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Brain Injury, Overdose and Harm Reduction

Harm Reduction is a set of practices that help people behave safely while also shifting systems and environments to be safer. Harm Reduction recognizes that society, and the systems within, have historically put people who use drugs and/or engage in sexwork in more harm through oppressive policy and stigmatizing culture. - Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition. 

This presentation will provide an overview of how people with brain injury can be supported in terms of reducing risk from overdose, as well as concrete examples on how to apply academic detailing.  Successful examples of peer-to-peer modeling will be shared, and a discussion which state and community partners to invite to the table will be conducted. 

Moderator:

Anastasia Edmonston

Presenter:

Laura Bartolomei-Hill, LCSW-C, Social Worker, Maryland Behavioral Health Administration 

Bio: Laura Bartolomei-Hill, LCSW-C, (she/her) is a social worker in Baltimore City. She currently works in multiple clinical settings, including on an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, outpatient substance use disorder services, and community-based sterile syringe distribution. She also works with the Maryland Department of Health on the Traumatic Brain Injury Partner Grant. She is on the Advisory Board of the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition.  

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