9th International Symposium on Substance Abuse Treatment
October 9-11, 2006 Helsinki

by the Nordic Council for Alcohol and Drug Research, and Stakes (Alcohol and Drug Research)
in  collaboration with  the European Working Group on Drug Oriented Research (EWODOR) and the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC).

Theme: What treatment for whom?

Alcohol treatment became a task for the growing public service system and gradually  encompassed both more therapeutic ingredients and a socially broader spectre of clients in the Nordic countries with the development of the Nordic welfare model.  In the early 1970s  younger people with drug problems entered the scene and specialized drug services, including therapeutic communities,  followed suit. Today the alcohol and drug treatment system seems to have become even more diversified, as  a response to growing alcohol and drug problems on one hand, and to changing basis of welfare solutions and policy options on the other hand. Treatment of alcohol and drug problems are today delivered in a variety of settings, with different clients and professionals. Both Finnish and Swedish studies show, however, that those who are reached by treatment are, in an international comparative perspective, more often unemployed, alone, socially badly off and with multiple problems. Is this true also for the situation in other European countries and for both alcohol and drug treatment?

Our main question then is - who gets treatment, what treatment, and by whom?

We would like to invite researchers and practitioners to present their research results and their points of view concerning especially the topics listed below


- characteristics and assessments of treatment systems: what clients are reached by different treatment systems and what treatment is offered to different clients?

- brief interventions and internet based services  - theory and practice. Do these practices reach new client groups and how do they work, for instance in case of drug problems?

- treatment in prison settings -  contexts and qualities

- therapeutic communities - characteristics and their role in different treatment systems

- harm reduction and treatment -  new division of labor or changed ambitions?

Interested persons are invited to submit, by 31st May 2006 an informative abstract of a paper, maximum of 250 words, to be considered for presentation at the Symposium. Please put the title of the paper, names of the authors, and their institutional affiliation at the top of the abstract. Registration and abstract forms are available on:

http://www.nad.fi/sat2006/ 

If internet submission is impossible, the registration and abstract should be sent on a disk, together with a paper transcript to:

Nordic Council for Alcohol and Drug Research (NAD)
Annankatu 29 A 23 FIN-00100 Helsinki
fax +358 96949081
Receipt of your abstract and its status will be acknowledged by June 30, 2006.



Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
Department of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling

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