November 2018

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) are hosting a one-day mini convention on the 2nd of November in San Diego.

The satellite event is part of the 2018 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting and will involve presentations from researchers covering the following topics:

The 20th International Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Meeting (ISAM BUSAN 2018) will be held from the 3rd to the 6th of November 2018.

The Society for Neuroscience is holding its annual meeting on the 3rd to 7th of November in San Diego. 

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42nd Annual AMERSA Conference

Interdisciplinary Addiction Strategies: Prevent, Discover, Teach, Treat

Thursday, November 8th, 2018 – Saturday, November 10th, 2018
InterContinental Mark Hopkins – San Francisco

Adfam is hosting its first Addiction & the Family International Network conference from Friday 9th November until Sunday 11th November.

The American Public Health Association’s annual meeting will take place between the 10th and the 14th of November in San Diego.

The Center for Forensic Science Research & Education is hosting an international 2-day symposium on the status of the Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) crisis in the United States. The event will take place in Philadelphia on the 13th and 14th of November.

NIGHTS 2018 conference will take place from the 15th to the 17th of November in Brussels. The event will address issues concerning night-time economy, nightlife culture, urban development and related public health concerns.

Addictive behaviors create many significant health problems, from smoking-related diseases to the current opioid overdose epidemic. Behavior analysts have made important contributions to the understanding and treatment of addictive behaviors, and these will be showcased in this single-track, two-day conference for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in substance use issues.

Serenity in The Steps, an approved education provider of Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program (CPDAP) will be conducting a training/workshop on Developing Community-Based Recovery Support Systems Training Series II in Baguio City.

We are inviting those interested to join our training on November 19 - 22, 2018 headed by Mr. Clemente "Junjun" Abella Jr. MAC RGC ICAP III ICRC. 

SHAAP (Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems) and Eurocare (The European Alcohol Policy Alliance) are the organisers of the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference (8EAPC), which will be hosted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scotland, on 20th and 21st November 2018.

We are expecting around 300 delegates, and presentations will be made by Government ministers and officials, representatives from the World Health Organization, the European Commission and leading NGOs, as well as top academics and authors.

The different 'Strengthening Families Program' interventions around the world face similar challenges: cultural adaptation and fidelity, instruments of evaluation, validation of international adaptations, follow-up analysis, gender issues, incorporation of technologies in the implementation…

This one-day workshop aims at aligning the concerns of SFP researchers and implementers around these subjects. In special, one of the main aims is to reach a “gold standard” of evaluation and to discuss the best instruments for it.

The 2nd International Symposium on Drug Policy and Public Health is organized by the Turkish Green Crescent Society and will be held in Istanbul in 26-27 November 2018.

Register now at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/280338473972824577

Tuesday | November 27, 2018 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Presenter: Amy Yule, MD; Medical Director, Addiction Recovery Management Service at Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

The theme for the 11th EPH Conference is 'Winds of change: Towards new ways of improving public health in Europe'. Public health is faced with new challenges to improve population health in Europe. Health care alone cannot accomplish this immense task. At the Ljubljana conference, we will explore the significance of creating partnerships across all levels and sectors.

The final UPC-Adapt Dissemination Conference (Nov 30) in conjunction with the EMCDDA/REITOX Academy (Nov 28-29) on prevention will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.

Co-conveners will be the Charles University in Prague (CUNI) and the EMCDDA (REITOX Academy), and the main conference venue will be the Lichtenstein Palace on Malostranské náměstí.

Drugs Research Network Scotland's first conference, supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction, will be held in Glasgow. The conference is designed to support drug researchers in Scotland.

The Royal College of General Practitioners and Substance Misuse Management Good Practice are jointly hosting their 23rd Managing Drug and Alcohol Problems in Primary Care Conference.  

November 29, 2018, 4:00-5:00pm ET

Health equity is crucial and health inequity is costly. All actors in society—residents and community-based organizations, in partnership with businesses, state and local government, anchor and faith-based institutions—have the power to change the narrative and help promote health equity. But where and how can communities begin to unpack the social determinants of health in order to achieve health equity?