Australian and New Zealand Addiction Conference 2019

Australian and New Zealand Addiction Conference 2019 is organized by Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association (ANZMH) and will be held from May 13 - 15, 2019 at Sea World Resort Conference Centre, Gold coast, Queensland, Australia.

The target audience for this medical event is Researchers & Academics, Recovery Managers, Care Advisors, Clinical, Services Managers, Occupational Therapists, Counsellors, Treatment Managers, Healthcare Workers Psychiatrists & Psychologists, Social Workers, Therapy Advisors.

Conference Description:
The aim of the conference is to broaden the understanding of the range of addictions, comorbidity, pain management, harm reduction, mental health and wellbeing and to look at solutions in regard to prevention, treatment and recovery through evidence based research, programs and practical models. The conference is inclusive of varying populations, the professional, peer support workers and the role of the family.

Conference Topics:
Prevention
• Identifying risk factors
• Resilience and resistance to addiction
• Harm reduction

Treatment
• Primary care and brief interventions
• Residential therapeutic communities
• Cognitive skills and emotion regulation
• Trauma and PTSD
• Behaviour control, inhibition training, mindfulness
• Technology and internet assisted treatment
• Practical models of treatment, comorbidity
• Complex pain management
• Peer support

Systematic responses
• Family support and care
• Recovery programs
• Evidence based Interventions

The Worker
• Support, training, mentoring and supervising
• Understanding and working with clients

Working with varying populations
• Gender, age, demographic considerations and implications for treatment
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, considerations
• New emerging population groups
• Youth Early Intervention, practice models
Behaviour, Addiction and Mental Health

• Harm reduction
• Social isolation – risk factors, outcomes
• Symptoms, pre-condition, relapse challenges
• Reducing stigma
• Neuroscience
• Brain and addiction

Forensic treatment
• Prison system
• Community

Conference Objectives:
• Describe a range of new approaches and programs available for treatment, recovery and transition/integration into the community
• Recall implementation of public responses and initiatives in regional, rural and urban environments
• Discover latest trends, research and findings
• Review training opportunities and resources for addiction practitioners, specialists or clients
• Identify up-to-date interventions and relapse strategies
• Identify further links between substance abuse and behaviour changes

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.