The Fourth European Association of Addiction Therapy Conference
13-15 October 2008

Convitto della Calza
Florence, Italy

Addiction Therapy - EAAT - European Association of Addiction Therapy

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Session 6
Opioid Addiction & Pain : Common Features, Receptors & Treatment
Chairs: S. Rudas (AT)

08.30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: The Opioid Receptor System: Pain and Addiction
J-K. Zubieta (US)

09:15
Overview on Maintenance Therapy in the EU - Treatment Coverage and Efficacy
M. Gossop ( UK )
09:40
Management of Opioid Maintenance Therapy in Austria: Recent Empirical Study
A. Springer (AT)
10:05
RIOTT: UK Trial of European-Style Supervised Injectable Opiate Maintenance - Bureaucratic and Clinical Challenges and Initial Experiences
J. Strang (UK)
10:30
Heroin Assisted Treatment: Latest Findings and The International Situation
W. van den Brink (NL)

10.55
Coffee

Session 7 - Delegates can choose either session (a) or (b)

(a) Compulsory Treatment & Co-morbidity in Substance Dependence
Chair: A. Erfurth (AT) & J. Gölz (DE)

11:30
Treatment Alternatives to Imprisonment - What have we Learnt? Results from a European Study on Quasi-Compulsory Treatment
A. Uchtenhagen (CH)
11:55
Hepatitis C: Treatment in Opioid Dependent Patients
M. Backmund (DE)
12:20
Schizophrenia & Substance Abuse and Dependence
B. Winklbaur (AT)
12:45
Bipolar Disorder & Substance Abuse and Dependence
I. Maremmani
(EUROPAD, IT)


(b) New Research Results in Substance Dependence
Chair: S. Haas (DE) & C. Haring (AT)

11:30
Alcohol use and Drug Consumption in Austrian University Students
S. Giacomuzzi (AT)
11:45
Slow-release Morphine (SROM)/Methadone Comparison in Slovenia
A. Kastelic (SL)
12:00
Predicting treatment response with neuroimaging fMRI, Mrspectroscopy and smoking cessation
C. Schütz (DE)
12:15
Sleep quality improvement with melatonin supplement, among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients abusing benzodiazepines (BDZ) - a double clinical trial
S. Schreiber (IS)
12:30
Strategies of Addiction Policies in Australia
A. Ritter (AUS)

13.10
Lunch at the Palais Ferstel

Session 8:
Opioid Dependence: New Medication Development
Chairs: G. Fischer (AT) & M. Potenza (US)

14:00
Australian Trials of Buprenorphine-Naloxone
J. Bell (AUS)
14:25
A Stepped Care Approach Using Buprenorphine-Naloxone: Results of an RCT and New Experiences from Sweden
J. Kakko (SE)
14:50
Switching Patients from Buprenorphine to Buprenorphine-Naloxone: The Icelandic Experience
V. Rúnarsdóttir (IS)
15:15
Buprenorphine-Naloxone as part of General Medical Practice:  A U.S. Experience
E. Gunderson (US)
15:40
A Randomized, Controlled Comparison of Buprenorphine-Naloxone and Methodone for Opioid Dependence Treatment
J. Kamien (US)

16:05
Coffee

Session 9 - Delegates can choose either session (a) or (b)

(a) Opioid Dependence: S pecial Target Groups & Experiences under the Consideration of Opioid Maintenance
Chairs: A. Ritter (AUS) & C. Schütz (DE)

16:30
Trauma & Substance Dependence
M. Krausz (CAN)
16:55
Substance Dependency and Pregnancy
L. Finnegan (US)
17:20
Challenges in Clinical Trial Treatment Implementation with Opioid-Dependant Pregnant Women: The MOTHER Study
A. Arria (US)
17:45
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Neonates of Opioid Maintained Women
N. Ebner (AT)

(b) Special Research in Addiction: From Non-substance Related Addiction to Substance Dependence
Chairs: G. B ühringer (DE) & A. Uhl (AT)


16:30
Sensation Seeking and Alexithymia in Different Types of Game: Comparison between Pathological, Regular and Occasional Gamblers
C. Bonnaire (FR)
16:55
Conducting a Randomised Controlled Trial with Drug Using Prisoners in the UK: the LEEDS Trial
L. Sheard (UK)
17:20
Electronic Buccal Drug delivery System to Treat Addiction and Chronic Disease
H. Mell (IS)
17:45
Pregnancy in Women with Opioid Maintenance: Reactions of the Obstetric Staff
M. Langer (AT)
I. Frech (AT)

18:30
Poster Tour & Reception

18:30 - 19:30 - in German
Short Symposium for Austrian Physicians