Events & Conferences
Please note: The following events are listed in order of their start date...
01 May 08: Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Addictions- 02 May 08: Substance Misuse Liaison Nursing
- 11 May 08: IHRA's 19th International Conference
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Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Addictions
Thu 1 May 2008
(Information last updated 25 March 2008)
ANSA-Scotland Presents a Special One Day Workshop:
Coping Skills Training - Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Addictions
Venue: Mar Hall Hotel, Bishopton, Nr Glasgow, Renfrewshire PA7 5NW
Costs: £150 (includes membership of ANSA-Scotland for twelve months);
£130 for current ANSA-Scotland, ANSA, DANA and INTSA members.
A copy of Treating Alcohol Dependence: A Coping Skills Training Guide will be included in the workshop pack.
Prof Peter Monti
Director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Brown University, Rhode Island
Peter Monti is a Professor of Medical Sciences and Director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University.
He is the first author of Treating Alcohol Dependence: A Coping Skills Training Guide. The first edition of this book was the basis of the CBT manual used for Project MATCH.
This special workshop offered by ANSA-Scotland is truly a rare opportunity to learn Coping Skills Training from one of America's foremost clinical scientists treating addictions. Coping Skills Training has wide application and a strong evidence base across addictions. It has recommended by both the NTA and NHS QIS for alcohol problems.
Ian Davidson
ANSA-Scotland Chair
Places have to be strictly limited to twenty five for this event, so apply straight away to avoid being very disappointed.
You can download the Workshop Flyer and Booking Form below in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
For further information or to book a place, please contact:
Ian Davidson
ANSA-Scotland
Alcohol Problems Service
St John's Hospital
Howden
Livingston EH54 6PP
Tel: (01506) 419 666 ext 3713
E-mail: cst@ansa-scotland.org
Substance Misuse Liaison Nursing
Fri 2 May 2008
(Information last updated 10 April 2008)
ANSA-Scotland Presents a Special One Day Conference :
Substance Misuse Liaison Nursing
Venue: Mar Hall Hotel, Bishopton, Nr Glasgow, Renfrewshire PA7 5NW
Costs: £100 (includes membership of ANSA-Scotland for twelve months);
£80 for current ANSA-Scotland, ANSA, DANA and INTSA members.
In 2003 ANSA-Scotland hosted a special one day conference on alcohol liaison nursing. Back then we only had a few such nurses in Scotland. Over these last five years more and more nurses have been getting to work in this area, and the evidence base for what they can do has been growing.
Ian Davidson
ANSA-Scotland Chair
Please book as soon as you can, we look forward to seeing you.
You can download the Conference Programme and Booking Form below in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
For further information or to book a place, please contact:
Ian Davidson
ANSA-Scotland
c/o Alcohol Problems Service
2nd Floor Lomond House
Beveridge Square
Livingston EH54 6QF
Tel: (01506) 773683
E-mail: liaison@ansa-scotland.org
IHRA's 19th International Conference
Sun 11 - Thu 15 May 2008
(Information last updated 14th August 2007)
International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA)
19th International Conference
Venue: Barcelona, Spain
Organiser: IHRA
IHRA's have held annual harm reduction conferences around the world since 1990. The most recent event was the "18th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm" in Warsaw (May 2007) and attracted over 1,200 delegates from nearly 90 countries. These events have become must attend events for the harm reduction field - the key forum for the dissemination of ideas, research, projects and practice. They have helped to put harm reduction on the map and to coordinate advances, innovations, evidence and advocacy in this field.
Conference Web Site Launched
IHRA and the Conference Consortium are pleased to announce the launch of www.IHRAconference.net - the new web site for "Harm Reduction 2008: IHRA's 19th International Conference". The web site will contain all of the information that you will need about the event, the registration process, the programme, abstract submission, travel and accommodation - as well as an archive of information from the previous 18 IHRA conferences.
All conference information is available from:
For further information, please contact:
International Harm Reduction Association
40 Bermondsey Street (2nd Floor)
London SE1 3UD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 207 94 07 512
E-mail: Jamie.Bridge@ihra.net
Web: www.IHRAconference.net
