Addiction
Tuesday 25 May 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
Addiction to Class A drugs is not going to go away. The problems appear to be becoming more complex, or at least we are coming to a more sophisticated understanding of how many different parts of the problem interact. Practitioners in this area need to use increasingly complex models of the multidimensional nature of their patients' problems. Furthermore there are many new developments within the field.
The aim of the meeting is to examine current trends in Class A drug abuse in the UK, to improve multidisciplinary working and to improve treatment available to patient groups.
Registration Details:
Student: £60
RSM Retired Fellow: £115
Trainee: £135
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £135
Consultant/GP: £265
RSM Student: £45
RSM Trainee: £115
RSM Associate: £115
RSM Fellow: £145
CPD: 5 credits
9.00 am |
Registration and coffee |
9.30 am |
Welcome address |
| Dr David Misselbrook, Dean, RSM | |
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Session one |
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| Chair: Professor Ian Wall, Southampton | |
9.35 am |
Epidemiology and trends |
| Professor Fabrizio Schifano, Hon Consultant Psychiatrist (Addictions), University of Hertfordshire School of Pharmacy | |
9.55 am |
What is neuroimaging telling us about addiction? |
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Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes, Professor of Addiction Biology, Centre for Pharmacology and Imperial College London, |
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10.15 am |
Panel discussion |
10.45 am |
Coffee break |
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Sessiont wo |
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| Chair: Dr David Misselbrook, Dean, RSM | |
11.15 pm |
Science and non-science in drug policy |
| Professor David Nutt, Imperial College, London | |
11.45 am |
Psychiatric co-morbidity |
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Professor Colin Drummond, Professor of Addiction Psychiatry Section of Alcohol Research National Addiction Centre, King's College London |
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12.05 pm |
Addiction in the young |
| Dr Michael Farrell, Reader in Addiction Psychiatry, Consultant Psychiatrist, National Addiction Centre | |
12.25 pm |
Panel discussion |
12.55 pm |
Lunch |
1.55 pm |
Harm reduction at systems and individual treatment levels |
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Professor John Strang Professor in Addiction Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London |
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2.25 pm |
Infections- usual and unusual |
| Dr Vivian Hope, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | |
2.45 pm |
Panel discussion |
3.15 pm |
Tea break |
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Session four |
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| Chair: TBC | |
3.45 pm |
Drug culture and the young- the care of children |
| Professor Neil McKeganey, Professor of Drug Misuse Research and Director, University of Glasgow | |
4.05 pm |
User involvement |
| Bill B, Narcotics anonymous | |
4.25 pm |
Panel discussion |
4.55 pm |
Final remarks |
5.00 pm |
Close of meeting |
