Cutting Edge 2000

ADDRESSES, PAPERS AND POSTERS

THURSDAY 31st AUGUST 2000

MIHI

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Sharpening the edge for Maori treatment, Paula Snowden, Manager, ALAC Maori Unit, Wellington

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Keynote Research Paper, John Strang, Director, National Addiction Centre, London

STREAM 1 - CLIENT DIVERSITY STREAM

• How do we study spirituality in treatment?, Michael Baker
• The changing bias of presenting clients, Dave Smith
• The cultural appropriateness of using psychological tests with Pacific Island groups, Tansy Brown

TREATMENT RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP (TRIG) AGM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Towards a national strategy on alcohol and drug research, Peter Adams on behalf of the Treatment Research Interest Group (TRIG)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
A randomised controlled trial of brief interventions for cannabis use disorder, Wendy Swift, Senior Researcher, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), Sydney

STREAM 1 - CANNABIS & NICOTINE STREAM

• Nicotine dependence and individuals in treatment for alcohol and drug problems: clinical presentation and implication for intervention, Marjorie Hunt
• Characteristics and treatment outcomes of clients referred with a provisional primary cannabis diagnosis to two outpatient clinics, Klare Braye/Vanessa Caldwell
• Cannabis and first admission for psychosis, Fraser Todd

STREAM 2 - YOUTH STREAM

• Alcohol in Pacific youth suicide attempts - pilot study findings, Jemaima Tiatia
• Youth and cannabis, Meg Harvey
• The use of the drug screening inventory - revised (DUSI-R) with New Zealand adolescents, Gerard Dolan

STREAM 3 - RESEARCH STREAM

• Should alcohol and drug clinicans be used as researchers? Potential problems and recommendations, Stuart MacKinnon
• 'Ecological realism' vs 'scientific rigour'? Methodological virtues of effectiveness (cf. efficacy) studies for empirical validation of treatment in the field context, Jan Bashford
• Brainstorming a national research strategy (workshop), Peter Adams (on behalf of TRIG)

RESEARCH DAY PANEL
John Strang, Wendy Swift, Doug Sellman, Peter Adams and Mark Oakely-Browne

SEMINAR
Alcohol and drug issues for indigenous people, Walter Carlin, South Dakota, USA

FRIDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2000

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Pacific peoples health policy - closing the gaps, Audrey Aumua, Chief Advisor Pacific Health, Ministry of Health

STREAM 1

• Positive Canadian initiatives for pregnant clients, Margot Symes
• Addiction by accident - benzodiazepines (workshop), Robyn Hopkins/Jill Palmer
• Women and alcohol - access to treatment; a pilot project between ADDOX and Newtown Union Health Service, Moira Gilmour, Sue Male, Alison Gray, Donna Norton

STREAM 2

• Alcohol consumption amongst Samoan men as coping mechanism for changes in gender roles: A qualitative analysis, Sailau Suaalii-Suani
• Alcohol related behaviours, beliefs, uses and practices of Niuean men living in Auckland, New Zealand, Vili Hapaki Nosa
• Inside out (workshop), Moana House
• Talking the walk: a discursive excusion with Maori men recovering from substance use related problems, Paul Robertson/Terry Huriwai

STREAM 3

• From guided self change to smashed and stoned, Sue Blyth
• "Drawing it out" - ideas for working with clients with alcohol and drug issues (workshop), Yve Gould

STREAM 4

• The abuse potential of Tramadol, Geoff Robinson
• Retrospective study of admissions to a medical detoxification unit, Murray Hunt
• Hepatitis C - future costs and implications for Maori and non-Maori, Ian Sheerin

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Keynote Clinical Paper, John Strang, Director, National Addiction Centre, London

