Program
Conference program
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Conference will consist of plenary presentations, invited lectures, oral communications, poster presentations and workshops.
MAIN TOPICS
The Conference main aim is to focus the different types of the medical assisted treatment.
There will be pre-conference workshops on substitution treatment (June 30).
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Innovations in substitution treatment
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Scaling up substitution treatment
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ST around the world: advances and setbacks
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Harm reduction and abstinence programmes
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Drug use, AIDS and discrimination
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Overdose
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Hepatitis and substitution treatment
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Raising public awareness of ST
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Influence in policy, legislation
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
ST AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
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ST AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
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ST IN PRISONS
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HEPATITIS C and ST
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OVERDOSE and ST
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RESEARCH
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ADVOCACY
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OTHERS
PRECONFORENECE WORKHOPS
TOP WORKSHOP ON SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT
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Methadone
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Buprenorphine
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SR Morphine
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Heroine
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Codeine
DRAFT PROGRAMME
(Please NOTE THAT CHANGES ARE EXPECTED)
PROGRAMME (Venue: CULTURAL AND CONGRESS CENTRE “CANKARJEV DOM”)
SATURDAY, 30 June 2007
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9.00 – 10.30 |
REGISTRATION (Hall: Foyer 2) |
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TOP WORKSHOP ON SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT Hall: E1 |
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10.00 - 13.00 |
METHADONE Robert Newman (USA) Andrej
Kastelic (Slovenia) |
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13.00 |
LUNCH (Only for the workshop participants) |
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13.30 – 15.30 |
REGISTRATION (Hall: Foyer 2) |
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TOP WORKSHOP ON SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (Workshop and dinner are sponsored by Schering Plough) Hall: Kosovel |
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15.00 – 18.00 |
SUBOXONE Johan Kakko (Sweden): Methadone assisted treatment vs. a stepped strategy utilizing buprenorphine and methadone: Results of the Swedish 3G study (69) Erik Gunderson (USA): Buprenorphine-naloxone as part of general medical practice: the US experience (76) James Bell (UK): Australian trials of buprenorphine-naloxone (61)Andrej Kastelic (Slovenia): The Slovenian experience with buprenorphine |
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18.30 |
DINNER |
SUNDAY, 1 July 2007
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8.30 – 10.00 |
REGISTRATION (Hall: Foyer 2) |
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TOP WORKSHOP ON SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT Hall: Kosovel |
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9.30 – 11.00 |
Robert Haemmig (Switzerland): Heroin prescription in Switzerland: heroin assisted treatment helps to better understand opioids (Practice and Results) (67) Peter Hofmann (Austria): Naltrexone (Presentation is sponsored by Torrex – Chiesi) |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
BREAK |
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TOP WORKSHOP ON SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT (Workshop is sponsored by Medis) |
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11.30 – 13.30 |
SR MORPHINE Gabriele Fisher (Austria) Goran Dubajić (Slovenia) Jasna Čuk Rupnik (Slovenia) |
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13.30 |
LUNCH (Only for the workshop participants) |
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12.00 - 20.00 |
REGISTRATION (Hall: Foyer 2) |
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15.00 – 16.30 |
PLENNARY SESSION Hall: Kosovel Chairs: Gabriele Fisher, Mark Parrino |
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Robert Newman (USA): Development of ST Sebastian Saville (UK): International Drug Policy Consortium Lars Moller (WHO): Health in prisons and ST (54) Gabriele Fisher (Austria): Women and ST James Bell (UK): Specialty recognition of addiction medicine in Australia (16) |
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16.30 – 17.00 |
BREAK |
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17.00 – 18.45 |
OPENING PLENNARY Hall: Kosovel Chairs: Annette Verster, Andrej Kastelic |
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Fabienne Hariga (UNODC): UNODC policy and access to ST Annette Verster (WHO): Evidence for ST treatment Stijn Goossens (INPUD): The role of INPUD Mark Parrino (USA): The role of AATOD Icro Maremmani (Italy): The role of EUROPAD
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19.00 – 20.00 |
OPENING CEREMONY: The conference will be opened by Lord Mayor of Ljubljana, ZORAN JANKOVIČ Hall: Kosovel |
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Icro Maremmani, EUROPAD Mark Parrino, AATOD Fabienne Hariga, UNODC Annette Verster, WHO Robert Newman, ICAAT Andrej Kastelic, SEEA net |
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MOJCA HORVAT YOUTH DANCE COMPANY: CHILDREN FROM THE STATION ZOO - FRAGMENTS |
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20.00 – 22.00 |
WELCOME RECEPTION |
MONDAY, 2 July 2007
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8.00 - 20.00 |
REGISTRATION (Hall: Foyer 2) |
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9.00 - 11.00 |
PLENNARY SESSION I Hall: Štih Chairs: Irina Grishayeva, Icro Maremmani |
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Raminta Stuikyte, Genci Mucollari (CEEHRN): Substitution treatment in Central-Eastern Europe and Central Asia (57) Milena Naydenova (Bulgaria): Substitution treatment (17) Irina Grishayeva, Gundo Weiler (Ukraine): Substitution therapy scale-up in Ukraine – multi- dimensional approach (42) Luis Patricio (Portugal): Development of opiate addiction treatment in Portugal James Bell (UK): What does pharmacology have to do with treatment? (60) |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
BREAK |
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11.30 – 13.30 |
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION Hall: Štih |
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION Hall: E1 |
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ST IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SETTINGS Chairs: Ante Ivančić , Jasna Čuk Rupnik |
RESEARCH Chair: Vera Grebenc, Georgi Vasilev |
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Ante Ivančić (Croatia): Treatment of Opioid Dependence in Primary Health Care (63) Marc Reisinger (Belgium): Office based ST Stephan Walcher (Germany): Primary care settings (78) Hrvoje Tiljak (Croatia): Methadone to buprenorphine and buprenorphine to methadone in primary health care – Croatian experience (47) Nardo Stegelj (Slovenia): ST in private practice in Slovenia Albrecht Ulmer (Germany): Dihydrocodeine: A new option for alcohol addicts (5) |
Sergiy Dvoryak (Ukraine): European aspects of the who collaborative study on substitution therapy of opioid dependence and HIV/AIDS (58) Franz Trautman (The Netherlands), Nino Rode (Slovenia): Evaluation of the methadone maintenance programmes in Slovenia (50) Alfred Uhl, Alfred Springer (Austria): Substitution treatment in Austria (27) Vera Grebenc, Ines Kvaternik (Slovenia): Researching needs in the community - drug users as partners in research process (30) M . Jovanović (Serbia): Neuroimaging techniques such as CT and mini mental scale of long-term opiate addicts (66) |
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13.30 – 14.30 |
LUNCH |
SEEA NET ORGANISATIONAL MEETING (13.45 – 14.30); Hall: E1 All participants from SEEA region and others as well, are welcome. |
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14.30 – 16.30 |
PARALLEL PLENNARY SESSION II Hall: Štih Chair: Ernst Buning |
PARALLEL PLENNARY SESSION III Hall: E1 Chair: Lubomír Okruhlica |
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Vito Flaker (Slovenia): ST in Everyday Life Icro Maremmani (Italy): Patient with comorbidity in ST Mario Sanches (France): ST in France (70) Peter Vossenberg (The Netherlands): RIOB: Dutch guideline on opiate maintenance treatment (51) Vitomir Georgievski (Macedonia): Me, my addiction and the influenze of substitution therapy (41) Tatjana Stamatović, Dušan Mihajlović (Serbia): Substitution therapy - the Belgrade experience (38) |
