Conferences
International Conference 2004
Evidence-based Practice in Substance Use
the Appliance of
Science
Conference Location: The Erskine Bridge Hotel, Erskine, Nr Paisley
Conference Date: 9th and 10th September 2004
Background
Although CADS and ANSA have long had informal links, this was the first time that they have come together on a formal basis. The occasion was the 25th Anniversary of the opening of the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Studies as a national resource for education in the study of addiction. To celebrate this achievement CADS and ANSA were please to host an International Conference. CADS has run two highly successful international conferences in 1999 and 2001 while ANSA have been responsible for running successful conferences for many years. Jointly we brought to the conference a range of excellent, internationally renowned speakers from both practice in substance use: the appliance of science. Over two days we examined how we could apply science at the population level (policy) and the individual level (treatment).
Conference Aims
The aims of the conference were broad, they were to discuss:
- Recent evidence and its implications for drugs and alcohol policy
- Recent evidence and its implications for drugs and alcohol treatment
Conference Speakers
The following table provides access to the presentations from the main speakers at the 2004 conference. Please Note: the presentations have been provided in Flash paper format. To view the presentations you will require to have the Flash plugin installed.
Please click on the presentations title to open the flash presentations.
| Speaker | Presentation Title |
|---|---|
| Steve Allsop (Australia) | Evidence-based-practise or practice-based-evidence |
| Phil Barker (UK) | Evidence-Based-Practice or Practice-Based-Evidence |
| John McMahon (UK) | Therapists - the neglected component of treatment. |
| Thomas Barbour (USA) | Alcohol - No Ordinary Commodity: Research and Public Policy |
| Jonathon Chick (UK) | Treatments offered for alcoholism |
| Barbara McCrady (USA) | The Treatment of Alcohol US Disorders: What do we know from Research? |
| Betsy Thom (UK) | Community Responses to Drugs: policy, rhetoric and reality. |
| Catriona Matheson (UK) | A National Survey of Substance Misuse Nurses in Scotland. |
Plenary Speakers Presentations
The following table lists the plenary speakers and their presentation titles. To access the plenary speakers presentation please click on the presentation title.
| Speaker | Presentation Title |
|---|---|
| Iain McPhee | The impact of drug enforcement on the prevention of drug abuse in Scotland. |
| Alison Munro | Evaluating the effectiveness of a 'co-morbidity' training programme for mental health nurses: results of a randomised controlled trial. |
| Ken Barrie | Training Symposium |
| Kenny Simpson - Police STOP Unit | Police - drugs siezures in Scotland |
| Sam Coope - Effective Interventions Unit | Harm reduction and the role of the police. |
| John McAlaney | Therapist traits and treatment outcome |
| Isobel Thompson | A feasibility study of supervised administration of Buprenorphine in community pharmacies. |
