CAUDS Corner Summer 2021
In our summer edition, find quick updates, new resources, and be sure to subscribe!
In the News
The MEDICAL POST recently featured Dr. Jeff Harries and CAUDS in the article, Treating Alcohol Use Disorder: Bringing hope, compassion and the opportunity for a full recovery
The THOMPSON DIVISION OF FAMILY PRACTICE featured Dr. Amanda Bosman speaking about how pharmacotherapy for AUD transforms family practice
The BC CENTRE ON SUBSTANCE USE recently profiled Trailblazer, Dr. Jeff Harries
One Year Celebration
We celebrated our Society’s formation with an inaugural CAUDS social. It was, of course, small and distanced this year, but we look forward to bigger celebrations, and welcoming you, in the future. After all, we have the t-shirts!
Feature Resources
We continue to add to our clinician resources and to our collection of resources for patients and families.
Read patient and family stories, which are helping to spread awareness, reduce stigma, and encourage others. Thank you to our recent contributors. Consider sharing your story!
NEW POSTERS AND PRINTABLE HANDOUTS
AUD information posters, updated handouts for patients to take to their provider and more!
Welcome Aboard!
Thank you to Dr. Murray Trusler and NP Patrice Gordon for recently joining the CAUDS Board of Directors.
AUD Care in Emergency Departments
CAUDS is pleased to be collaborating with Interior Health to pilot care improvements for patients presenting with Alcohol Use Disorder at hospital emergency departments. Stay tuned!
Student Researchers
This summer, CAUDS welcomes Hayley Ross (r), a fourth year cognitive science student at McGill University to our team. Earlier in the spring, medical student Kyra Huston (l) researched AUD treatments in the current Canadian university curriculum.
Coming Soon…
AUD MEDICATION APP Dr. Jeff Harries’ much-loved AUD Medication Guide is going online in an interactive format. Stay tuned!
CCSA CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS We’re delighted to be conducting 2 presentations at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction virtual conference: Issues of Substance, November 23-25. You can Register Now!
RESEARCH PAPER PUBLICATION Our team is thrilled to announce that our study "How prescribing pharmacotherapies for AUD can impact the healthcare system” will be published in the September edition of the Healthcare Management Forum. Watch for our companion podcast!
CLINICIAN’S PRESCRIBING VIDEO The cameras are rolling for the creation of a set of modules all about AUD medications, prescribing practices and more.
Providing hope
We are proudly partnering with the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen to spread the word about effective medical treatment options for AUD, and to promote a more compassionate perception of this disorder. Please consider donating today.