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October 2019
Dr. Nadine Mastroleo
Join us to learn about treatment integration from Dr. Nadine Mastroleo.
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Dr. Javier Fernández-Montalvo
Get ready to hear about the clinical implications of addiction and violence from visiting scholar, Dr. Javier Fernández-Montalvo.
Find out more »June 2019
Keeping Pace with Changing Times Conference
This One-Day Conference will provide participants the opportunity to focus in on important and timely issues related to addiction prevention, treatment and recovery. Fundamentally, this event will set the course and tone for the Summer School of Addiction Studies (SSAS). Nevertheless, registration solely for the One-Day Conference is available for those who are unable to attend the full Summer School of Addiction Studies.
Find out more »Summer School of Addiction Studies
SSAS is an accelerated 3-day program that provides participants the opportunity to obtain up to 25 Continuing Education Hours through a personalized schedule of courses, lectures, and workshops that cover a full range of diverse topics in the field of addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery. Among it's many historical claims of fame, SSAS is the oldest addiction education program in the United States, and Bill W., the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, was an instructor at our Summer School in the…
Find out more »Participatory Cinema: Personality Disorders (PDS7906)
Instructor: Anthony Tobia, MD Movies have long been utilized to highlight varied areas in the field of psychiatry including the role of the psychiatrist, issues in medical ethics, and the stigma toward people with mental illness. At Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, comprehensive curricula have been created utilizing films as fictional case accounts of mental disorders. At the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, facilitated discussion of a selected film is achieved via social media as well as…
Find out more »The EEG/ERP Boot Camp
Event-related potentials (ERPs) are one of the most commonly used noninvasive measures of human brain activity. The Mini ERP Boot Camp is a 3-day training workshop on ERP methods designed for beginning and intermediate level ERP researchers at any career stage who would like to obtain a firm grasp of the fundamentals of ERP research. This workshop will provide a practical introduction to using ERPs to answer questions about sensory, cognitive, affective, and motor processes in basic science and clinical…
Find out more »May 2019
Yihong Zhao, Ph.D.
Dr. Yihong Zhao will be presenting on "Discovery Science in Addiction Research": her experience as a biostatistician in the field of substance use studies.
Find out more »From the Bottom Up (PDS19302)
Instructor: Debra Ruisard, DSW, LCSW Providers of substance abuse treatment recognize that most clients have trauma histories that complicate treatment and compromise recovery. Kaiser Permanente’s Adverse Childhood Experiences study has clearly established the link between traumatic childhood experiences and the risk of developing addictions. The reality is that we can no longer just treat the substance use disorder; the underlying trauma must also be addressed. Leading trauma experts have demonstrated that unresolved trauma is often stored in the body and…
Find out more »Connecting with Spirituality in Addiction Treatment (PDS1502)
Spirituality can impact mental health and functioning in positive and negative ways though there can be discomfort by clinicians to bring it up in treatment. This seminar will explore ways clinicians can assess and incorporate spirituality into treatment, the importance of including spirituality, and the challenges in this area. Instructor: Nathalie Edmond, PsyD
Find out more »Graduate Student Presentations
Graduate Students Laura Lesnewich and Sarah Grace Helton will be presenting on their current research.
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