Cutting Edge 1999

ADDRESSES, PAPERS AND POSTERS

FRIDAY - 13 AUGUST 1999

MIHIMIHI
Tahi Takao, Kaumatua, NCTD

WELCOME
Ian MacEwan, Manager Treatment Development, Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
Andrew Hornblow, Dean, Christchurch School of Medicine

OPENING
Kath Fox, General Manager of Mental Health, Health Funding Elizabeth Cunningham, National Mäori Mental Health Manager, Health Funding Authority

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Who controls the drinking? Steve Allsop, Director, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Adelaide

THREE CLINICAL UPDATES

• Acamprosate: A Newly Arrived Drug for Alcohol Dependency, Geoff Robinson
• Routine Screening for Alcohol and Drug Problems Using Standardised Tools - The Experience at Auckland Regional Alcohol and Drug Services, Grant Paton-Simpson
• Project MATCH, Doug Sellman

TWO LEGAL ANGLES ON SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE

• Review Of The Alcoholism & Drug Addiction Act 1966, Barbara Arnold, Senior Advisor, Mental Health Section, Ministry of Health and Ian MacEwan, Manager Treatment Development, Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
• Motor Vehicle Licensing & Substance Dependence, Steve Duffy, Clinical Director, Alcohol and Drug Services, Healthlink South, Christchurch

CONTROLLED DRINKING RESEARCH IN N.Z.

• Abstinence or Controlled Drinking? Subject Characteristics and Choice of Drinking Goal in an Outpatient Setting, Simon Adamson
• The Role of Primary Health Teams in Reducing Risky Drinking, Peter Adams

SIX CONCURRENT DISCUSSION GROUPS

• National Treatment Forum, NTF Executive
• Treatment Research: Why and How, Michael Lynskey
• The Development of Competencies for Alcohol & Drug Treatment Practitioners: Where Are We At? Greg Ariell & Ingrid Hugens
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Counsellor's Challenge, Helen Chesterfield
• Aukatitia te Kai Paipa - Mäori Smoking Cessation Programme, Tahupotiki Stirling
• Taking a Gamble With Alcohol: Problem Gambling Intervention in an Alcohol Treatment Environment, Sean Sullivan & Alison Penfold

10 SHORT PAPERS ON CONTROLLED DRINKING

• One Day, 69 People With Severe to Moderate Dependency Tried It. What Happened Then? Ian MacEwan
• Using Routine Screening to Assess Suitability for Controlled Drinking, Grant Paton-Simpson
• The Tingle Tongue Test, Sue Bagshaw
• Guided Self Change: An Update of the & Implementation Into Treatment Practice in New Zealand, Sue Blyth
• Controlled Drinking & The Meaning Of Life, John Caygill
• The Agony & the Ecstasy: Pursuit of the Unattainable Dream, Brian Dilger
• If You Must, Don’t Go Bust, Ian Hutson
• Controlled Drinking: Chasing the Wagon? Tim Harding
• To Be S-Pacific, Henry Luafutu
• Everything You Have Always Wanted To Know About Controlled Drinking But Were Too Pissed To Ask, Tuari Potiki

SATURDAY - 14 AUGUST 1999

RESEARCH MEETING: PRIORITIES & FUNDING ISSUES

PERSONALITY SYMPOSIUM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Personality & Alcoholism, Roger Mulder, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine

LOCAL PAPERS ON PERSONALITY

• Completion Success of Personality Disorders In Residential Treatment And Other Correlates, George Latham
• What’s Behind ASPD? Raine Berry
• Personality & The Global Process, Peter Vaughan
• Acculturation/Deculturation & The Development of Cultural Identity, Paul Robertson/Terry Huriwai
• "Masks We Cling To" (The Role of the Persona In Substance Use), Paul Daborn

FREE PAPER SESSION

• Women & Alcohol: An Overview of ALAC's Research, Val Norton
• Alcohol Use/Misuse in Clients on Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Murray Hunt
• Older Lesbians' Use of Alcohol & Drugs in NZ, Rachel Kirkbride
• Dual Diagnosis - A Conversation With Codes & Categories, Helen Warren
• Can You Hear Me? Andy Compton

