ASAM Features International Symposium on Comorbid Addiction and Mental Illness
June 6, 2012
The breadth of dual-diagnosis issues found internationally and how they are manifest in three different national settings was the focus of a symposium at the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) 43rd Medical-Scientific Conference, which was held April 19–22, 2012, in Atlanta. Carlos Roncero, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and chief of the drug addiction unit at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, described the issues and treatment approaches in Spain. Giuseppe Carra, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., Monza Mental Health University Trust, Italy, described the dual-diagnosis treatment, service models, and research that have been developed in Italy over the past two decades. Haim Mell, M.D., head of treatment and rehabilitation at the Israeli National Anti-Drug Authority, discussed dual diagnosis in Israel. Other speakers included NIDA International Program Director Steven W. Gust, Ph.D.; Marc Galanter, M.D., New York University; and Jag Khalsa, Ph.D., NIDA Division of Pharmacotherapies and Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse. Dr. Galanter, Dr. Khalsa, and Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A., The Addiction Institute of New York, organized the symposium.
Important Dates
NIDA International Forum
June 14–17, 2013
Online Registration Deadline:
May 6, 2013
FELLOWSHIPS
IAS/NIDA Fellowships
Application Deadline:
February 10, 2013
NIDA International Program Fellowships
Application Deadline:
April 1, 2013
Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars
Application Deadlines: Vary
GRANTS
Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan
(Non-AIDS)
R01 PAR-11-030and R21 PAR-11-031
Application deadline:
February 14, 2013
MEETINGS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
February 14–18, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS)
April 15–19, 2013
Mexico City, Mexico
2013 International Conference on Global Health: Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse and HIV
April 17–19, 2013
Taipei, Taiwan
Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.