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7:30 - 8:30 A.M. — Registration |
8:30 - 10:00 A.M.
— Shawn C. Shea, M.D. |
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| Shawn Shea, M.D. |
The Healing Power of the Home Visit and
Family Interventions
This presentation focuses on concrete methods for optimizing home
visits and family work with patients who have co-occurring disorders.
The speaker pulls from his experience as the Director of a Continuing
Treatment Team, a specialized outreach team for helping people suffering with schizophrenia
or bipolar disorder, who also have alcohol and/or drug problems.
Shawn Shea, M.D.
Director, Training Institute for Suicide Assessment & Clinical Interviewing
(www.suicideassessment.com). Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
Dartmouth Medical School. Author, The Practical Art of Suicide
Assessment, 2nd Edition.
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10:15 - 11:45 A.M. — Shawn C. Shea, M.D. |
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Interviewing Techniques for Uncovering Sensitive
Material
Patients with co-occurring disorders are often plagued by complex issues that are difficult
to uncover including social isolation, domestic violence, substance abuse, and antisocial
behaviors. The speaker describes, and demonstrates by videotape, the following five
interviewing techniques for uncovering sensitive material: the behavioral incident, shame
attenuation, gentle assumption, symptom amplification, and denial of the specific.
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11:45 NOON - 1:00 P.M. — Lunch (on your own) |
1:00 - 2:30 P.M. — Shawn C. Shea, M.D. |
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The Delicate Art of Eliciting Suicidal Ideation
The speaker demonstrates by videotape, the method by which the above five validity
techniques can be woven into a specific strategy for eliciting suicidal ideation � the
Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (the CASE approach). |
2:45 - 4:15 P.M. —
Deborah C. Schwartz, M.D., FRCPC |
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Integrated Group Psychotherapy for
Disordered Eating. Anorexia Nervosa to Obesity
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Deborah C. Schwartz,
M.D., FRCPC |
The presentation explores best practices in a psychodynamic group
therapy approach to the treatment of disordered eating. This orientation
stems from family systems and contemporary group relations theory.
Deborah C. Schwartz, M.D., FRCPC
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Consultant Psychiatrist, Vancouver Community Mental Health Services.
Member, AGPA. Member, ASAM. Member, A.K. Rice Institute. Psychiatrist in private practice.
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7:30 - 8:30 A.M. — Registration |
8:30 - 10:00 A.M. — Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D. |
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Counseling & System Strategies to
Improve Treatment Compliance for Substance Abuse
and Co-Occurring Disorders
This presentation reviews causes and effects of poor treatment
adherence. It reviews both clinical and systems strategies to improve
adherence among clients with substance use and co-occurring disorders.
Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D.
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Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Social Work. Chief, Addiction Medicine
Services. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC Presbyterian,
Pittsburgh, PA. Author, Improving Treatment Compliance.
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10:15 - 11:45 A.M. — Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D. |
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Clinical Applications of Motivational Strategies |
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This presentation reviews motivational strategies to improve treatment entry and adherence
rates among clients with substance use and dual disorders. There will be a demonstration
of pre-treatment, transitional, and early recovery motivational counseling techniques. |
11:45 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. — Lunch (on your own) |
1:00 -2:30 P.M. — Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D. |
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Drugs on the Street Where You Live,
2003.
Methamphetamines, Benzos, and �Club Drugs� |
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Richard A. Rawson,
Ph.D. |
It is essential to have the most current and accurate information
on the effects of these drugs, their consequences, and the best
knowledge on treatment strategies. This talk reviews three topic
areas with current state-of-the art information.
Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UCLA Integrated
Substance Abuse Program (ISAP), UCLA School of Medicine.
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2:45 -4:15 P.M. — Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D. |
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Advances in Behavioral/Psychosocial Treatment for Substance
Abuse Disorders |
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Cognitive-behavioral therapies, contingency management, motivational interviewing, and
the Matrix Model of treatment have become important, essential elements for treatment
of substance abuse disorders, especially those related to cocaine and methamphetamine.
In addition, the results of the large CSAT-funded trial evaluations, an array of outpatient
treatments for marijuana, are reviewed.
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