Free public screening of opioid crisis film "What We Hide" to headline 37th Annual Addiction Training Institute in Morgantown

The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry will host a free public screening of "What We Hide," a dramatic film depicting the human toll of the opioid crisis, on Monday, June 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Erickson Alumni Center at West Virginia University.

"What We Hide" explores the personal and community devastation caused by opioid addiction, bringing the human dimension of the crisis to the screen. The film was created by Dan Kay, with story contributions from Julia Keller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author whose work has long centered on Appalachian communities and the lived experience of the opioid epidemic.

Filmmaker Dan Kay will be present for a discussion following the screening, hosted by Trey Kay, a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and host of the podcast Us & Them. Admission is free, but seating is limited, and tickets must be reserved through the registration portal at WVATI.org.

"West Virginia has been living the consequences of the opioid epidemic for decades," James H. Berry, D.O., professor and chair of the Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, said. "The film screening is an opportunity for the broader community, not just clinicians, to come together around these stories and this conversation."

The screening is part of the 37th Annual West Virginia Carl "Rolly" Sullivan Addiction Training Institute (ATI), a two-day professional training conference taking place June 15-16 at the Erickson Alumni Center. The event is hosted by the RNI Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and draws addiction treatment professionals, counselors, social workers, nurses, and behavioral health clinicians from across the state and region.

"The landscape of addiction treatment is changing rapidly, from new medications like GLP-1s to a deeper understanding of behavioral addictions, and West Virginia cannot afford to fall behind,” Berry said. “The ATI brings the most current science and practice directly to the professionals doing this work every day in our communities. That's not just professional development; that's how we save lives."

Now in its 37th year, the ATI is one of West Virginia's longest-running professional development conferences focused on substance use disorder. This year's program features sessions on alcohol use disorder, gambling disorder, GLP-1 medications and addiction treatment, motivational interviewing, nutrition and SUD, family treatment, and the impact of substance use on veterans — among other topics.

More than a dozen additional presenters from WVU and partner organizations are scheduled across the two-day program. The 2026 conference features two keynote speakers:

• Brian Fuehrlein, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine
• James H. Berry, DO, FAOAAM, Professor and Chair of the WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and Director of Addictions at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

Tickets for the June 15 screening are available at no cost through WVATI.org. Attendees are encouraged to reserve early, as space in the ballroom is limited.