Counselor Magazine - 5th Las Vegas Adolescents Conference

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The Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse will hold its 32nd Annual AMERSA National Conference on November 6-8, 2008, in Washington DC.

The meeting will reflect on AMERSA's interdisciplinary strengths and the commitment to disseminate the latest developments in substance abuse education, prevention, treatment and research that challenge all health care professionals.

Confirmed plenary sessions include:

Carlo DiClemente, PhD and Thaddeus Herzog, PhD in a Spicy Debate - Contemplating Change: The Pros and Cons of the Transtheoretical Model for Understanding Changes in Substance Use

John Rodolico, PhD, Terence Keane, PhD and Susan Storti, PhD, RN in a Plenary Panel Session on Combat Stress and Substance Abuse in the Wake of War

Randolph D. Muck, MEd, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, speaking on Adolescent/Emerging Adults

John Cunningham, PhD, Senior Scientist Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, speaking on the Internet and New Media as Tools to Recovery

Jerome Jaffe, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, will be the recipient of the distinguished John P. McGovern Award

Stephanie O'Malley, PhD, Director, Division of Substance Abuse Research, CMHC, will receive the prestigious Betty Ford Award honoring her valuable contributions to the substance abuse field.

Call for Abstracts now open. Submit abstracts and workshops online by May 15.

For further information, visit www.amersa.org or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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5th Las Vegas Adolescents Conference

The 5th Las Vegas Conference on Adolescents, sponsored by U.S. Journal Training, is an excellent opportunity to learn practical techniques for adolescent clinical treatment. You'll learn about anger in adolescents, prevention of substance abuse in adolescents, new medications in the treatment of alcoholism, cigarette smoking and opioid abuse, helping adolescents cope with loss, treating conduct disorder and much more! Earn up to 18 credit hours for continuing education.

Program Objectives:

1. Identify aspects of adolescent anger, conduct disorders, eating disorders, treatment for the aggressive adolescent, multi systems programs and strategies for working with the child and parents.

2. Identify self esteem and success principles for teens, including interactive group processes, guided visualization, journal writing and therapeutic benefits of humor.

3. Identify the stigma of addiction; prevention of substance abuse in adolescents including lessons for the brain sciences, treatment of alcoholism, cigarette smoking and opioid abuse.

4. Identify evidence-based treatment for adolescent substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, and psychiatric comorbidity; strength based engagement and change oriented therapy for adolescents.

Location: Las Vega, NV

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