ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT IN AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES

Course overview

ALASKAN NATIVES AND AMERICAN INDIANS COMPRISE A DIVERSE POPULATION WITH A DISTINCT VARIATION IN ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE RATES DUE TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND TRIBAL AFFILIATION. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE LEADS TO INCREASED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATES, SO PREVENTION AND EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT BY HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ARE IMPERATIVE. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE ETIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN ALASKAN NATIVES AND AMERICAN INDIANS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF TREATMENT BY THE INTERPROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE TEAM.