HYBRID EVENT: You can participate in person at Baltimore, Maryland, USA or Virtually from your home or work.

5th Edition of Global Conference on

Addiction Medicine, Behavioral Health and Psychiatry

October 21-23, 2024 | Baltimore, Maryland, USA

GAB 2024

Ann Marie Leonard Zabel, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Keynote Presentation (In-Person)
Ann Marie Leonard Zabel, Curry College & NEALAC Clinic, United States

This presentation unravels the intricate relationship between Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Youth Substance Use Disorders (SUD), revealing the shadows that obscure their interconnected challenges. Adolescents navigating the confluence of TBI and SUD often face a complex web of [....] » Read More

Meera Vaswani, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Keynote Presentation (In-Person)
Meera Vaswani, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India

Drug addiction can be considered a chronic brain disease that affects neurotransmission between neuronal circuits, control behaviour, emotion and cognition. It is characterised by an excessive engagement in drug use, unsuccessful attempts in controlling drug intake, an increase i [....] » Read More

Alphonsus Obayuwana, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Alphonsus Obayuwana, Triple-H Project LLC, United States

The most important information about any client or patient is the PHI, (Personal Happiness Index). Like temperature, pulse, or BP, PHI is a true "vital sign" and the tool needed for determining it is the Edo Questionnaire (aka PISA Scale). The Edo Questionnaire is a [....] » Read More

Andrew Susskind, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Andrew Susskind, Private Practice, United States

In this workshop, attendees will learn how Brainspotting offers individuals with a history of addictive, compulsive behaviors the ability to observe their nervous systems with curiosity and non-judgment. Because addiction is often rooted in attachment ruptures and brokenheartedne [....] » Read More

Robert DeLetis, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Robert DeLetis, Innovative Treatments, LLC, United States

Exposure Response Prevention is a behavior therapy technology that reduces a person’s pre-disposition to respond to a set of stimuli.  For example, ERP has been used to treat phobias and compulsions by exposing the person to the phobic situation or thing (stimuli set) [....] » Read More

Sandra M Estes, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Sandra M Estes, The University of Alabama, Capstone College of Nursing, United States

Background: Substance Use Disorder (SUD) continues to be a serious public health burden associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Prevalence of prescription stimulant misuse ranges from 8% to 10.4% in the nursing student population. This study was designed to address the [....] » Read More

Ronni Robinson, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Ronni Robinson, Eating Disorder Recovery Coach & Author, United States

Binge eating disorder (BED) affects roughly 2.8 million adults in the United States. Between binge eating, bulimia, and anorexia, binge eating has the highest prevalence among Americans who suffer from an eating disorder. The audience will learn the signs to look for and that eve [....] » Read More

Joyce Mikal Flynn, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Joyce Mikal Flynn, Sacramento State University, United States

Individuals experience crisis when their estimation of resources needed to successfully manage traumatic situations such as addiction and dependency is greater than their perception of resources available. Some recovery models are limited in their perspective on enhanced outcomes [....] » Read More

Shinasa Shahid, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Shinasa Shahid, University of Derby, United Kingdom

The existing recovery capital literature primarily focuses on white males. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring addiction recovery among three culturally diverse UK women, utilizing CHIME-D and recovery capital frameworks. It seeks to compare their recovery paths, combin [....] » Read More

Hugues Scharbach, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Hugues Scharbach, National Expert hon., Paris University, France

Fire addiction is enough frequent. The attraction of making fire spring forth is multifaceted and can be found at all ages. We had even to realize a forensic expertise of a young boy, who was fascinated by lighters, by rubbing the knob for ignition, make the flame emerge and who [....] » Read More

Aarti Amrut Bang, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Aarti Amrut Bang, Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health, India

Introduction: 7% of Indian men drink alcohol in a harmful or dependent pattern. At that rate, an estimated 33 million males suffer from alcohol addiction. Moreover, Indian males drink frequently and heavily. More than 50% of them are binge drinkers. Institutional de-addiction for [....] » Read More

Alexander Kharibegashvil, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Alexander Kharibegashvil, Telavi State University, Georgia

Background and Aims: In epileptology and psychiatry, a huge layer of clinical facts have been accumulated, many of which have not received a proper explanation. An attempt to explain some of the clinical manifestations of epilepsy and mental illness is presented. Methods: Cons [....] » Read More

Marie Stella Marehin, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Marie Stella Marehin, Omar Bongo University, Gabon

Gabon has a mental health policy and strategic plan, which have not been implemented to any great extent. It has ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the Protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products. An anti-smoking law was enacted in September [....] » Read More

Berhanie Getnet Gebresilus, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Berhanie Getnet Gebresilus, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Objective: This study aimed at testing the significance of mediating and moderating roles of sense of coherence, adaptive coping styles and social support in the relationship between exposure to trauma and psychological symptoms in a refugee population in sub-Saharan Africa. M [....] » Read More

Seyfe Asrade Atnafie, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Seyfe Asrade Atnafie, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Individuals with substance use disorder are prone to develop different psychiatric disorders. Substance abuse and associated problems are of current global concern that leads to mental health disorders which contributed about 14% of the global burden of the disease. It has become [....] » Read More

Nyati Annette Queenie, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Nyati Annette Queenie, Pincer Training and Research Institute, Uganda

