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Maudsley Addictions Symposium 2024

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Online

Length and time

9:00 - 17:00

Course information

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Course start date is passed

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Online

Length and time

9:00 - 17:00

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About the symposium

The one-day symposium is tailored for professionals across various disciplines who engage with clients facing addiction challenges. It is accredited by the European Accreditation Committee in CNS (EACIC) for 6 CME Credits. Esteemed experts from South London and Maudsley, along with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, will deliver insights into addiction treatment. Topics will range from innovative harm reduction strategies to non-pharmacological interventions. The symposium will also explore contentious areas within the field, offering dedicated time for interactive Q&A sessions with a distinguished panel of experts. This symposium is supported by a financial educational grant from Neuraxpharm.

Topics to be discussed

Controversial topics in addictions and drug policy
Update in opiate addiction and treatment
Prescription drug addiction
Take-home naloxone
Updates in alcohol addiction and treatment
Cannabis in people with psychotic disorders
Dual diagnosis updates
Vaping: harm reduction or public health hazard
Psychosocial approaches to recovery

Accreditation

The Maudsley Addiction Symposium 2024 has been accredited with 6 CME Credits by the European Accreditation Committee in CNS (EACIC). To receive a certificate of CME credits, participants are required to complete the evaluation form available on the EACIC website using the event password AD24. The deadline to submit the form is 20th November 2024.

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Target audience

MH nurses (incl trainees, Social workers, Psychiatrists (incl trainees) General hospital doctors, Allied health professionals, Psychologists (incl trainees), GP's

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Speakers

Dr Emily Finch

Facilitator, Clinical Director & Addictions operational directorate

Dr Finch is the Addictions Clinical Academic Group (CAG) Clinical Director with responsibility for Addiction services across Lambeth, Bexley, Greenwich and Wandsworth. She is currently ...

Dr Nicky Kalk

Facilitator, Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist & Honorary Clinical Lecturer

Dr Kalk has ten years’ experience in addictions research and continues to be research active in various areas relating to substance and behavioural addiction, and associated psychiatric c...

Professor Sir John Strang

MBBS, FRCPsych, FRCP, MD, F.Med.Sci.

He is one of a small number of senior addictions researchers outside North America identified by ISI (the Institute for Scientific Analysis) as a “Highly Cited Author”

Dr Michael Kelleher

Consultant Addictions Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

Associate Medical Director for Addictions at SLAM and Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Addictions at Kings College London

Dr Marta Di Forti

MD, MRCPsych, PhD, Clinical Reader in Psychosis Research, MRC Senior Research Fellow

Senior Lecturer at the Dept of Social, Developmental and Genetic Research, Institute of Psychiatry, and Honorary Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, Lambeth Community team, SLaM

Dr. Debbie Robson

A specialist in tobacco dependence treatment and mental health

A specialist in tobacco dependence treatment and mental health, with expertise in developing, implementing, and evaluating treatment initiatives, as well as training interventions.

Jan Larkin

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Joint Head of Psychology and Psychotherapy in Addictions at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

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