SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SUMMIT
Event Information
Join us for the third annual Substance Use Disorder Summit. This summit is free and requires registration to attend. Learn from local experts in the field about trends in substance use in Athens, how to best respond to those with the dual diagnosis of a mental health concern and substance use disorder, and skills in the prevention and intervention of suicide. Finally, networking with other like-minded community members, as we work together to find solutions for local issues surrounding mental health and substance use disorder.
Date
September 19, 2024 | 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location
1055 Barber Event Venue
1055 Barber Street, Athens, Georgia 30601
Owned and operated by Epting Events Catering & Design
Event Schedule
8:30 AM
Registration & Welcome
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Presentation by Access Point
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Presentation by Advantage Behavioral Health Systems
11:00 – 12:00 PM
Presentation by Nuci’s Space
12:00 PM
Lunch Served by Epting Events Catering & Design
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Tabling with over 20 local providers in mental health and substance use disorder
Presenters
ACCESS POINT
About Access Point
Access Point of Georgia is a 501c3 nonprofit headquartered in Athens, Georgia. They provide compassionate care to people who use drugs and work together with them to promote safety and reduce health risks with drug use.
Presentation
Driving Trends: Mapping the Future of Substance Use in Athens and Beyond
Analyze the drivers of substance use trends in Northeast Georgia and learn how evidence-based harm reduction strategies, focusing on naloxone distribution and its history of access to laypersons, addresses both immediate and systemic issues of opioid overdose fatality.
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems
About Advantage Behavioral Health Systems
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems is a community service board that provides direct and immediate assistance to those requiring support for mental health, developmental disability, or substance abuse services to those in Northeast Georgia.
Presentation
Nuci's Space
About Nuci’s Space
Nuci’s Space advocates for and helps to alleviate the suffering for those living with a brain illness and fights to end the stigma of mental illness, focusing on musicians. They maintain a health and resource center for musicians as a safe space to seek support and guidance and provide access to affordable and obstacle-free health care.
Presentation
Suicide Prevention QPR Training
Nuçi’s Space will speak about their mission of suicide prevention and one of the core ways they do that: QPR Gatekeeper Training. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, Refer and in this introduction to their QPR program, Kara and Corey will share information about suicide statistics, dispelling myths about suicide, and how to approach suicide prevention in our day to day lives and conversations, as well as how substance use and abuse can impact the risk of suicide. There will be time allowed for questions, as well as an opportunity to register for one of Nuçi’s Space’s upcoming QPR Gatekeeper Training sessions, which are free to the public.
Presenters
Kara Johnson – QPR Training Facilitator
Corey Jones – QPR Training Facilitator / Coordinator