Navigating Substance Use Coercion: Practical Tools for Screening and Intervention

Friday, April 25, 2025

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM

Presenter(s)

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Diana Samberg, MD, MS

Assistant Professor
UPMC Division of General Internal Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Ilana Hull, MD

Assistant Professor
UPMC Division of General Internal Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Carole Warshaw, MD

Director
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Healtth
Chicago, Illinois

Non-presenting author(s)

Heather Phillips, MA

Research Director
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
Chicago, Illinois
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Eleanor Lyon, PhD

Senior Research Advisor
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
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Elizabeth E. Krans, MD, MSc

Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This workshop will teach about how substance use coercion is a form intimate partner violence (IPV). Participants will learn how to identify these forms of coercion and develop practical strategies for responding in clinical settings through interactive activities and case discussions.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Describe the key tactics used in substance use coercion within intimate partner violence (IPV) relationships and their impact on recovery and treatment.
Demonstrate effective strategies for talking with patients and identifying substance use coercion in patients experiencing IPV in clinical settings.
Develop skills necessary to effectively work with patients experiencing substance use coercion to develop harm reduction and safety planning strategies to support their recovery and access to treatment

Disclosure(s):

Diana Samberg, MD, MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Ilana Hull, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Carole Warshaw MD, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Heather Phillips, MA: No financial relationships to disclose

Eleanor Lyon, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Elizabeth E. Krans, MD, MSc: No financial relationships to disclose