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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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Gatekeeping Functions

Clinical Supervision
Written by David J. Powell, PhD
Tuesday, 04 March 2008
One of the primary goals of clinical supervision is to ensure quality care and to protect the welfare of the client. A part of this goal is the difficult task of gatekeeping, assessing who should and should not be a counselor. We have an ethical responsibility to counsel some counselors out of the field. The gatekeeping function is a rarely discussed, but critical, aspect of what clinical supervisors do. Who should not be a counselor? What are the traits that would lead a supervisor to counsel someone out of the profession? How do we define unacceptable counselor behavior or attitudes?
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The Real Online World

Management Corner: Technology Trends
Written by Jim Mays
Friday, 04 January 2008
In July, the popular social networking site, MySpace, deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders from its service. Just two months earlier, they deleted 7,000 offenders. The minimum age to register for a page on MySpace is 14. Why would sex offenders register to participate in a social networking site?
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Sobriety and Maturity — Is There a Connection?

Opinion
Written by Brian Duffy, MA, LMHC
Friday, 04 January 2008
You’re in a restaurant, and a child at the next table (they’re always at the next table) begins to act up. He wants what he wants — and he wants it now. He is the center of his universe. He is being a child. That’s his job.
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Coming to Terms and Accepting Who I Am

First Person
Written by Anonymously Submitted
Friday, 04 January 2008
“I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity.” — Edgar Allan Poe I always thought my bouts of depression were situational. Reflecting on those dark and emotionally painful periods, I realized my depression oftentimes seemed triggered by financial hardships. There was the time I was ordered to pay $10,000 in additional child support; or when I had to refinance my condominium; and the multiple times I overspent at Christmas or during summer vacations.
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Do Certain People Prefer Certain Drugs?

Research to Practice
Written by Mike Taleff, PhD, CSAC, MAC
Friday, 04 January 2008
As long I as I have been in this field, I have heard claims that certain types of people seem to like certain types of drugs. You hear this in staff meetings, workshops, books, and even at coffee after 12-Step meetings. But, is any of it true? And, what does this mean for treatment?
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