Depot formations are the cutting edge of drug delivery systems and have the potential to revolutionise opiate substitution treatment.
Professor Lintzeris will explain what depot formulations are and what are their clinical implications.
He will also comment on trials of depot buprenorphine being conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol Centre, UNSW
Date And Time:
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Contingency management (CM) is one of the most efficacious interventions to promote drug abstinence. Under CM interventions, desirable consequences such as goods or services are provided contingent on objective evidence of abstinence.
The 1st Asia Regional Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy will be held at the University of Hong Kong from 14 -15 October 2019.
Reinforcing Behaviour Change in Addiction Treatment' will present findings from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme grant which sought to develop an evidence base for contingency management in addiction services in the UK.
As our hyper-globalized world brings people, substances, ideas, and potential sources of addiction closer together than ever, researchers, care providers, academics and professionals need to look at addiction studies in a new, dynamic light.
This two-week Summer Institute seeks to provide an interdisciplinary approach and lens to the study of addiction.
The programme is built around four themes:
