Updates in Treating Tobacco Dependence in Mental Health Settings

Tobacco use continues to be the number one cause of preventable death in this country and as smoking rates decline, it has become more concentrated in disparity groups like those with a mental illness or substance use disorder. Addressing tobacco should be part of a comprehensive plan to address substance use in all patients. This session will review clinically useful techniques for assessment and diagnosis and well as discuss recent updates in treatments with an emphasis on pharmacology.

Jill M. Williams, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at the Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick. She also holds faculty appointments at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the Rutgers Center for Alcohol Studies. The focus of Dr. Williams work has been in addressing tobacco in individuals with mental illness or other addictions through treatment and systems interventions. In 2015 she was the recipient of the Remarkable Achievement Award of the NJ Psychiatric Association. She also serves as Chair of the APA Council on Addiction Psychiatry.

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