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Special Preconference Seminar on Methamphetamine
Date 16 November 2008
"Methamphetamine: New Knowledge from Research Findings"
Chairs: Solomon Rataemane and Tim Condon (invited)
9-10:30 Methamphetamine: What’s the Problem?
I. Introduction and overview: Solomon Rataemane (University of Limpopo)
II. Methamphetamine epidemiology worldwide and in RSA (Charles Parry, MRC)
III. New knowledge from brain imaging (Tim Condon, NIDA, invited).
10:45-12:15 New Clinical Research Findings
IV. New Medical Knowledge: Cardiovascular impact of Methamphetamine (Bill Haning U of Hawaii)
V. Methamphetamine, Women and Sexual Behavior (Allison Hamilton, UCLA)
VI. Methamphetamine Clinical Issues: Sexual Behavior; Use among gay and bisexual men. (Cathy Reback, UCLA)
VII. Methamphetamine and Co-occuring Psychiatric Disorders (Chris Grella, UCLA)
Lunch 12:15-130
1:30-3:30 Treatment Research
VIII. Research on Effectiveness of Methamphetamine Treatment (Lynn Brecht, UCLA)
IX. Medication Development (Ahmed Elkashef, NIDA)
X. Behavioral Treatments (R Rawson, UCLA)
XI. Treatment of Methamphetamine in the Criminal Justice System (David Farabee, UCLA)
3:45-4:45 Efforts in RSA
XII. Treatment Initiatives in RSA: (Bronwyn Meyers, MRC)
XIII. CBT Training Effort ( D Watson, Friends Research and Nomvoyu Ntlhe, MEHADIC)
XIV. Discussion
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