Evidence-Based Benzodiazepine Tapering: 2025 ASAM Guideline in Practice
Join us for a structured, 4-Zoom Live Session Course, designed to equip you with the most current, evidence-based approaches to benzodiazepine tapering—based on the newly released 2025 ASAM Clinical Practice Guideline.
- May 17 (Saturday): 10 am to 12 pm.
Whether you're supporting patients with long-term benzodiazepine use, navigating challenging withdrawal symptoms, or balancing risk-benefit decisions, this course will provide the tools and clarity you need.
Introducing the 2025 ASAM Guideline:
The 2025 guideline equips practitioners with the latest evidence to navigate the benzodiazepine tapering decisions. Its recommendations balance harm reduction with patient needs.
Evidence-Informed Approach:
Comprehensive, consensus-based strategies for clinicians making tapering decisions.
Patient-Centered Focus:
Structured approaches for safely reducing and discontinuing benzodiazepines.
Specific Application for:
Designed for adult patients using benzodiazepines regularly who risk physical dependence.
Master the Latest Tapering Guidelines with Confidence:
4 Live Zoom Sessions
Four live Zoom sessions conducted by Dr. Harvinder Singh, who will distill the essential clinical details from the comprehensive 200+ page guideline.
Structured Learning
Join our structured program designed to equip you with the most current, evidence-based approaches to benzodiazepine tapering based on the 2025 ASAM Guidelines.
Practical Application
Gain practical tools to support patients with long-term BZD use, navigate withdrawal symptoms, and make informed risk-benefit decisions.
🧭 Course Outline: What You'll Learn
[Live Session 1]: May 17, 10 am PST
📘Foundational Principles & Decision-Making
- ✅ Understand all 28 recommendations from the 2025 ASAM Guideline
- ✅ Develop a risk–benefit decision framework: Should you taper?
- ✅ Clarify the distinction between tapering vs discontinuation
- ✅ Engage in shared decision-making through patient-centered discussions
- ✅ Determine appropriate level of care: Outpatient vs Inpatient
[Live Session 2]: May 17, 10:30 am PST
⚖️ Designing & Monitoring the Taper
- ✅ Learn how to initiate and structure the tapering process
- ✅ Explore individualized tapering scenarios—it's not one-size-fits-all
- ✅ Understand recommended monitoring strategies during the taper
- ✅ Principles of transitioning to longer-acting benzodiazepines
- ✅ Management of mild, moderate, and severe withdrawal symptoms
- ✅ Assess and manage seizure risk during benzodiazepine taper
- ✅ Guidance on tapering as you approach discontinuation
[Live Session 3]: May 17, 11 am PST
🧪 Adjunctive Strategies & Complication Management
- ✅ Evidence-based adjunctive interventions to support tapering
- ✅ Role of behavioral interventions in the taper process
- ✅ Importance of sleep hygiene in withdrawal management
- ✅ Pharmacological agents for supporting benzodiazepine tapering
- ✅ Managing severe or complicated withdrawal symptoms
- ✅ Clinical considerations: Is Phenobarbital tapering recommended?
- ✅ Medications to avoid during benzodiazepine tapering
- ✅ Understand and manage protracted withdrawal syndromes
[Live Session 4]: May 17, 11:30 am PST
🧬 Special Populations & Complex Clinical Scenarios
- ✅ Tapering in patients co-prescribed opioids
- ✅ Strategies for patients with benzodiazepine & other substance use disorders
- ✅ Managing patients with co-occurring psychiatric disorders
- ✅ Identify psychiatric conditions where tapering is strongly warranted
- ✅ Special considerations for older adults: clinical decision-making and risks
- ✅ Recommendations for pregnant or lactating patients
- ✅ Revisit key principles for starting and adapting the tapering plan
Meet Your Instructor:
Dr. Harvinder Singh, MD
Clinical Expertise
- Board-certified psychiatrist
Teaching Excellence
- Creator of Psychiatry Education Forum
🎯 Who Should Attend?
Psychiatrists & Psychiatry Residents
Primary Care Physicians
Nurse Practitioners
Physician Assistants
If you care for patients using benzodiazepines, this course is for you.
💳 Pricing
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