Facilitated by: S. Ivan Lopes, LPC, LADC
Summary:
The Brain Quadrant promotes understanding of the harmful effects of drugs/alcohol within the human brain, mimicking psychiatric symptoms. The population presenting with mental illness and having drugs on board is the most common one in all levels of care. Drugs and/or alcohol use, leading to a disrupting of brain function is phenomenon not yet fully understanding by neurological science and it is certainly one that causes much puzzling to service providers. The brain quadrant facilitates understanding and helps to raise awareness about the importance of a multidimensional assessment approach so that for each individual seeking help we can provide treatment for all conditions and for all the problems that these conditions, i.e., mental health and chemical substance abuse cause.
1. Participants will have increased knowledge of the correlation that exists between psychiatric symptoms and chemical substance use.
2. Presentation will facilitate learning about neurological transmission and the chaos caused in the synaptic gap due to drug and alcohol ingestion.
3. Participants will have better understanding of the euphoric and dysphoric as taken to abnormal levels by the effects of drug and/or alcohol use.
4. Participants will participate in discussion about mental illness due to brain pre-disposition and mental illness due to drugs/alcohol use.
3 CEUS: Oklahoma LPC, LADC (3 hrs. Addictions Counseling), CADC, LCSW, LMFT and Case Management. Nursing certificate of participation. Pre-registration is required. Seating is limited. please refer questions to esachau@parksideinc.org
About the Presenter: S. Ivan Lopes, LPC, LADC
Ivan Lopes was born in Brazil but has lived and worked in the US for over 40 years. He holds a BA in Psychology and an MS in Education/Counseling and Guidance. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Oklahoma. Lopes has a diverse work experience including extensive work with perpetrators of domestic violence and over 30 years working in substance use and mental health treatment settings. Lopes is author of the books “Law Enforcement: Fight Against Darkness” and “Mental Health and Suicidal Thoughts The Quest for Life…or Death.” He is an ordained minister and well known speaker at Oklahoma substance abuse treatment professional training conferences.
