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Thursday 12 and Friday 13 November at the
Park Inn, York, UK
Professor Christine
Godfrey will give the Society Lecture – ‘Addiction
Treatment - Do economists contribute to the policy debate?’
Speakers:
- Connie Weisner - California, USA
- Ann McNeill - Nottingham, UK
- Eileen Kaner – Newcastle, UK
- Jo Neale - Oxford, UK
- Anne Lingford-Hughes - Bristol, UK
- Gerhard Bühringer - Dresden, Germany
- Isidore Obot - Geneva, Switzerland
- Keith Humphreys - California, USA
- Antoni Gual i Solé - Barcelona, Spain
- John Cunningham - Toronto, Canada
- John Kelly - Boston, USA
- Rhoda Emlyn-Jones - Cardiff, Wales
Alcohol Education & Research Council
Symposium:
‘What does the AERC do?’
A parallel session, chaired by Ray Hodgson
- Angela Attwood
- Alyson Smith
- Val Curran
- David Foxcroft
Submissions for delegates’ posters and
oral presentations are now welcome (closing date: Friday 4
September). Any addictions subject will be considered. See
‘Instructions
for Authors’. £500 prize for best poster.
Post: Graham Hunt,
Leeds Addiction Unit, The Coach House, 19 Springfield Mount,
Leeds, LS2 9NG, UK
Fax: +44 (0)113 295 2787
Email: graham.hunt@leedspft.nhs.uk
Delegate application forms are available here.
The Venue
 The
Park Inn York Hotel is a vibrant hotel and conference centre
located in the centre of this historic Northern City. Having
just completed a £5 million pound investment programme,
this established 200 bedroom hotel is now looking better than
ever, offering comfortable, modern and value for money accommodation,
in a relaxed and stylish setting.
The hotel is only a 5 minute walk from York
railway station, and an even shorter distance to the many
unique Shopping Districts and major tourist attractions that
York has to offer all its visitors such as the Jorvik Viking
Centre, York Minster and the world-famous National Railway
Museum.
Key Features
- 200 newly refurbished bedrooms offering air
conditioning, flatscreen 26" digital TV's and large
drench style showers as standard
- 32 newly launched Business Friendly Rooms,
which include Free Wi-fi, in house movies and a highly efficient
express check in and check out facility
- 13 modern, flexible and fully air conditioned
Meeting & Event Rooms
- Fantastic Buffet Breakfast available every
day and guaranteed to set you on the right track in the
morning
- Regatta Bar, with a unique riverside setting
and the perfect location in which to enjoy light snacks
or drinks (open to non residents)
- Wi-fi access available throughout the entire
hotel
- Innaction Health & Fitness Centre available
to all residents on a complimentary basis for Gymnasium,
Sauna & Dance Studio
- On site Beautician , offering a range of
treatments - pre booking not always essential
- On site Car Parking for up to 90 vehicles,
charged overnight @ £ 12.00 per night
- Non residential Guests of the hotel are able
to use the car park @ £ 9.00 per day or part thereof
- Additional Car Parking is available at the
NCP car park on Tanner Row
Society Lecture
What's so new about the new abstentionism? History and
treatment policy
Virginia Berridge spoke on the evolution of
addictions treatments, and the influences that have shaped
addictions treatment and policy historically.
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Speakers:
- Jonathan Chick: How can Alcoholics
Anonymous be so successful in secular Britain?
- Alex Copello: Involving Family-members
in Recovery
- Donald Forrester: Parental Substance-use
& Children
- Hilda Loughran & Mary Ellen
McCann (for Diane M Hogan): The Impact of Opiate
Dependence on Parenting Processes: Contextual,
Physiological and Psychological Factors
- David Hodgins: Natural Recovery
from Gambling Problems
- Siân James: Drug Use, Self-change
& Recovery
- Hilda Loughran & Mary Ellen
McCann: Community Drugs Problems: A Lifespan
Perspective
- Jim Orford: Alcohol & Self-change
Strategies
- Kate Pickett: Smoking During
Pregnancy: Correlates and Consequences
- Duncan Raistrick: Measuring Treatment
Outcomes & the Social Satisfaction Questionnaire
- Alison Rolfe: Findings of the
Birmingham Untreated Heavy-Drinkers Project
- Kathleen Schutte: Alcohol Addiction
& Natural Recovery
- Nicola Singleton: The
UKDPC Consensus on Treatment Outcome
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Tom Babor: Alcohol and Public Policy:
A Report on the 2nd Edition of Alcohol: No Ordinary
Commodity
- Recent epidemiological research
in alcohol policy
- The role of the alcoholic beverage
industry in alcohol problems and public policy
- Recent developments in intervention
research: including pricing and taxation, regulating
physical availability, drink-driving countermeasures,
regulation of alcohol promotion, treatment and
prevention/education
- New effectiveness ratings for
alcohol-related intervention
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the official launch of the 2nd edition
of ‘Publishing Addiction Science’ –
with a talk by the editors
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'Delegates' abstracts and posters
now available to view online here!
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The SSA's annual Symposium 2007 was held on
Thursday 15 – Friday 16 November at the Park
Inn Hotel, North Street, York, UK.
The papers presented over the two days are available
here.
The programme is here.
The SSA Annual Symposium was
held in York on 2nd - 3rd November 2006.
Papers and presentations are here.
Papers presented are now available here.
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