Introduction: Substance abuse is a growing cause of psychiatric hospitalization globally. Uganda is currently experiencing an upsurge of substance abuse most especially among the youth. This study set out to determine burden and patterns of substance abuse related psychiatric adm [....] » Read More

Nabin Prasad Joshi, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Nabin Prasad Joshi, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

This study aims to document the socio-economic and mental health status of migrants returning from Gulf countries, utilizing a quantitative research design to explore the relationship between mental health and socio-economic factors. Standardized tools are employed for measuremen [....] » Read More

Katrina Hayes, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Katrina Hayes, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, United States

Introduction: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly prevalent among the unhoused population and an estimated 29%-63% of homeless individuals are personally impacted by this disease.2 As the effects of alcohol further perpetuate cycles of homelessness, alcohol rehabilitation in thi [....] » Read More

Vishakha Choudhary, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Vishakha Choudhary, Yeshiva University, United States

Accessibility has been a trending topic in the mental health sphere. Most of the conversations around the same have been about cultural humility, holding space and meeting the clients where they are. While acknowledging these roles we need to hold as mental health workers, it is [....] » Read More

Denis Larrivee, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Keynote Presentation (Virtual)
Denis Larrivee, Loyola University Chicago, United States

Impaired self recognition and action execution feature prominently in schizophrenia, as well as in several other cognitive diseases. Though identified as a diseases of agency, the etiology of schizophrenia, in particular, has remained obscure. Whole genome studies have thus far f [....] » Read More

Elizabeth Dale Gilley, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Keynote Presentation (Virtual)
Elizabeth Dale Gilley, The Elle Foundation, United States

An estimated 3% to 10% of school children meet the DSM-V criteria for ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), however, to be over-diagnosed, the rate of children inappropriately diagnosed with ADHD (false positives) would have to be larger than the number of children wit [....] » Read More

Sam Vaknin, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Keynote Presentation (Virtual)
Sam Vaknin, Southern Federal University, Russian Federation

Suggestibility is a clinical features of certain mental health issues, such as Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD), Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders. Sugge [....] » Read More

Meni Koslowsky, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Keynote Presentation (Virtual)
Meni Koslowsky, Ariel University, Israel

Background: For workers in the health professions, burnout is always a potential consequence.   The term ‘burnout’ was first introduced by Freudenberger in 1974 to describe the conditions in which a person experiences physical and mental exhaustion caused by [....] » Read More

Jessica Reichert, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Jessica Reichert, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, United States

Substance use disorders and overdoses continue to be a prevailing U.S. problem. Since 2016, overdose deaths involving opioids (the vast majority synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl) have been the most common form of accidental death, exceeding other causes including vehicles or g [....] » Read More

Sam Louie, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Sam Louie, Private Practice, United States

This presentation covers the intersection of addiction, recovery, immigrant and Asian experiences as well as the broader themes of minority mental health and assimilating into American culture as an ethnic minority. Sam Louie grew up torn between cultures as part of a first-ge [....] » Read More

Alexei Alexandrov, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Alexei Alexandrov, Minsk regional clinical center "Psychiatry-narcology", Belarus

Background: Belarus still have a high population level of tobacco consumption. Tobacco smoking in Belarus is major risk for the NCDs mortality (1). E-cigarettes and heat-not-burn products (HTP) are becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to cigarettes. There a lot of disc [....] » Read More

Vijayan Gurumurthy Iyer, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Vijayan Gurumurthy Iyer, Bihar Institute of Public Administration & Rural Development, India

An environmental health impact assessment (EHIA) is proposed for an effective and efficient deaddiction system as it is to set the sustainable battle against drug use and alcoholism (1). It is necessary to build treatment and deaddiction facilities in 272 districts identified [....] » Read More

Anita V Handore, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Anita V Handore, Founder and Director,Phytoelixir Pvt.Ltd., India

The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction  as a primary, chronic ailment affecting brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits gives rise to distinctive biological, psychological, social, and spiritual consequence [....] » Read More

Dhastagir Sultan Sheriff, Speaker at Psychiatry Conferences
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Dhastagir Sultan Sheriff, Anna Medical College, Mauritius

Ethics guides one to make a choice from the principle of what is right or wrong. Substance abuse involves both the provider and user. It can be also be personal and societal in nature. Morality and its legalization say “for public good” has to balance with the individ [....] » Read More

Yihao Guo, Speaker at Behavioral Health Conference
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Yihao Guo, Hainan General Hospital, China

The structural covariance network (SCN) has provided a perspective on the large-scale brain organization. However, the successive structural impairment across brain regions is not well understood in betel quid dependence (BQD). In the current study, we enrolled 118 subjects inclu [....] » Read More

Elizabeth Aderemi, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Poster Presentation (Virtual)
Elizabeth Aderemi, Loma Linda University, United States

Mental health is an imperative aspect of wholistic health, well-being, and overall health outcomes for all of as humans. Yet, in many nations and global cultures mental health faces neglect, scrutiny, and stigmatism. In the nation of Nigeria, mental health and mental illness cond [....] » Read More

Paul Raj, Speaker at Addiction Medicine Conference
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Paul Raj, Jyoti Nivas College, India

The neurobiology of empathy and forgiveness among teenagers is a burgeoning area of research that holds significant implications for understanding social-emotional development and its impact on brain functioning. Empathy, defined as the ability to understand and share the feeling [....] » Read More

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