The January Professional Lecture Series was presented by Brian Fuehrlein, M.D., Ph.D. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and Director, Psychiatric Emergency Room at VA Connecticut Healthcare System. His presentation, Denial, Promises and Excuses: The Disease Process of Addiction and the Opioid Epidemic helped participants understand basic concepts of the disease process of addiction, provided a clinical presentation of denial, promises, and excuses, and reviewed literature and why it’s an important topic to address as providers. After his presentation, Philip Hemphill, Lakeview Health’s Chief Clinical Officer sat down with Dr. Fuehrlein to talk about the topic a little more. Watch the podcast below! https://youtu.be/S-sC_b5jh-c