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European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association

Intervention attempts with youth who are struggling with substance abuse are often met with resistance. While some youth choose not to use substances or their use stays as experimentation, for others, their use quenches a much larger unmet need and a pattern of use and abuse develops. Participants of this workshop will examine the needs underlying youth's choices to use substances. They will also consider issues that make working with youth different than working with adults and explore short term and longer term intervention strategies.

This conference will bring together health care professionals from across the province for the 44th annual conference which will offer a variety of learning and networking opportunities to support the delivery of addiction services for the people of Ontario.  

Many people struggling with a mental illness are also struggling with an addiction. Recovery for people coping with both of these issues is complicated because they affect each other and are intertwined. Caregivers may often be at a loss for where to start - did the addictions cause the mental illness, did the mental illness cause the addictions or is there something else leading to both? This workshop provides a framework for working systemically with both issues at the same time. Participants will explore the impact of both addiction and mental illness, an overview of the theoretical frameworks for both issues, and how to integrate strategies in a way that supports health and change.

Many people struggling with a mental illness are also struggling with an addiction. Recovery for people coping with both of these issues is complicated because they affect each other and are intertwined. Caregivers may often be at a loss for where to start - did the addictions cause the mental illness, did the mental illness cause the addictions or is there something else leading to both? This workshop provides a framework for working systemically with both issues at the same time. Participants will explore the impact of both addiction and mental illness, an overview of the theoretical frameworks for both issues, and how to integrate strategies in a way that supports health and change.

"Together Against Stigma: Changing How We See Mental Illness” will bring together researchers, policy makers, mental health professionals and service users from around the world. The focus of this conference will be effective interventions to reduce stigma and discrimination related to mental illness.
 
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This two-day workshop will focus on FASD sensitive treatment considerations, effective intervention strategies and intervention techniques for professionals involved in addictions prevention, treatment, counseling and aftercare. The goals of this seminar are to: . Update clinical therapists and addictions specialists with current medical, physical, cognitive, sensory integration and executive functioning issues within this patient population. . Provide participants with evaluation tools to determine the best course of individualized treatment plan for the individual by evaluating medical disposition of whole body disorder, social history, cultural factors and learning abilities. . Discuss variables in treatment modalities and establish strength-based, consistent provision of patient specific care and service delivery.  

The Institute on Addiction Studies provides professional education and personal growth experiences to those involved in the field of addictions through workshops, speakers and activities. CEUs have been approved by the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation. Keynote speaker is Dr. Mark Menestrina, Medical Director of Southeast Michigan Community Alliance and closing speaker is Greg Purvis, Director of Addiction Services for District Health Authorities 4, 5 &6 in Nova Scotia. Workshops include Maureen Brine on "Intervene or not to intervene: that is the question", Dr. Rick Csiernik on Pharmacology for Addiction Counsellors, Michael Gillis, Executive Director of Lifeskills South Florida, on Identifying and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder as well as many other topics including addiction and family violence, working with Aboriginal clients, EFT Level 1, trauma and addictions.  

The FASD Support Network of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, and Canada Northwest FASD Partnership are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for our conference FASDlive 2012: Expanding our Vision.  This event will be held in Saskatoon, SK (Saskatoon Inn) from September 12 - 14, 2012 and will address critical areas in FASD. The two-day conference (September 12, 13) is followed by a one-day Canada Northwest FASD Partnership Symposium (September 14). We welcome submissions for oral presentations, workshops, or posters within the conference themes listed below.
FASDlive 2012 will include a Scientific/Research stream and a Community Programs and Strategies stream, both of which will focus on four priority areas. 

Addressed by some forty plenary speakers of the highest international standing, with over one hundred workshops and poster presentations, the Montreal Conference will deliver an unrivalled scientific programme of interest to policy makers, researchers and practitioners alike.  

 

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Call for Abstracts - Mental Health and the Justic System: Implications and Applications of Treatment, Research, Policy and Law