Martin Blakebrough (UK): Pharmacy dispensing versus community Stephan Walcher (Germany): ST interactions (79) Lubomír Okruhlica, (Slovac Republic): How to cope with methamphetamine epidemics in MMTP (25) Stijn Goossens (INPUD): Medical assisted treatment of dependency. What about cocaine, amphetamine type stimulants (ATS)? (19) Albrecht Ulmer (Germany): Dihydrocodeine: Another important substance for opiate addicts (6) |
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16.30 – 17.00 |
BREAK |
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17.00 – 18.45 |
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSIONS |
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PRISONS Hall: Štih Chair: Holly Catania |
POLICY - DIFFERENT PRACTICES Hall: E1 Chair: Nora Stojanovik, Ante Ivančić |
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Lars Moller (WHO): Health in prisons – a WHO guide to the essentials in prison health (New publication from the WHO regional office for Europe) (54) Fabienne Hariga (UNODC): Framework for HIV AIDS prevention in prisons Olga Perhavc (Slovenia): Drug addiction treatment in Slovenian prisons Dragan Milkov (Serbia): Center for treatment and prevention of drug addiction in Novi Sad county prison (62) Hoellmueller Huber (Austria): Behavioural paradigms of social care workers in the work with drug addicted persons in alternative settings (52) |
Irina Grishayeva, Gundo Weiler (Ukraine): Preparing personnel for OST scale-up in Ukraine: adapting the World Health Organization opioid substitution training programme and updating the national OST methadone protocol (43) Georgi Vasilev (Bulgaria): Working together – day TC and methadone maintenance program (77) Milazim Gjocaj (Kosovo): Kosovo drugs law, strategy and policy (20) Jože Hren (Slovenia): Contribution to the development of drug demand services in Slovenia (29) Genci Mucollary (Albania): ST in Albania
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18.45-19.00 |
BREAK |
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19.00 |
INAUGURAL MEETING – WORLD FEDERATION OF THE ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OPIOID DEPENDENCE Hall: Štih |
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Ernst Buning (The Netherlands): Euromethwork: mission complete?(53) Pat O’Hare (IHRA) Mark Parrino (AATOD) Icro Maremmani (EUROPAD) Andrej Kastelic (SEEA net) |
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20.30 |
WFATOD RECEPTION |
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TUESDAY, 3 July 2007
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8.00 – 16.00 |
REGISTRATION (Hall: Foyer 2) |
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9.00-10.30 |
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSIONS |
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OVERDOSE AND ST Hall: Štih Chair: Mauro Guarinieri (IHRD) |
SEEA NET Hall: E1 Chair: Nermana Mehić-Basara |
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Mauro Guarinieri (IHRD): Overdose prevention (65) Catania Holly (USA): Overdose prevention (72) Stephan Walcher (Germany): Drug Substitution Emergencies (80) Eric Schneider (France): From low and high threshold to adapted threshold (1) Majda Zorec Karlovšek (Slovenia): The forensic aspects of opiate dependence (59)
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Mehić-Basara N., Cerić I., Grabovica M. (Bosnia and Herzegovina): Methadone and illicit drugs abuse during the methadone maintenance program (49) Liljana Ignjatova (Macedonia). Self initiative interruptions of the take home methadone doses are a risk factor for the treatment outcome (2) Danijela Budiša (Serbia): Algorithm and models of drug addicts’ treatment in Novi Sad (28) A.M. Caran, G. Dubajić, A. Kastelic: Opioid dependence treatment with buprenorphine: a 2-year experience from four Slovenian Slovenian Centers for Prevention and Treatment of Drug Addictions (48) Mihai Tanasescu (Romania): Substitution treatment in Romania (75) |
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10.30– 11.00 |
BREAK |
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11.00 – 13.00 |
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSIONS |
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HEPATITIS C and ST Hall: Štih Chair: Mojca Matičič |
TREATMENT Hall: E1 Chair: Mojca Hvala Cerkovnik |
