Cutting Edge 2004

Held at the Convention Centre, Palmerston North, 2nd to 4th September

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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CONFERENCE MONOGRAPH
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ADDRESSES, PAPERS AND POSTERS

THURSDAY - 2ND SEPTEMBER 2004

Powhiri

MINISTERIAL PRESENTATION
Hon Damien O'Connor, Associate Minister of Health

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Integration: A Mäori Perspective

Moe Milne, Ngati Hine, Nga Puhi Nui Tonu, Consultant, Matawaia

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Substance Use in Mental Illness

Duncan Raistrick, Consultant Psychiatrist in Addiction, Clinical Director, Leeds Addiction Unit, Associate Medical Director, Leeds Mental Health Trust, United Kingdom

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

Drug & Alcohol Nurses of Australasia (DANA)

Doctors Meeting

Psychologists Meeting

Consumer Group Meeting

STREAMS

Stream 1

• Auditing to Succeed: Integrating a Mentored Audit into Service Provision, Alison Penfold
• The Forgotten Family: Ensuring the Family of Problem Gamblers are Identified, Mary Anne Cooke
• Weaving Together Communities and Individuals, Famke Van Laren/Cynthia Orme
• Gambling Problems Affecting Clients Accessing Foodbanks: Integrating Help into a Generic Social Service, Sean Sullivan/Lynette Hutson

Stream 2

• Once Were Warriors But Never Were Drinkers, Paul Robertson
• Me Whakahaere Katoa, Kaua e Whakarerea: Include Everything, Don't Leave Anything Out, Dick Johnstone
• Mäori AOD Models: What's Being Used in the Addictions Field? Mike Goulding/Terry Huriwai

Stream 3

• A Case Study in Service Integration Between a NGO and a Community Mental Health Team, Duncan Poole/Mike Mitchell
• Integration of Substance Abuse Treatment into Schools - Would it Work? Mirjana Vilke
• Integrating Agencies in Family Inclusive Practice, Trish Gledhill/Marie Rosser
• Continuities - An Integrated Approach, Sue Paton/Wendy Moore

Stream 4

• Recovery Symposium

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Treatment of Amphetamine Dependence

Michael Baigent, Clinical Head, Dept of Psychiatry, Flinders Medical Centre Senior Specialist, Drug and Alcohol Services Council Senior Lecturer, Psychiatry, Flinders University, South Australia

LAUNCH
Kina Families and Addictions Trust (Kith and Kin Whaanau Whaanui)

Bill Ruwhiu, Andrew Raven and Trustees

EVENING MEETINGS

DAPAANZ AGM

Supervisors Workshop (AChAM)

Kina Families and Addictions Trust AGM

FRIDAY - 3RD SEPTEMBER 2004

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions: Can DNA Make a Difference

Martin Kennedy, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago

STREAMS

Stream 1

• Opiate Detoxification (workshop), Duncan Raistrick

Stream 2

• Integrating Whanau, Hapu, and Iwi Philosophy with Western Models of Practice in the Alcohol and Drug Field (workshop), Matt Marsh, Anthony Whaipakanga, Waina Pene

Stream 3

• Integrated Treatment: A Reality or a Mythical Beast? (workshop), Hazel Wright/Elisa Corrigan/Sue Martin

Stream 4

• D.I.C.E. Therapy: An Integrated Brief Intervention Approach to Gambling Disorders (workshop), Paul Schreuder

INTRODUCTION
Background to the UK Alcohol Treatment Trial

Doug Sellman, Director, National Addiction Centre, Christchurch

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The UK Alcohol Treatment Trial

Gillian Tober, Honorary Consultant Psychologist in Addiction, Deputy Clinical Director and Head of Training, Leeds Addiction Unit, United Kingdom

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Systems: Philosophical and Treatment Approaches and Issues

Joan Zweben, Executive Director, 14th Street Clinic & Medical Group, Inc., and the East Bay Community Recovery Project Oakland, CA, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UCSF, USA

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

Pacific People's Meeting

Mäori Meeting

Treatment Research Interest Group (TRIG) AGM

STREAMS

Stream 1

• Amphetamine Induced Psychosis (workshop), Michael Baigent
• Concurrent Treatment for Co-existing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Abuse Disorder in an Outpatient Setting, David Benton/Michael Ann Benton
• A Programme for People with Co-existing Traumatic Brain Injury and Substance Abuse, Ken Branch
• The New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Treatment Outcomes Project: Key Principles and Recommendations, Daryle Deering

Stream 2

• The Journey of the Niu-Tupu (workshop), Josephine Jackson/Ane Enosi/Sarah Halatutavaha/Bruce Levi
• Treatment Delivery the Pacific Way - An Exploration into Delivery of Alcohol and Drug Services for Pacific Peoples in New Zealand, Ata Samu
• Integrating the Needs of LGBTTF Clients into A&D Services, Diana Rands/Tania Pritchard
• The Queer Eye for the Problem Gambler: Sexual Identity and Problem Gambling, Antony McFelin/Lynette Knox

Stream 3

• Motivational Challenges in Treating Resistant Substance-Abusing Clients - A Four Phase Integrated Model (workshop), Jonathan Spears
• Integration - Community Reinforcement Approach and Relapse Management, Steve Scott
• The Integration of Spirituality into Addiction Treatment: The Salvation Army Bridge Programme and the Recovery Church/Fellowship Phenomenon, Ian Hutson
• CADS Community and Home Detoxification Service, Mark Greco/Lin Streeter

