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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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Feature Articles

Chronic Pain, Opioids and Addiction: Challenges and Controversies

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Written by Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM
Thursday, 04 October 2007
Approximately 50 million Americans — one in six people — suffer from chronic pain. Furthermore, 25 percent of them experienced pain that lasted through the day in the previous month; and 10 percent experienced the same pain for one year or more. Nationwide, chronic pain causes more disability than cancer and heart disease combined and costs $550 million annually in lost workdays.
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Confrontation in Addiction Treatment

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Written by William R. Miller, PhD and William White, MA
Thursday, 04 October 2007
The use of confrontational strategies in individual, group and family substance abuse counseling emerged through a confluence of cultural factors in U.S. history, pre-dating the development of methods for reliably evaluating the effects of such treatment. Originally practiced within voluntary peer-based communities, confrontational approaches soon extended to authority-based professional relationships where the potential for abuse and harm greatly increased.
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Can You Hear Me Now? An Innovation to Promote Continued Treatment

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Written by Louise Haynes, MSW, Nancy Waite-O’Brien, PhD
Monday, 06 August 2007
As lengths of stay in inpatient care have become shorter, it is increasingly important to assist clients in making successful transitions from residential to outpatient care. However, the move from inpatient to outpatient care often presents special challenges for both clients and staff. If clients are to receive an “adequate dose” in a treatment episode, much of that treatment will be outpatient. Clients often drop out of substance abuse treatment upon discharge from detoxification or inpatient rehabilitation, and consequently, they increase their chances for relapse.
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When Death Begins at the Dinner Table: Interview with Noted Psychiatrist on Eating Disorders

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Written by Howard G. Rosenthal, EdD, CCMH, MAC
Monday, 06 August 2007
Editor’s Note: Kimberli McCallum, MD is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, as well as adult psychiatrist. She received her medical degree from Yale School of Medicine and completed her training in general psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatry Institute. She has developed several eating disorder treatment programs, including inpatient, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. Dr. McCallum has lectured across the country on a variety of topics, achieving national recognition for her skills and knowledge in treating eating disorders and in the medical management of complicated cases.
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Modern Perspectives of Women's Addiction Treatment from Top Centers in the US

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Written by Brenda J. Iliff, MA, Candis Siatkowski, BS, Nancy Waite-O’Brien, PhD, William White
Monday, 06 August 2007
The history of specialized addiction treatment for women in the United States has a long history dating to such 19th century institutions as the Martha Washington Home in Chicago (1869), the Temple Home in Binghampton, N.Y. (1876), and the New England Home for Intemperate Women in Boston (1879) (White, 1996). Previous articles in this column have chronicled the history of addiction among American women (White & Kilbourne, 2006); summarized the early history of gender-specific treatment (White, 2002); and honored some of the pioneers in gender-specific treatment (White, 2004). This article profiles the treatment of addicted women at three prominent private institutions: Betty Ford Center, Caron Treatment Centers and Hazelden. The article closes with a discussion of what these institutions have learned about the treatment of addicted women.
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