Presentation Summary: This presentation will focus on defining Complex Trauma and how a history of Complex Trauma continues to have negative physiological, psychological and interpersonal effects as adults. These individuals are at high risk to engage in dubious problem solving, utilize self-sabotaging strategies to avoid emotional distress, and employ impulsive faulty decision making, all of which exacerbates their already chaotic internal and external worlds putting them at risk for opioid dependance. For these reasons complex trauma survivors present unique treatment challenges for MAT programs. Psychotherapeutic approaches to treat complex trauma survivors in MAT programs will be summarized.
*Foundations of Medication for OUD
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this activity, participants will:
Define Complex Trauma and how it is different from single event PTSD.
Describe which brain processes and mind sets are negatively affected by complex trauma and how those contribute to making a person more vulnerable to opioid dependence.
Identify components of successful psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals suffering with complex trauma in MAT programing.
