Annual Symposium 2009

Themes: Treatment policy - Service-user involvement - Young people & families

The SSA Annual Symposium was held on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th November at the Park Inn, York, UK

 

Thursday, 12 November

Registration

8.45

Treatment policy:  the evidence base

Introduction & welcome - Gillian Tober – SSA President

9.15

The evidence base for the treatment of addiction - Rick Rawson, California, USA

9.30

The evidence base for treatment policy, and universal treatment coverage in England for nicotine addicts - Ann McNeill, Nottingham, UK

10.00

The future of user involvement in drug treatment decision-making - Jo Neale, Oxford, UK

10.30

Refreshments

11.00

The future of talking & pharmacological therapies

The future of pharmacological treatment - Anne Lingford-Hughes, Bristol, UK / Imperial College, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

11.30

The future of talking treatments - Gerhard Bühringer, Dresden, Germany

12.00

How good are psychosocial interventions in the UK?  - Gillian Tober, Leeds, UK

12.30

Lunch

13.00

 

Annual General Meetingall members welcome

14.00

Delegates’ papers – parallel sessions

14.30

Session 1

Session 2

Delegates' papers: 15 mins each

An investigation into the quality of the motivational interviewing in the UKATT study using the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) scale -   Roger Lakin

Reassessing knowledge of Hepatitis C amongst injecting drug users and evaluation of a multi-media educational intervention - Onome Agbahovbe; Aileen Nestor; Shay Keating; Bobby P Smyth

 

Pilot study of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of stepped care intervention for alcohol use disorders in primary care -    Simon Coulton

Being able to be like a normal family: Mothers’ perspectives on the factors influencing illicit drug use and parenting - Katie Dunham

E-therapy for problem drinking: Results of a randomized  controlled trial -   Marloes Postel; C A J de Jong; H A de Haan

Alcohol: Effects on lactation and the breastfed baby - a systematic review - Caroline Worsley

Can a web-based intervention moderate alcohol use? Investigating the alcohol related behaviour of sixth form students - Bridgette Bewick

The Randomised Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT)

 

RIOTT: Setting up and operating a supervised injecting clinic - James Bell

Planning and conducting the RIOTT - Nicola Metrebian

Client experiences of motivational interviewing: Qualitative research into the process of therapy - Sarah Jones

RIOTT: The results - John Strang

The role of expectancy and pharmacology in alcohol-related behaviour -   Rebekah Robson; Abigail K Rose

Refreshments

16.00

 

Society Lecture: Addiction Treatment: Do economists contribute to the policy debate? - Chris Godfrey, York, UK

16.30

Drinks reception

19.30

Symposium dinner

20.00

Friday, 13 November

 

Parallel sessions

Delegates' papers

Alcohol Education & Research Council symposium: What does the AERC do?

 

9.00

Session 3

Delegates'; papers: 15 mins each

Olanzapine - indications and physiological consequences in a Dublin city drug treatment centre - Catherine McCarthy; Jane Bridgeman; Anne Twomey;  Eamon Keenan

Are you looking at me? Effects of acute alcohol consumption on processing of facial cues of emotional expression - Angela Attwood, University of Bristol

Alcohol, drug and mental health issues in marginalised people using Salvation Army homeless services in the UK and Ireland - Adrian Bonner; Claire Luscombe; Lucy Grayton; Pamela Taylor; Marianne van den Bree

Acute effects of alcohol on prospective memory - Val Curran, University College London

9.20

How opioid and crack cocaine users with depressive symptoms 
view their condition: a qualitative study - Charles Cornford

The Strengthening Families programme - Debby Allen, Oxford Brookes University

9.40

Towards less controlled procedures of opioid substitution
treatment in Finland – Experiences of patients and clinical staff - Tuuli Pitkänen; Teemu Kaskela

One more won't hurt: Reducing alcohol consumption in young men with alcohol related injuries - Alyson Smith, University of Wales Institute Cardiff

 

10.10

Overdose training for friends and family members of heroin users: The validation process of two new measures to evaluate knowledge and attitudes towards managing an overdose - Anna Williams; John Marsden; John Strang

 

Training the trainers? Does it work with opioid overdose management and naloxone administration? - Soraya Mayet; Victoria Manning; Anna Williams;  Jessica Loaring; John Strang

Refreshments

10.30

The future of treatment policy

The future of treatment in the developing world - Isidore Obot, Geneva, Switzerland

10.45

The future of drug treatment policy at the international level - Keith Humphreys, California, USA

11.15

European alcohol treatment policy - Antoni Gual i Solé, Barcelona, Spain

11.45

The elephant outside the room: Thoughts on treatment policy from a population perspective - John Cunningham, Toronto, Canada

12.15

Lunch

12.45

Young people & families

Treatment policy for young people: Contrasting the UK and the US - John Kelly, Boston, USA

13.45

Treatment policy in England: a NICE perspective - Eileen Kaner, Newcastle, UK

14.15

Option 2 and its evaluation: Incorporating the delivery of treatment through families into treatment policy - Rhoda Emlyn-Jones (OBE), Cardiff, Wales

14.45

Refreshments and finish

15.15


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