditions.
Recognize strategies for expanding access to quality adolescent SUD treatment.
Understand the importance of family driven, youth guided and systems-oriented care in adolescent SUD and MH treatment.

Disclosure(s):

Sandra Gomez-Luna, MD, MD, FAPA, FASAM: No financial relationships to disclose

Lisa R. Fortuna, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Scott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, FASAM: No financial relationships to disclose

Bagley Sarah, MD, MSc: No financial relationships to disclose