FUTURE CONFERENCES MEETING

OLDER PERSONS SYMPOSIUM

INTRODUCTION
Ian MacEwan, Manager Treatment Development, Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Alcohol and Drug Use in Older Adults, Michael Lynskey, Lecturer, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), Sydney

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Vintage Years or the Halcyon Days? A Clinician’s View of Substance Abuse in the Elderly, Jane Casey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine

POSTER SESSION

1. Alcohol Use/Misuse in Clients on Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Murray Hunt
2. A Proposed Investigation of Outpatient Treatment in New Zealand: The National Treatment Outcome Project (NTOP), Simon Adamson
3. A Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by People Presenting for Alcohol and Drug Treatment in New Zealand, Meg Harvey/Doug Sellman
4. Alcohol Misuse by Gamblers or Problem Gambling by Alcohol Misusers? Sean Sullivan/Alison Penfold
5. Gambling Problem Helpline, Sharlene Wong
6. To Use or Not to Use: The Readiness to Change Questionnaire, Michael Baker
7. Nicotine & Tobacco Related Information in Assessments, Marjorie Hunt
8. Quit Line and Ministry of Health "Best Practice Guidelines" for Smoking Cessation, Marjorie Hunt
9. An Investigation into the Public Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Smoking Cessation Interventions, Karen de Zwart
10. Aukatitia te Kai Paipa - Mäori Smoking Cessation Programme, Tahupotiki Stirling
11. New Zealand Alcohol & Drug Service Database, Gythlian Loveday
12. The Alcohol Helpline – Nga Waipiro Matauranga, Gythlian Loveday
13. A Census of School Guidance Counsellors and Their Role in Assisting Students with Alcohol and Drug Related Problems in the Greater Christchurch Area, Daryle Deering
14. Implementation Phase: Guidelines for Alcohol and Drug Treatment Agency Clinical Process Self-Evaluation, Terry Huriwai/Daryle Deering
15. The History of Mäori and Alcohol: Implications for Interventions in Contemporary Aotearoa, Paul Robertson/Terry Huriwai
16. Cannabis is Associated with Increased Levels of Paranoia in Depressed Males, Fraser Todd
17. NCTD Postgraduate Studies in Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, Fraser Todd
18. John Dobson Award, Mo Pettit/Doug Sellman
19. Exchanging Perspectives, Caroline Mason-Rogers
20. Party Drugs/Dance Culture - Harm Reduction Project, Mike Hamblin
21. Benzodiazepines - A Controlled Drug - How Has This Impacted on Patients, Prescribers and Treatment Services?, Helen Warren
22. Parent Power, Di Richards/Ann Powell
23. ALAC Act, 1999, Sandra Kirby/Ian MacEwan
24. Women and ASPD, Raine Berry
25. Coordination of Alcohol and Drug Services for Women - A New Initiative, Sandy McLean
26. Women & Alcohol: An Overview of ALAC's Research, Val Norton
27. Older Lesbians' Use of Alcohol & Drugs in New Zealand, Rachel Kirkbride
28. Dunedin’s Social Detoxification Service (NZ’s only Independent Withdrawal Service) Lorraine Watson
29. Assessment of Withdrawal and Detoxification at Queen Mary Hospital - A Review of 100 Patients April/May 1999, Rob Brandram-Adams/Fred LaHood
30. Problems Additional to Alcohol and Drug in Patients at Queen Mary Hospital, Megan Murphy
31. Cultures Colliding, Angus Stevenson/Tony Carton
32. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - A Counsellor's Challenge, Helen Chesterfield
33. Narcotics Anonymous, Cathy Willowstarr

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Doing Good Work Is Not Enough, David Crosbie, Chief Executive Officer, Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA), Canberra

TREATMENT RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP (TRIG) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

CONFERENCE DINNER

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