Stream 4

• Getting the Framework Right - Integrating Legislation and Drug Policy (workshop), Nandor Tanczos
• Promoting Drug Treatment in Substance Dependence: Potential for Conflict, Rachael Parker/Tony Wilson
• GP Authorisation: Creative Thinking to Encourage GP Participation in Methadone Treatment Programme, Tracey Fearn
• Perceived Barriers for Care of Opioid Dependent Patients in the General Practice Setting, David Benton

POSTERS

1. The Future of the National Treatment Forum (NTF), Kirk Mariner/Tuhaka Keepa
2. Addiction & Co-existing Disorders Training and Education at the NAC, Doug Sellman
3. Rehabilitation Studies at Massey University, Ann Flintoft
4. Alcohol and Drug Studies - Wellington Institute of Technology, Mirjana Vilke
5. Te Rau Matatini, Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford
6. Correlates of Self-Reported Treatment Outcome, Simon Adamson
7. And Can We Check Your Gambling? A Project to Further Validate the EIGHT Screen, Sean Sullivan
8. Reefer Madness: Adolescent Cannabis Use and Cognition, Meg Harvey
9. Factors Affecting Youth Retention in Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Ria Schroder
10. Development and Testing of the Substances and Choices Scale (The SACS) - An Overview of Proposed Research, Grant Christie
11. The Dual Diagnosis Intensive Outpatient Programme, Kate Barber
12. A Partnership Approach to Client Follow-up: A Workforce Development Issue? Mike Goulding/Mary Anne Cooke
13. Integrating Family Inclusive Practice - Can a Charitable Trust Make a Difference, Trish Gledhill and Trustees
14. CADS Community and Home Detoxification Service, Mark Greco/Lin Streeter
15. Working With Offenders in Prison, Lynette Knox
16. "Kia Ora A&D Helpline, How Can We Help You?" Peter Jamieson/Alison Dann
17. Background, History and Contemporary Development of the Auckland City Mission Social Detoxification Service, Irene Rama/Dimitri Germanov
18. STEP: A Timely Opportunity, Andrew Rowe
19. Continuing Care: Integration of Services at the Christchurch Bridge, Ritchie Stewart
20. Living with People with Alcohol and Drug Dependency: The Partners, Andrea Mead
21. General Understanding of the Term 'A Standard Drink', Mike Mitchelll
22. Working Together: Service Providers and the Gambling Industry, Alison Penfold/Carolyn Hobson
23. 2003 National Survey of Specialist Methadone Services: Results and Implications, Jess Mazengarb
24. Client Information Sheets Covering Key Aspects and Phases of Treatment, Annemarie Wille/Sheridan Pooley
25. Methadone Maintenance; A Treatment Option for Methamphetamine Abuse/Dependence? What Does it Take to Engage 'P' Users in Treatment? Louise Leonard

Stream 1

• Social Behaviour and network Therapy (workshop), Gillian Tober

Stream 2

• Ipu Mahua - "The Overflowing Cup"(workshop), Kotoni Fe`ao/Jeff Cummings/Petia Wilson/Bruce Levi

Stream 3

• Revised Guideline for Assessment Centres: Section 65 Land Transport Act 1998 (workshop), Jess Mazengarb

Stream 4

• Addressing Psychiatric Disorders in Methadone Patients (workshop), Joan Zweben

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Thinking Beyond Description: To Think and Walk the Culturally Appropriate Talk?

Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni, Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland

LAUNCH
Guidelines for Alcohol and Drug Services Working with Women...Policy to Practice

Paula Snowden, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, ALAC, Wellington

Conference Dinner

SATURDAY - 4TH SEPTEMBER 2004

PLENARY ADDRESS
Workforce Development

Ian MacEwan, Senior Project Manager, NATWDP - National Addiction Centre, Wellington

Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford, Programme Manager, Te Rau Matatini, Palmerston North

Simon Adamson, Lecturer, National Addiction Centre, Christchurch

Doug Sellman, Director, National Addiction Centre, Christchurch

Stream 1

• An ABC of DNA - Genetics in the Study of Mental Disorders (workshop), Martin Kennedy

Stream 2

• Te Hikoi Maramatanga on "Integrative Process" (workshop), Sue Fielding

Stream 3

• Early Intervention: The Integration of an Alcohol and Other Drugs Practitioner into the Community (workshop), Liz Langham

Stream 4

• Integrating A&D Practice into a Code of Ethics - Have DAPAANZ Achieved This? (workshop), Ann Flintoft/Martin Woods

Stream 1

• AOD Treatment and 'Morality': The New Pejorative, John Caygill
• Illegal Leisure - The Normalisation of Adolescent Rrecreational Drug Use, Gavin Cape

Stream 2

• Co-existing Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) and Mental Health Problems: What are the Support Needs of Alcohol and Drug Professionals Working with this Client Group? April Matthews
• Integration of Mental Health Practitioner into Mental Health, Debbie Biggar

Stream 3

• Treatment Failures or Success Stories? An Exploratory Study of Short Term Treatment Attendance, Justin Pulford
• The Road to Recovery: An Analysis of Intermediate Outcomes in the Treatment of Drug Addiction, Alexandra Gordon

Stream 4

• Integrated Services Improve Outcomes for Pregnant and Parenting Clients, Marijke Cederman

PLENARY ADDRESS
Problem Gambling - Looser Pays!

John Hannifin, Director, Problem Gambling Agency, Palmerston North

POROPOROAKI AND PRIZES

CONFERENCE FINISH

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