Alcoholism meetings & conferences

Complexity: Researching Alcohol and Other Drugs in a Multiple World

21-23 August 2013 Aarhus, Denmark

The last decade has seen the idea of complexity gain force in social science and epidemiological research. As social problems of all kinds prove less amenable to change than is sometimes suggested by the reductionist demands of orthodox positivist approaches, theory and method have turned to ways of articulating the elusive, uncertain and complex.

For some, such as the science and technology studies scholars Annemarie Mol and John Law (2002), complexity means multiplicity rather than unity, realities rather than reality, distinct but overlapping worlds, logics and orders. Implicated, too, are questions about the relation between order and chaos, and the validity of binaries of any kind, including that of simplicity and complexity itself.

This conference offers a forum in which the issues and dilemmas of complexity in alcohol and other drug research can be explored. It welcomes research based on quantitative and qualitative methods, and encourages innovative use of methods, concepts and theoretical approaches. Following the conference, Contemporary Drug Problems, an interdisciplinary quarterly and one of the driving forces behind the conference, will publish a special issue featuring selected papers from the conference.

Possible sub-themes

Changing meanings, definitions and measures of addiction

The relationships between alcohol and other drug use and health and social phenomena

Emerging drugs and conceptions of their effects

Public opinion on illicit drug use, drinking or smoking

Drug policy and the forces and assumptions that shape it

Drugs and addiction in film, news and other media

Models and practices of treatment and recovery

Pedagogies of addiction and drugs in universities and schools

Drugs in urban cultures and spaces

Subjects and practices of harm reduction

Global politics of drug production and consumption

Complexity and method in the addiction and drug use field

Validity and reliability in quantitative drug research

Quantitative and qualitative theories of complexity and their uses in drug research.

Questions

All queries should be directed to:

Nicola Thomson
Editorial Assistant, Contemporary Drug Problems
at CDP@curtin.edu.au

Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine 57th Annual Conference

September 22-25, 2013 Quebec City, Canada

AAAM's conference is regarded as the most authoritative forum on current knowledge in traffic injury control and presents active and published research in multidisciplinary appraoches to automotive-related trauma in areas such as epidemiology, biomechanics, treatment and management, transport psychology, accidentology, and human factors.

Who attends?

AAAM's conference is attended by 150 experts, including emergency physicians or nurses orthopedic surgeons, trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, radiologists, physiatrists, urologists, emergency medical providers, epidemiologists, biomechanics or vehicle design engineers, automotive engineers, crash investigators, health policy specialists, internists, psychologists, sociologists, or other human factor specialists, accident reconstructionists, or road safety specialists.

Meeting highlights

The meeting will begin with the 4th Annual Student Symposium Sunday, September 22, in which student researchers present their works in progress.

First International Conference on Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

A conference about preventing harm from alcohol use during pregnancy

September 23 - 25, 2013 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

This is the first international conference to address the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of FASD. Plenary sessions will promote discussion and reflection on promising and innovative approaches for prevention of FASD, such as alcohol policies and efforts to address the social determinants of health. Sessions will identify barriers to FASD prevention and possible solutions for overcoming these obstacles. The conference will serve as an international knowledge exchange and networking forum for those interested in FASD prevention, bringing together key experts from around the globe.

This conference will be of interest to:

•     Government officials
•     Policymakers in health, education, justice, and social services
•     Researchers in the fields of FASD, alcohol and addictions, social determinants of health, social sciences, and social marketing
•     Service providers and healthcare professionals
•     Those affected by FASD, their families, and other caregivers
•     Students
•     Teachers and educators

Participants attending this conference are also welcome to register for our Consensus Development Conference on Legal Issues of FASD, which will take place in Edmonton, on September 18 - 20, 2013.

International Nurses Society on Addictions 37th Annual Educational Conference

October 9‐12, 2013, Washington DC

Riding the Wave of Change in Health Care: Interprofessional Collaboration and Caring for Substance Use Disorders

This conference focuses on the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for any nurse who cares for persons with substance use, abuse and addictions. Providing patient centered care through prevention, screening, treatment and recovery services is best brought about when interdisciplinary teams work together to accomplish effective and successful patient care outcomes. Interdisciplinary collaboration utilizes the Institute Of Medicine’s core competencies of evidence-based practice, informatics, and quality assurance to promote positive lifestyle changes. Attendees will increase their skills and knowledge base for collaborative practice with healthcare colleagues to further patient centered care for those with substance use disorders.

This year’s conference will boast over 200 attendees coming together to broaden their perspectives and learn from each other.

Who should attend?

•Nurses Who Specialize in the Prevention and Treatment of Addictions
•Nurses Who Practice in Other Specialty Areas
•Allied Health Care Professionals Who Specialize in Addictions
•Employee Assistance Professionals
•Credentialed Addictions Counselors and Prevention Specialists
•Community Agency Workers
•Private Practice Therapists 

National Conference on Addiction Disorders (NCAD) and the Behavioral Healthcare Leadership Summit

Behavioral Healthcare Leadership Summit – September 21- 23, 2013

National Conference on Addiction Disorders – September 21 – 25, 2013

Anaheim, California

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.

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