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Mojca Matičič (Slovenia): Management of hepatitis C virus infection in drug users: Slovenian experiences and national guidelines (55) Mauro Guarinieri (IHRD): Prevention of hepatitis C (64) Simona Merkinaite, Nora Stojanovik (CEEHRN): Hepatitis C among drug users in the new EU member states and neighborhood (56) Milena Naydenova (Bulgaria): Advocacy for treating HCV (37) Vratislav Rehak, Laura Krekulova: Hepatitis C antiviral treatment is highly effective in the drug users in the Czech Republic (71) M.Karagjozova (Macedonia). Risk behavior and a hepatitis C infection at patients in a methadone maintenance therapy in service of prevention and treatment of drug abuse in Tetovo (4) |
Alexander Kantchelov (Bulgaria): Comprehensive treatment for heroin addiction: what and why (73) Rachel Chernick (USA): The Rewards and Challenges of Providing Integrated Services in Methadone Maintenance Treatment (3) Ernst Nagelschmied, Michaela Koncila (Austria): Drug-counselling service (municipality of Klagenfurt) (11) Silvia Slezáková, Ľubomír Okruhlica, (Slovac Republic): Weight gain in patients during methadone maintenance treatment and compare with the population (21) Katja Dular, Velikonja Globevnik Vislava (Slovenia): Pregnancy and drug addiction (31) Jasna Čuk Rupnik (Slovenia): Can our clients be good parents? (39) |
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13.00 – 14.00 |
LUNCH |
13.15 – 14.00 WORKSHOP; Hall: E1 Tatjana Oprešnik Rodman, Branko Bregar, Rezka Horvat, Mojca Hvala Cerkovnik, Mateja Okanovič, Vesna Mejak (Slovenia): Presentation of the Center for treatment of drug addiction, Ljubljana, Slovenia (68) |
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14.00 – 15.00 |
STATUS OF TREATMENT PROVIDERS (ROUND TABLE) Hall: Štih |
INPUD meeting Hall: E5 |
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Marc Reisinger (Belgium), Holly Catania (USA): Role of the treatment providers and legal issues of ST
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION James Bell (UK) Jasna Čuk Rupnik (Slovenia) Ante Ivančić (Croatia)
Alexander Kantchelov
(Bulgaria) Genci Mucollari (Albania) Marc Parrino (USA) |
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15.00 |
CLOSING |
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16.00 – 18.00 |
SITE VISIT (Please register at the Reception desk until Tuesday, 12.00) · National Centre for Treatment of Drug Addicts (Zaloska 29, Ljubljana) · Center for Prevention and Treatment of Drug Addiction Ljubljana (Metelkova 9, Ljubljana) |
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GUIDED SIGHT SEEING TOUR OF LJUBLJANA (Please register at the reception desk) |
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Monday, 11.00 - 13.00 |
Tuesday, 15.30 |
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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Aneta Spasovska Trajanovska, Zora Mitic, Lilijana Ignjatova |
R. Macedonia |
EFFECTIVENESS OF SERTRALINE IN TREATMENT OF DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN METHADONE MAINTENANCE PATIENTS |
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Aneta Spasovska Trajanovska, Olivera Subotin Popovska |
R. Macedonia |
ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C) EFFECTS ON WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME OF HEROIN ABUSERS |
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Aneta Spasovska Trajanovska, Olivera Subotin Popovska |
R. Macedonia |
EFFECTIVENESS BETWEEN SERTRALINE AND PAROXETINE IN REDUCE OPIOID USE AND DEPRESSIVE SYMTOMS ON EARLY ABSTINENCE FROM OPIOID DRUGS(HEROIN) |
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Olivera Subotin Popovska, Aneta Spasovska Trajanovska |
R. Macedonia |
EFFECTIVENESS OF RISPERIDONE ON WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME OF HEROIN USERS |
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Milkovska Stojna |
R. Macedonia |
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FAMILIES OF ADDICTIVE PERSONS INCLUDED IN METHADONE PROGRAM ON DAILY CENTER FOR ADDICTIONS- KUMANOVO, REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA |
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Roza ARSOVA, Marija KARAGOZOVA, Nade ALEKSOVA, Vesna PANEVA, Vesna ILIEVA, Kina PANZOVA |
Republic of Macedonia |
INFORMATION AND RISK BEHAVIOR OF THE MEMBERS OF FAMILIES WITH PERSONS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS
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Mirjana Savevska, |
Macedonia |
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF FAMILY THERAPY OF DRUG ADDICTION AFTER THE TREATMENT (IN THE PERIOD OF ABSTINENCE)
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Csorba József, Barta Csaba, Szilágyi Ágnes, Sasvári-Székely Mária, Balázs, Hedvig, Hoffmann Katalin, Demetrovics Zsolt |
Hungary |
A FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION OF METHADONE MAINTENANCE THERAPY IN HUNGARY: IS EFFECTIVENESS INDEPENDENT OF THE LENGTH OF TREATMENT?
