Demystifying Addiction: Understanding the Biopsychosocial Model

All sessions are live-hosted, screen-to-screen 1.5 hour Continuing Education Sessions (CES) with PRI Trainers. All sessions will be presented via Zoom. PRI is unable to award hours for sessions previously attended.  

Please note that participants are responsible for ensuring online PRI sessions and the number of hours earned fulfill your system's requirements. Credentialing requirements for online sessions stipulate all participants must (1) individually register, and (2) log into the online session on their own device to received credit/hours for attending. Learners who participate in an online session via shared login will not receive a certificate. Learners are also required to attend sessions in full for credit hours to be awarded.  Participants will receive a survey email after the session and will receive a certificate once the survey has been submitted. The link to the surveys are also available on the instructor site under "My Trainings." Note, participants must attend the entire session. 

PRI supports low risk driving choices. Therefore, we will remove anyone who is driving on a Zoom call hosted by our team. So as to not further distract, we will not chat or verbally ask questions first. You'll be able to join a different Zoom session, from a stationary place, at a later date. 

Description:

Addiction can feel like a complicated web, for those trapped inside as well as those trying to work with them.  The biopsychosocial model is a conceptual solution for understanding addiction: seeing how our inner world, outer world, and physical bodies interact to create complex barriers to change.  

While not all students in Prime for Life meet criteria for an “addiction,” substance use disorders are a frequent problem for the people we serve.  Join Dr. Weiner and Prevention Research Institute as we unpack the biopsychosocial model of addiction and discuss how this knowledge can be applied to our facilitate our work in delivering Prime for Life.

Dates and Times (EASTERN TIME)

January 16, 2026: 3:00 -4:30 PM Eastern Time

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