ALCOHOL AND DRUG NURSES MEETING

POSTER SESSION

1. "Dissolving the boundaries" - Alcohol and drug meets mental health, Kylie-Maree Bambery
2. Not doing urinanalysis - does this allow clients to feel safe enough to be honest with staff about drug use? David Benton
3. Providing first point of access support for problem gamblers and significant others, Richard Parr/Graham Payne/Fiona Rossen
4. "Quitting the habit", Russell Beal
5. Acupuncture in Auckland Regional Alcohol and Drug Service, Barbara Guthrie
6. RADS community intervention training team: meeting the needs of communities, Mike Hamblin/Justin Pulford/Jenny Curry/Sean Bell
7. Clinical process self evaluation, Helen Mitchell-Shand/Daryle Deering
8. Whanaungatanga - a process in the treatment of Maori, Terry Huriwai/Paul Robertson
9. NCTD website - http://www.nctd.org.nz, Simon Adamson
10. Proposed short course programme 2001, National Addiction Centre (Alcohol, Drugs & Addiction) (NCTD), Doug Sellman
11. Postgraduate studes at the National Addiction Centre (Alcohol, Drugs & Addiction) (NCTD), Fraser Todd
12. The Bachelor of Alcohol and Drug Studies Exposé, Bronwyn Jones/Debby Sutton
13. Community based social work solutions, Wilf Holt
14. Activity based therapeutic programmes for children living in families affected by addiction, Jenny Neilson/Trish Gledhill
15. Hepatitis outreach clinic - an IVDU community response, Helen Moriarty
16. Timeline of opiate supply, Colin Lee
17. Therapeutic community as a model of treatment for the dually diagnosed client, Gustavo Restivo
18. Dual diagnosis and "networking", Steve West
19. Problem gambling: initiatives to counter a new addiction with implications for alcohol treatment, Chrstine Wykes/Sean Sullivan/Alison Penfold
20. Kowhai special treatment unit, Mary Laidlaw
21. The Alcohol Helpline - Nga Waipiro Matauranga, Paul Traynor

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Tatou: a community based approach for families in Northland, Nga Manga Puriri

STREAM 1

• Treatment development for amphetamine dependence (workshop), Helen Moriarty
• Evaluation of treatment for opioid dependence, Daryle Deering
• Effectiveness of treatment for cannabis use disorder in New Zealand, Jan Bashford
• Social phobia: a neglected comorbid disorder, Raine Berry

STREAM 2

• Education classes as part of the treatment approach for pathological gamblers: rationale and findings, Mary Anne Cooke/Maggie Askew
• Screening for problem gambling in an alcohol/drug treatment environment, Alison Penfold/Sean Sullivan
• Presentation of the gambling and alcohol safe strategy (GASS) resource package, Alison Penfold/Sean Sullivan

STREAM 3

• Munchausen Syndrome or drug seeking, George Latham
• Does attribution theory explain our explanations for addiction? Wolfgang Theuerkauf
• "Living togther in a world falling apart" (workshop), Takarangi Metekingi/Claire Aitken

STREAM 4

• "Working with substance abusers and their families", Gabriele Schaefer/Robert Steenhuisen
• Tatou: a community based approach for families in Northland (workshop), Nga Manga Puriri

STREAM 5 - PACIFIC PEOPLES WORKSHOP

• A forum for Pacific participants to discuss the evaluaiton of mainstream competencies for practitioners working with pacific clients

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Putting cannabis research into practice: observations and thoughts of a researcher, Wendy Swfit, Senior Researcher, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), Sydney

CLINICAL DAY PANEL
John Strang, Wendy Swift, Raine Berry, Takarangi Metekingi and Ian MacEwan

CONFERENCE DINNER

SATURDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2000

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Advances in the treatment of major depression and other mental disorders: what lessons can be learnt by the alcohol and drug treatment field, Peter Joyce, Head of Department, Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine

STREAM 1 - YOUTH STREAM

• Positive views of alcohol consumption: voices of young people", Virginia Fairnie
• Is it ethical to drug test students for the presence of cannabinoids? Some thoughts from a treatment provider's perspective (workshop), Ann-Marie Stapp

STREAM 2 - SERVICE DELIVERY STREAM

• The evolution of the RADS service delivery model, Jenny Wolf/Janine Hurtubise
• Richmond Fellowship's alcohol and drug detoxification service, Dunedin, is an independent home based withdrawl service, Lorraine Watson

STREAM 3 - GENERAL STREAM

• Identifying standards for a social policy on gambling (workshop), Peter Adams/Ralph Gerdelan
• Cannabis policy: tinny houses, Colin Lee
• The national opioid treatment training programme, Annette Gohns

STREAM 1 - MENTAL HEALTH STREAM

• Gaining compliance to national mental health standards and alcohol and drug standards - where to from here? (workshop), Janice McEwan

STREAM 2 - HEALTHCARE HAWKES BAY STREAM

• Activity based therapeutic programmes for children living in families affected by addiction (workshop), Jenny Neilson/Trisha Gledhill

STREAM 3 - CLINICAL PROCESS SELF EVALUATION STREAM

• What has happened with the alcohol and drug agency clinical process self-evaluation? Has it been useful? Where to from here? (workshop), Helen Mitchell-Shand/Daryle Deering/Terry Huriwai

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Fighting stigmatisation: what can we all do to improve the alcohol and drug treatment field in New Zealand? Doug Sellman, Director, National Addiction Centre (Alcohol, Drugs & Addiction) (NCTD), Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine

FAREWELL

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