Substance Abuse calls for papers / meetings & conferences

Concurrent Session Call for Programs: School and College Organization for Prevention Educators (SCOPE) 2012 Annual Conference

SCOPE is soliciting program proposals for its 2nd Annual Conference, to be held October 18-20, 2012 at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, FL.

• The Call for Programs closes on June 1, 2012.
• Notifications of acceptance/rejection will go out electronically by June 15, 2012.

Selections will be based on the following criteria:

o Relevance to the topics of: advocacy, alcohol abuse, bullying, bystander intervention, diversity, drug abuse, eating disorders, harassment, hazing, mental health, peer education, primary prevention, relationship/domestic/intimate partner violence, research, sexual assault, sexuality, sexual health, social norms, stalking, suicide, tobacco
o Completeness, detail and professionalism of the proposal
o Willingness of presenters to facilitate roundtable discussions in addition to their concurrent session(s)
o Evidence‐based, promising and innovative model programs/practices are welcome
o Engaging format, presenters and/or concepts

• You are encouraged to submit multiple proposals
• Co‐presented sessions are encouraged
• All presenters must register for the conference. You need not be a SCOPE member to attend, nor present.
• If accepted, presentation materials will be due on September 4, 2012.

All emails should be directed to Michelle Issadore, executive director via email to execdir@wearescope.org. To reach the SCOPE office by phone, call 610.993.0227.

Call for Papers: Pan Arab Psychiatric Conference (PAPC2012)

Novembe 29-December 1, 2012 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

The theme selected for the Mental Health Changes in the Arab World (Violence, Trauma and Recovery) will address the involvement of the mental health professionals in providing services for people affected by the recent developments in the region. It is an opportunity to discuss and share development, trends, scientific research and treatments advancements in the impact of the violence on the mental health specifically and psychotrauma and Psychiatric disorders in general not forgetting Recovery.

Together with a carefully selected educational program and a group of highly renowned regional and international keynote speakers, we promise you a significant scientific enrichment for people involved hoping to benefit the region on the ground in the post period of the conference and initiate mental health programs the region needs.

The Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts to make poster presentations at PAPC2012 from professionals, researchers and students in the Psychiatric field.

Deadline
Deadline for abstract submission is 30 August 2012, 8 pm Dubai time.

Abstract Topics
1....Psychological trauma and recovery.
2....Resilience and recovery after psychological trauma.
3....Disaster psychiatry
4....Role of NGPs in developing mental health services
5....Violence and mental health (Domestic Violence, Violence among psychiatric population)
6....Recent advances in psychopharmacology of major mental illnesses
......(schizophrenia, bipolar, depression etc)
7....Addiction, personality and deliberate self harm available services and different managements.
8....Co morbidity of physical and psychiatric disorders
9....Special populations (Women's, child, adolescent and old age)
10..Community psychiatry and post discharge services & managements.
11..Psychiatry and the law
12..Cultural issues of psychiatric practice in the Arab world
13..Bridging the gap between psychology and psychiatry in the Arab world
14..Psychiatry and spirituality
15..Recruitment into psychiatry & Postgraduate training in psychiatry
16..Arab Psychiatrists experience abroad, prospects & challenges

Meeting Minds Experts
PAPC2012 Professional Conference Organisers

pco@papc2012.com

Call for Presentation Proposals: American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association 2013 Conference

May 29 – June 1, 2013 Bloomington, Minnesota

Goal of the Conference

The American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) is pleased to announce the 2013 ADARA Conference, a national conference to be hosted in Minnesota. Our conference theme is “Blazing New Trails” which refers to “doing something different,” “doing early or pioneering work that others will follow up on,” and “doing something that no one has done before, especially something important for other people.”

This conference seeks to provide training and networking opportunities for mental health professionals, vocational rehabilitation counselors, independent living service providers, educators, interpreters, transition specialists, community-based rehabilitation providers, and any support staff in the helping professions.

Presentation Proposals

Presentation proposals for concurrent sessions, pre-conference sessions, or poster session should address effective or innovative practices used in working with deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing consumers in the settings of mental health, rehabilitation, school, independent living, transition, group homes, etc.

Submitted proposals should include learning objectives and references that will assist in applying for professional continuing education units for conference attendees. Proposals for concurrent sessions should be for 90 or 180 minutes long. Proposal topics are listed below, but are not limited to:

Possible Areas and Topics

• Interfacing education and mental health
• Working with trilingual families
• Testing demonstrations
• Olmstead, recovery, peer support
• Supporting community living options
• Drug/alcohol abuse treatment strategies
• Trauma informed care
• Working with low functioning/language dysfluent consumers
• Developing cultural competency
• Therapeutic techniques/theories & effective counseling techniques & strategies (e.g., EMDR, DBT)
• Mental health/chemical dependency interpreting

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing cross-cultural conflicts
• Professional management
• Public policy
• Using technology in therapeutic settings
• Navigating the new health care environment
• Client-centered approaches/ Early interventions
• Career assessments
• Residential programming
• Levels of care: residential, outpatient, intensive, group homes
• Job coaching/Job placement
• Transition
• Autism
• Vocational evaluations
• Work adjustment

Process for Submitting Proposals

1) Complete the required presentation proposal form.

2) Develop a brief abstract of the presentation, not to exceed 125 words. If accepted, this description will be included in the program book.

3) Briefly describe how your presentation ties into the conference theme.

4) Briefly describe experience, qualifications, or credentials which reflect your expertise for your intended presentation topic.

5) Submit a summary, not to exceed 500 words, of the proposed presentation for review by the planning committee. This summary should include a minimum of three (3) learning objectives.

6) Include a short biography (up to 125 words) for each presenter.

7) Workshop sessions will be 90 or 180 minutes long. Put all the above information in MS Word and e-mail with the application form to:

Mr. John Gournaris
2013 ADARA Conference Chair
John.Gournaris@state.mn.us

Selected presenters (two per presentation) will be provided free registration for the conference. Presenters will be responsible for their own travel, lodging, meals, and incidental expenses. Please plan to bring your own laptop computer for PowerPoint presentations.

Conference proceedings will be published and disseminated following the conference.

The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15, 2012.

Call for Papers: Tonics, Elixirs and Poisons: Psychoactive Substances in European History and Culture

Conference 8-9 September 2012 Wellington, New Zealand

Psychoactive substances, whether narcotics, stimulants or hallucinogens, affect their users as individuals, yet their social context informs their cultural significance. At different times and in different places, different substances have become a locus of fascination or anxiety, praise or opprobrium, patriotism or prohibition. We seek papers examining psychoactive substances in a specific cultural context. How, when, and why did substances such as alcohol, caffeine, cannabis, cocaine, opium, tea, and tobacco acquire the cultural meanings that they did? How have consumers of psychoactive substances crossed the border between medical and recreational use, and how has society responded to any perceived transgressions? How have these substances been represented in literary, journalistic, legal, or scientific texts?

We seek papers undertaking a detailed study of a specific substance in a specific time and place, and particularly encourage case studies of less-commonly studied societies, e.g. in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Baltic, or the Balkans.

We expect to have a small budget to defray accommodation costs, but we will not be able to pay for plane tickets from Europe or North America. We can, however, send letters of invitation if necessary.

The Journal of Social History has also expressed interest in publishing a themed issue of selected papers. All papers will go through a standard peer-review process. For journal submissions, please follow the style guide for the Journal of Social History (Chicago-style end-notes, not in-text citations).

Your paper can be considered for the themed issue even if you are unable to attend the conference; similarly, you may attend the conference without submitting a paper to the themed issue. When sending an abstract, please specify whether you wish to be considered for the conference, the journal, or both. Send an abstract as soon as possible, but no later than 30 July 2012. Final papers will be due at the end of January 2013.

The conference will take place at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The conference will have no registration fee, and will be open to the public. For further information, contact Alexander Maxwell or Richard Millington.

Alexander Maxwell alexander.maxwell(at)vuw.ac.nz
Richard Millington richard.millington(at)vuw.ac.nz

Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington 6140
New Zealand

Visit the website at http://www.victoria.ac.nz/antipodean/upcoming-events.aspx

Call for Abstracts: Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) 2012 National Conference

36th National Conference

November 1-3, 2012 Bethesda, Maryland

Deadline for Abstract submissions: May 25, 2012

We invite you to celebrate our 36th anniversary at the Double Tree Hotel in Bethesda, MD on November 1-3, 2012. The conference is notable for its in-depth focus on substance abuse education and the high quality of its workshops and presentations. The objectives of the AMERSA National Conference are to bring together researchers and health professional educators to learn about scientific advances and exemplary teaching approaches. AMERSA’s membership consists of a multidisciplinary audience, comprised of physicians, nurses, social workers, dentists, psychologists, public health practitioners, substance abuse specialists, physician assistants, and allied health professionals.

AMERSA seeks abstract submissions of recent substance abuse research and substance abuse education innovations.

Abstracts for the 2012 AMERSA National Conference may be submitted to one of three categories:

Research – These abstracts report the results of original research and must include methods, data and analyses.

Program and Curricula Evaluation – These abstracts report the results of evaluations of innovative programs and/or education curricula and must include methods, data and analyses.

Clinical Case Presentations – These abstracts describe an illustrative case that reinforces specific learning objectives for substance abuse and medical education.

Abstract presentation formats include:

Oral presentations are clustered into concurrent theme-based 90-minute sessions with each abstract presentation ten minutes in length followed by an additional 5 minute comment/question period. These will be scheduled Saturday morning.

Poster presentations are displayed during a 90-minute evening poster reception with the attendant author(s) available to discuss and present the poster. These will be scheduled Thursday evening.

Abstracts awards are presented to the three best abstracts. To receive an award, authors must give an oral presentation at a special plenary session on Saturday morning.

Abstracts may be submitted in one of two ways: (a) electronic online submission through the website www.amersa.org, or (b) an emailed attachment, in Microsoft Word format, to admin@amersa.org. 

2012 Call for Abstracts: American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) 23rd Annual Meeting and Symposium

December 6-9, 2012 Turnberry Isle Hotel Miami Aventura, Florida

The AAAP 23rd Annual Meeting and Symposium will be held December 6-9, 2012 at the Turnberry Isle Hotel Miami in Aventura, Florida. This meeting will provide clinicians and researchers the latest developments in treating mental health and substance use disorders. Meeting highlights will include: symposia, workshops, poster sessions showcasing new research in the field, Breakfast for Trainees, Dessert with the Experts, Poster Luncheons, and a Case Conference.

Deadline for Abstract Submissions: June 1, 2012

Submission categories

Paper Presentations offer an opportunity to briefly present research findings or data on clinical experiences. These presentations are organized into concurrent 60-minute sessions with each abstract presentation 10 minutes in duration followed by an additional 5 minute question/answer period.

Posters are displayed throughout the conference with the author(s) hosting informal sessions about their work.

Workshops are 90-minute sessions which emphasize an interactive learning process around a specific topic. The emphasis will be on skills development and small group discussion as opposed to dissemination of information in a lecture format.

For further information email annualmeeting@aaap.org or call (401) 524-3076.