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Csorba J1, Szilagyi A2, Sasvari-Szekely M2, Hoffmann K3, Demetrovics Z3 and Barta C2 |
Hungary |
RESPONSE TO METHADONE THERAPY OF HEROIN DEPENDENT PATIENTS IS INFLUENCED BY GENETIC FACTORS
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Lukasz Lapinski, Jacek Gasiorowski, Anna Wiela-Hojenska, Krystyna Glowacka, Brygida Knysz, Krystyna Orzechowska-Juzwenko, Andrzej Gladysz |
Poland |
IS ABCB1 GENOTYPE POLYMORPHISM A RISK FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPIOID DEPENDENCE?
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Jacek Gasiorowski, Lukasz Lapinski, Anna Wiela-Hojenska, Brygida Knysz, Krystyna Glowacka, Krystyna Orzechowska-Juzwenko, Andrzej Gladysz1 |
Poland |
INFLUENCE ABCB1 GENE POLYMORPHISM ON METHADONE DOSE AND PLASMA CONCENTRATION IN OPIOID SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT |
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Jasna Čuk Rupnik Katarina Hodnik |
Slovenia |
WHAT OUR CLIENTS THINK ABOUT OUR WORK
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Garriga Ramon, T; Samper Villar |
Spain |
EVALUATION OF ASSISTENTIAL GOALS TO USERS IN PMM: RESEARCH ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE
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Samper Villar, J. ; Garriga Ramon, T. ; Falip Centelles, C. ; Reyes, S. |
Spain |
PATIENTS DRUG ADDICTS WITH LIMIT DISORDER OF PERSONALITY: CLINIC TEST WITH RISPERIDONA THROUGH INTRAMUSCULAR |
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Muhamed Masic |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
METHADONE PROGRAM USING JUNG DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY AND MINDFULNESS APPROACH |
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Ilonka Vučko Miklavčič, Peter Pregelj |
Slovenia |
PSYHOSIS RELATED TO CANNABIS USE
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VISAS & Letters of Invitation
The letter of invitation does not financially obligate the conference organizers in any way. All expenses incurred in relation to the conference are the sole responsibility of the delegate. To receive a letter of invitation, delegates must first register for the conference. It is the individual’s responsibility to investigate any visa requirements needed to visit Slovenia, and directly apply for any visa(s) necessary.
FOR DELEGATES WHO REQUIRE AN ENTRY VISA, PLEASE ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS (AT LEAST 30 DAYS).
PLEASE ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR DELIVERY OF LETTER OF INVITATION BY POST.
SOCIAL AND TOURIST PROGRAMME
Participants and accompanying persons are welcome to attend the Conference social events.
WELCOME RECEPTION
Included in the fee for participants and accompanying persons
LJUBLJANA SIGHTSEEING TOUR FOR ACCOMPANYING PERSONS (2 hours)
Monday, July 2, 2007 at 10.00. Please register at the reception.
Due to its compact size Ljubljana is a city whose sights can be appreciated by taking a walking tour. The Old Town, spreading at the foot of Castle Hill, features a well-preserved Baroque quarter. Art Nouveau style and the masterpieces of architect Jože Plecnik are other important elements that contributed to creating the image of Ljubljana. The picturesque open market, a lively café society, a multitude of cultural events, the dynamic youth scene, the surprising local gastronomy and wines, good shopping and entertainment - including recreation and wellness, are among other highlights of our city life to be experienced.
Price: Included in the accompanying persons fee