Captain Hooked: The Addiction Project

Addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael provides a brief overview of harm reduction as it pertains to addiction care for individuals that use substances. Additionally, he covers the 6 principles of harm reduction: 1. Humanism 2. Pragmatism 3. Individualism 4. Autonomy 5. Incrementalism 6. Accountability without termination *[ Harm reduction principles for healthcare settin...

Third wave psychotherapies are starting to show efficacy for people who use drugs. Here, Addiction psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba and addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael discuss the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, Marsha Linehan, CBT, the dialectic of acceptance and change, the 4 components of DBT including group, individual, phone coaching and case...

Addiction psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba, addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael have been discussing the clinical assessment. In a previous talk, they discussed the content and compared and contrasted different kinds of assessments. Today, they discuss the “process”. This includes the context, the questions you ask, how you formulate the person, and how you give re...

Addiction psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba and addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael discuss the basic outpatient psychiatric assessment. Wiplove covers the key headings including identifying data, reason for referral, chief complaint, history of presenting illness, past psychiatric history, review of symptoms and personal history. JP has questions about how the asse...

Addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael and addiction psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba discus the perspectives of psychiatry in more detail. This includes shifting the conversation from how the perspectives of psychiatry model is into how would you actually use it in practice. Wip is not able to fully answer the questions and for clarity, both of them decide the next b...

At John Hopkins, McHugh and Slavney developed the perspectives approach to psychiatry. Addiction psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba regularly uses it in his clinical practice. In this episode, Wip and addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael discuss the model, the different quadrants and how they help us understand the person and match to the appropriate treatment.  Wip b...

Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba has come closing questions for addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael.  A lot of things were not discussed.     Wip does ask however what it was like to have had a recent history of drug use and attend a training on chemsex for health care providers, how he can do his job better, and JP gives Wip a few ideas of what to put up into his office to mak...

Information prepared by OHTN think tank for GBMSM   Irene Nkoroge prepared a slide deck on GBMSM (gay and bisexual men who have sex with men) and crystal meth in Ontario after a discussion with the OHTN think tank.      This is the link to the talk.    http://www.metaphi.ca/wp-content/uploads/Call_RN_CrystalMethMSM.pdf  The Ontario HIV Treatment Network  https://www.ohtn.on.ca/  Featuring addictio...

Addiction psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba tries to bring Dr. Dave Stuart message about 'Chemsex  / Party and Play' to a different audience.  Wip had to prepare a talk on chemsex and he watched numerous hours of Dave Stuart on YouTube to prepare. The storytelling is Dave Stuart’s story and he has numerous workshops and talks on YouTube. This is a topic that both sexual health workers and addic...

In 2015, Jean-Paul ended his two-decade long entanglement with substance use. He has attempted to put that lived experience to a useful purpose. He joined St. Michael’s, Hospital Addiction Service, as one of their first Peer Support Specialists. Today, as a Community Case Manager he provides intensive case management for some of the most marginalized patients.  When not working directly with patie...

Addiction psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba & addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael are sharing at CSAM conference their experience of working together on an inpatient consultation service. These 15 minutes will briefly cover what it was like to train as a peer support worker, what it’s like as a clinician to have a peer support worker join your team, as well as wins...

Addiction Psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove Lamba & Addictions Case Manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael have learnt a lot about how to help men who “party with drugs” (PNP) from Dr. David Stuart. Dr. Stuart has been a beacon of light in trying to help health care providers help those who party with drugs.  In this session, Wip has to prepare a talk for Monday where he teaches on “Party and Pla...

Addiction Psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba and Addictions Case Manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael are in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) annual conference. Wip loves this conference. When he started doing addiction medicine, he felt like he was in a bubble. Providing psychiatric care to people who use drugs or addiction medicine care...

Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine is the main national health care providers organization for those practicing addiction medicine.  For Wiplove, it has allowed him to stay connected to a community of addiction practitioners even though his primary practice was in a general hospital setting.  For any health care providers, he strongly recommends membership and attendance at the conference to h...

Addictions Case Manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael is attending a training with Psychwire on motivational interviewing. JP is having a conversation with Addiction Psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba. JP has done 8 hours of their 16 hour training program, and he has a few questions for Wip. How do you give advice or a diagnosis in MI? How do you do the delicate dance of informing wit...