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SSA Annual Symposium Presentations

Annual Symposium 2007

"Theory, policy and practice in addictions: how are they related?" and "What are the new developments in addictions treatment?"

York 15th - 16th November 2007

Presentations can be downloaded below.

PAPERS

Invited Speakers

Smoke Screen - Smoking Cessation as an Entrée for Managing Risky Drinking and Drug Use in Health Care Settings	Tom Babor
The feasibility and effectiveness of a web-based alcohol intervention in UK university students	Brigitte Bewick, K Trusler, B Mulhern, M Barkham, and AJ Hill
Internet-based interventions for addictions: Where do we go from here?	J Cunningham
The application of Mindfulness Theory to the treatment of addictions	Kimberly Hoppes
Contingency management:Using principles of reinforcement to improve drug abuse treatment	Nancy Petry
ICT-based tools for excessive drinkers – easy, accessible and attractive alternatives	Anja Koski-Jännes's
Down Your Drink:An on-line intervention for heavy drinkers	Elizabeth Murray, Zarnie Khadjesari, Ian White, Simon Thompson, Jim McCambridge, Stuart Linke, Christine Godfrey, Paul Wallace
Electronic screening and brief intervention (e-SBI) for unhealthy alcohol use in university students	Kypros Kypri

Delegate Speakers

Relapse to smoking during unaided cessation: Clinical, cognitive, and motivational predictors	Jane Powell, Alan Pickering, Lynne Dawkins, Robert West, John Powell
Strengthening Motivational Interviewing skills following initial training	Gerald Bennett, Julie Moore, Lindsey Rouse, Jood Gibbins
Tiagabine for the treatment of cocaine and opioid dependent patients newly admitted to substitution therapy: a randomized clinical trial	Gerardo González, Rani Desai, Melinda Randall, Mauricio Romero - González, Rachel Hart, Jennifer Napoleone, Huned Patwa, Hajime Tokuno, and Ismene Petrakis
Keltoi Rehabilitation Programme: Post-Discharge Outcome Study	Emma White
Social Recovery Model: Adolescent AA-NA Participation over 8 Years Following Inpatient Treatment	John Kelly

ABSTRACTS

Invited Speakers

ICT-based tools for excessive drinkers – easy, accessible and attractive alternatives

Anja Koski-Jännes

Delegate Speakers

Alcohol and falls in older people: A systematic review	Prof Ilana Crome & Dr Frank Lally
Relapse to smoking during unaided cessation: Clinical, cognitive, and motivational predictors	Jane Powell, Alan Pickering, Lynne Dawkins, Robert West, John Powell
Strengthening Motivational Interviewing skills following initial training	Gerald Bennett, Julie Moore, Lindsey Rouse, Jood Gibbins
Tiagabine for the treatment of cocaine and opioid dependent patients newly admitted to substitution therapy: a randomized clinical trial	Gerardo González, Rani Desai, Melinda Randall, Mauricio Romero - González, Rachel Hart, Jennifer Napoleone, Huned Patwa, Hajime Tokuno, and Ismene Petrakis
Job Satisfaction and Health Behaviours of Hospital Doctors in Germany	Judith Rosta
The Real Hell's Kitchen - Methamphetamine; Epidemic About to Happen?	Cyrus Abbasian
Keltoi Rehabilitation Programme: Post-Discharge Outcome Study	Emma White
Cannabis withdrawal symptoms in "pure" cannabis dependent and cannabis and opiate co-dependent patients	F. Vorspan, E. Guillem , J.P. Lépine

DELEGATE POSTERS

WISMS Service User Research: Diverted Medication and Substance Misuse	Linda Harris
The Real Hell's Kitchen - Methamphetamine; Epidemic About to Happen?	Cyrus Abbasian

Annual Symposium 2006

“Family and Social Networks” and “New Conceptual Frontiers in Addictions Treatment”

York 2nd - 3rd November 2006

Presentations can be downloaded below.

SOCIETY LECTURE: Family and Network Treatment - Theory and Practice	Jim Orford
Drug Policy and the Public Good	Tom Babor
New Perspectives On Treatment Of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Hospital Treatment Versus Treatment In Foster Care	Alex Whincup
Family-oriented treatment for people with alcohol problems in Ireland: A comparison of the effectiveness of residential and community-based programmes	Dr Mairead Doyle
Adherence to oral methadone: prevalence, correlates & implications for prescribers	M Haskew
The Clinical State and Treatment of Alcohol Related Disorders in Japan	Y Kochi
Opiate users’ experiences of injecting	Alyson Bond
Counselling in drug treatment	Dr Petra Meier
The effect of alcohol co-dependence on the opioid withdrawal syndrome	Robyn J Akhurst and Jennifer A Bearn
How do persons with alcohol dependency syndrome learn and is their problem solving effective?	Maja Zorko, Zdenka Cebašek-Travnik, Saška Roškar, Andrej Marušic, Valentin Bucik
PRIME Theory of Motivation and its application to addiction	Robert West
Barriers to the effective treatment of injecting drug users	Christine Godfrey
Online support groups as social support networks for problem drinkers	John Cunningham
Opiate dependant teenagers in Dublin: A Descriptive study at treatment entry	John Fagan
The latent structure of polysubstance use	Gillian Smith
Public injection rooms in Norway– a happy compromise?	Hilgunn Olsen
Public Injection Rooms in Norway (poster)	Hilgunn Olsen
The beverage alcohol industry and alcohol policy	Peter Anderson
How much does it take to retain a patient in treatment?	Akin Akioye & Robert Cohen

The Annual Symposium 2005

Presentations from the 2005 Annual Symposium can be downloaded below.

Young People:The Evidence in Policy & Practice	Eilish Gilvarry
Society lecture: W(h)ither ESTs?	Kathy Carroll
If gambling treatment was evidence based, what would it look like?	Mark Griffiths
If treatment for tobacco addiction was evidence-based, what would it look like?	Robert West
Evidence-based services for older people: what would they look like?	Daphne Rumball
If alcohol treatment were evidence-based what would it look like?	Jane Marshall
Cocaine users: a special population? The evidence for policy and practice	Luke Mitcheson
The UK Alcohol Industry and the UK Research Agenda	Robin Davidson
If we had evidence based drug policy, what would it look like?	Christine Godfrey
What Service Users Want from Treatment: How is this addressed in policy and Treatment Planning?	Neil McKeganey, Michael Bloor, Michelle Robertson, Joanne Neale
Setting Up an Evidence-Based Electronic Library on Addictions (EELDA): A Joint Project of Librarians, Academics, and Other Specialists	Christine Goodair
If tobacco policy were evidence based what would it look like?	Deborah Arnott
Preventing alcohol and drug misuse in young people: phase 1 adaptation of the Strengthening Families Programme (SFP) 10-14 for use in the UK	Lindsey Coombes
The USA has Evidenced-Based Drug Prevention Policy & Practice: What does it look like?	Dennis Gorman
Women And The Peer Injecting Of Illicit Drugs: A Focus On The Implications For Practice	Laura Sheard
Improved online personalized assessment and feedback for problem drinkers?	John Cunningham
How the alcohol industry influences policy across Europe	Robin Room
Lifetime Prevalence Of Deep Vein Thrombosis Among Heroin Users In Rotherham	Nav Ahluwalia
An Empirically- Derived Model For The Delivery Of Substance Misuse Treatment Services To High Security Prisoners	Michael Wheatley, Matthew Gaskell, John Weekes

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