Title : Evidence-Based Holistic Modalities to Overcome Addictions
John Giordano, Life Enhancement Recovery Center, USA
This workshop demonstrates the integration of the most current evidence-based holistic modalities with the best of the traditional treatment model. Discussion will feature information about Amino Acid and Nutraceutical use for brain repair, Ibogaine 1-day detoxification, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for brain and tissue repair. The session will also c [....]
Title : Clinical Pharmacology of Marijuana
Frederick J. Goldstein, American College of Clinical Pharmacology, USA
Marijuana use in the United States has increased substantially for both recreational and medicinal purposes. Self-treatment of many conditions includes anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and, most significant, chronic pain. However, high-level clinical research needed to document such applications is lacking. Although still [....]
Title : Unchaining the Brain: The Power of a School Neuropsychological Assessment Involving Adolescent Substance Use
Ann Marie Leonard-Zabel, Curry College & NEALAC Clinic, USA
This presentation will address the needs and approaches for performing an in-depth School Neuropsychological assessment to address the degree of issues surrounding adolescent Substance Use Disorder (SUD). We will explore an assessment model addressing various neuro-cognitive and neuro-behavioral substrates involving the Integrated School Neuropsych [....]
Title : Genetics of Functions and Dysfunctions of the Brain
Kari Stefansson, deCODE genetics, Iceland
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Title : Addict's First Memory
John Michael Weber, Chemical Dependency Therapist at Serenity Detox Center in Houston, USA
The following research results spanned six months and 175 people addicted to some form of substance, from alcohol to heroin. One question was asked, and the answers were amazing and consistent. The following work is the detailed results of this writer’s answer to his own question and the 175 that followed. A constant pattern took shape throug [....]
Title : Engaging Adolescents and Their Families in Outpatient or Intensive Outpatient Addiction Treatment
Laura Boff, The Cleanse Clinic, USA
Working with adolescents and their families can be one of the most challenging and rewarding experience a counselor and other medical professions can have. However, many professionals have expressed difficulties engaging their adolescent client’s and their families in the treatment process, which ultimately has a negative effect on the adoles [....]
Title : TBA
Jennifer Nelson, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, USA
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Title : ACE-ing Trauma Informed Treatment, Prevention and Resilience: Effective Use and Analysis of ACE Scores in Women’s Substance Use Treatment and Children’s Prevention Programs
Amy Turnbull Drilingas, FCC Behavioral Health, USA
In the mid-nineties, the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study asked 17,500 adults about their history of exposure to what they called "adverse childhood experiences," or ACEs. Those include physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; physical or emotional neglect; parental mental illness, substance dependence, incarceration; parental separation [....]
Title : Characteristics of resilience, self-regulation and quality of life among recovering adult substance users in the Gulf State of Oman
Hamed Mubarak Al Battashi, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Substance use is currently recognized as a chronic brain disease and a significant public health concern. Literature indicates that all types of abused substances lead to numerous individuals, family, and societal problems. In Oman, the number of substance use cases continues to increase steadily: in 2008, there were 1776; in 2017, 5894 individuals [....]
Title : Triggering Cascade, Trauma Imprinting, and Total Reactance
Sam Vaknin, Southern Federal University, Russia
"Triggering cascade" is when a seemingly minor trigger results in vastly disproportional trauma. Total reactance characterizes Psychopaths, Borderlines, trauma victims (PTSD and CPTSD), and people with mood disorders and impulse control issues. They escalate every conflict, however minor or imaginary, to the level of nuclear, apocalyptic, [....]
Title : Commitment to healthy lifestyle of students of medical universities of Russia
Prisyazhnaya Nadezhda, Institute of social sciences of Sechenov University, Russian Federation
The report will present the results of a medical and sociological study aimed at studying the perceptions and motivational attitudes of students of medical universities in Russia with regard to a healthy lifestyle and its components. The study was implemented in 2017-2018 on the basis of eight medical universities of the country (n = 984). Among th [....]
Title : Pediatric Obesity, Addiction and Family Dynamics: Concept of Co-Obesity
Anne Frederique Naviaux, Summerhill Community Mental Health Centre, Ireland
The obesity epidemic has been a crucial health concern over the past few decades. Multiple contributing factors have been identified at various levels: genetic, biological, environmental, social, economic etc. In many ways obesity presents some similarities with substance dependence and abuse. The term “co-dependency” originates from th [....]
Title : Critical period controls coordinated pre- and postsynaptic maturation
Xiao Xiao, Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, China
The perinatal brain is dominated by immature excitatory synapses containing high release probability (Pr) presynaptic terminals coupled to postsynaptic specializations with GluN2B subunit-containing NMDA receptors (high Pr, GluN2B+ synapses). These synapses mature in an activity-dependent manner to low Pr, GluN2B-deficient synapses. Virtually nothi [....]
Title : Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical Students Regarding Smoking and Substance Abuse
Silvia F Shalaby, Cairo University, Egypt
Background: Involving medical personnel in all aspects of smoking control in the community is indispensable. In a trial to enhance the participation of healthcare professionals in smoking cessation activities; this study was conducted to evaluate knowledge, behavior and attitude of medical school students regarding smoking and substance abuse. Perc [....]