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Concurrent Session 4B: Treatment 2

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Grand Ballroom 3

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Associate Professor Peter Kelly
Associate Professor
University Of Wollongong

SMART Recovery Australia: A National Survey Of Participants

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

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Peter Kelly is an Associate Professor based at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He has held registration as a Psychologist since 2002, and is a Member of the Australian College of Clinical Psychologists. Dr Kelly’s research is focused on the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based approaches within mental health and substance abuse treatment settings.
Ms. Debonishia Chattergoon
Student
University Of Wollongong

Predicting Attendance At Mutual Support Groups From Residential Substance Abuse Treatment: The Use Of The Theory Of Planned Behaviour And Spiritual Beliefs

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

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Ms. Debonishia Chattergoon studied at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research interests include ongoing care post-residential substance abuse treatment, including mutual support groups. She is currently working as a clinician for Corrections Victoria, facilitating interventions that seek to effect positive behaviour change.
Dr Nathan Jacobs
Psychiatry Trainee
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

Australian Psychiatrists & Trainees Medicinal Cannabinoids Survey

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

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Dr Nathan Jacobs is a Generalist Advanced Trainee in Psychiatry, with an interest in Medicinal Cannabinoid Research. He is currently working at The Langton Centre in the South East Sydney Local Health District Drug & Alcohol Service.
Ms Hannah Deen
Research Assistant
National Drug And Alcohol Research Centre

The First Mobile Application (App) for the Australian Community with Evidence-Based Information on Crystal Methamphetamine.

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

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Hannah Deen is a research assistant at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW working on the maintenance and dissemination of an online toolkit providing information for the Australian community on crystal methamphetamine 'ice'. The project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health.
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Dr Emily Stockings
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow/Lecturer
UNSW Sydney, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre

Partnerships To Reduce Population Level Harms Arising From Alcohol And Other Drug Use: A Review Of Multi-Setting, Community-Based Interventions

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

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Dr Emily Stockings is an NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, based at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC). She has a primary focus on the predictors, prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders in young people. She additionally works on a number of projects, including smoking cessation interventions, e-cigarette epidemiology, cost-effectiveness analyses and longitudinal cohort studies. Emily conducts a number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses and is a Cochrane Collaboration author.

Chair Person

Geoffrey Lohmeyer
Senior Pastor
Peake Baptist

 

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