Notice of Forthcoming Conference:
Dual diagnosis: translating new research into effective practice
NATIONAL CONFERENCE 14th & 15th MAY 2002
Venue: Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
Keele University Addiction Research Group with North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
To receive a copy of the conference programme and booking form please email either [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] or telephone Keele Facilities Management on 01782 584259
A host of eminent speakers will present at this national event including:
* Professor John Cox, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists
* Professor Ilana Crome, Keele University
* Professor Griffith Edwards, Editor in Chief, Addiction
* Professor Karl Mann, University of Heidelberg
* Dr Mark Prunty, Department of Health
* Professor Richard Williams, University of Wales, Glamorgan
Conference themes include:
* Do we understand dual diagnosis? Psychosocial and pharmacological perspectives
* Psychiatric profiles of substance misuse including tobacco, alcohol, cannabis stimulants and opiates
* Comorbidity across the lifespan
* Ethnicity, mental illness and substance abuse
* Medical education and staff training
* Service delivery perspectives-primary care, secondary care, role of nursing, prisons
* What treatments work best?
* Drug decriminalization - at what price?
This event is designed for mental health professionals, psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists, social workers, nurses, general practitioners and probation officers.
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