South African Addiction Medicine Society Symposium

Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 August 2022

Friday, August 19, 2022


1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Pre-symposium workshop: Medical management of opioid use disorders Sponsored by Equity Pharma TBC Venue: Wanderers (Max 20 pax)

Saturday, August 20, 2022


7:30 AM - 8:00 AM	Arrival and registration
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM	Plenary Session 1: Anxiety and Addiction 08:00-08:10 Welcome 08:10-08:40 Anxiety disorders and substance use disorders 08:40- 09:10 Benzodiazepines- savior or villain
9:10 AM - 10:20 AM	Plenary Session 2: Opioids and Addiction 09:10-09:50 Hepatitis C – a growing epidemic 09:50-10:20 Opioid conundrums
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM	Morning Tea Break
10:50 AM - 12:20 PM	Plenary session 3: Addiction and Young People 10:50-11:20 Cannabis and the adolescent 11:20-11:50 Double trouble: ADHD and addiction 11:50-12:20 Global health dimensions and neurobiological correlates of gambling disorder
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM	Lunch
1:10 PM - 2:10 PM	Plenary session 4: What’s Trending? 13:10- 13:40 Emerging evidence for medicinal use of psychedelics 13:40-14:10 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Addiction Care
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM	Plenary 5: Ethics 14:10-15:10 The addicted health care worker
3:10 PM - 3:15 PM	Closure
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	SAAMS AGM

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