Conference highlights

Conference highlights Pathways to addiction Physicians Health Programs: Their Value, Lessons Learned and ideas on how to start and maintain them Understanding the Cochrane protocol: treatment of alcohol dependence" Approaches to management of opioid dependence Current knowledge on Marijuana / Cannabis use Appropriate services for management of substance abuse Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in treatment of stimulant abuse (workshop on CBT for primary health care doctors and other intererested stakeholders Comorbidity between sustance abuse and mental illness Policy Development for management of substance abuse (Update from WHO and others) Pregnancy and substance dependance - workshop (including womens's health) Workplace substance abuse Spirituality in management of substance abuse Review of evidence -based approaches to management of substance abuse Internet addiction; is it on the increase? Research in the field of substance abuse: Individual presentations and updates from NIDA and NIAAA Bipolar Mood Disorder and Substances of Abuse. Tackling Shame, stigma and discrimination in substance abuse - the role of the media and society Alcohol and drug abuse in adolescence HIV/AIDS (and other sexually transmitted diseases) and substance abuse Prevention, identification, and management of substance abuse