December 7, 2023
11:00AM - 12:00PM Pacific Time
Episode 1: ASAM Criteria Unplugged and Other Tales from the Field (Live)
About the event
Unplugged from Chief Editorship of The ASAM Criteria, David will riff on over 30 years’ experience with the Criteria, where we’ve been and where we are going in the addiction treatment field. He might even talk about how he once flirted with the idea of reducing the ASAM Criteria to one page; and other pet peeves. Join in on the chat with a ‘has-been’ on ‘what could be’.
David Mee-Lee, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist, and is certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM). Based in Davis, California, he trains and consults both nationally and internationally, but is much more in retirement mode now. Dr. Mee-Lee was Editor-in-Chief of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's (ASAM) Criteria for all editions from 1991-2013. He is President of DML Training and Consulting and has over forty years’ experience in person centered treatment and program development for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions.
*Event not eligible for CEUs.
About the trainer
Scott Boyles is a licensed addiction counselor, MINT trainer and the Senior National Training Director for Train for Change Inc.® Mr. Boyles has spent more than three decades in the behavioral health field and has many years of experience working with the ASAM Criteria. Mr. Boyles is one of the original early adopters of the ASAM criteria, starting in 1991.Before becoming a full-time trainer, Mr. Boyles used the criteria professionally as a counselor and director. From 2007-2011, Mr. Boyles also served as a member of the ASAM Steering Committee for the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria. He also spent many years as a site reviewer, monitoring programs’ application of the criteria. Mr. Boyles’ experience at all levels of service and observation has enabled him to understand trainees’ needs in both education and application at different levels of the service system. Since 1993, he has trained more than 8,000 people in proper use of the criteria. Mr. Boyles has passion and expertise in system-change approaches to support effective implementation and use of the ASAM criteria. He is well-known for his information, engaging, and entertaining trainings, which include practical, real-world applications.
