NEW PERSPECTIVES
for the PREVENTION
and TREATMENT
of ADDICTIONS

All presentations are simultaneously translated into Arabic, French and English.
 

OCTOBER 7-8 -9, 2005
Monroe Hotel - Beirut 
INTRO  |  CONFERENCE TALKS  |  SCHEDULE  |  BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS

CONFERENCE TALKS


Dr. Robert Newman
“Opiate addiction: Bad news, but also very good news!”
  PowerPoint
0.9 MB
Dr. Jean Jacques Déglon
“Bilan de 40 ans de traitements de substitution par la méthadone
MS Word (French)
MS Word (English)
PowerPoint
0.5 MB
Dr William Lowenstein
“La médecine des addictions, une révolution pacifique“
  PowerPoint
9 MB
Mr Tim Leighton
“Interpersonal Relapse Prevention: Cognitive Analytical Therapy and addictions treatment”
  PowerPoint
0.2 MB
Dr Rick Rawson
“The Matrix Model: An intensive structured outpatient approach”
  PowerPoint
0.6 MB
Dr Alain Morel
"Base cliniques et conceptuelles des soins en addictologie"
MS Word PowerPoint
0.4 MB
Dr Andrew Tatarsky
"Harm reduction therapy"
MS Word PowerPoint 5MB
Dr Chaouki Azouri
“Accompagner non pas surveiller”
MS Word  
Ms. Sue Keister
“Evidence-Based Prevention: A Positive Prevention Framework for Schools and Communities”
MS Word PowerPoint
0.8 MB
Mr Jeff Lee
“Best Practice Principles for Drug Abuse Prevention Programme Development”
MS Word PowerPoint
4.5 MB
Dr Philippe Nuss
“Cannabis et schizophrénie: Que nous indiquent les données scientifiques récentes?”
  PowerPoint
0.6 MB
Dr Ahmad Mohit
“Drug Abuse in the Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of WHO.” (opening)
  PowerPoint
0.6 MB
Dr Ahmad Mohit
"Sunstance abuse in the region, a holistic view"
  PowerPoint
1.8 MB
Dr Arash Alaei MD
‘Review of the four years harm reduction programs in Kermanshah, Iran”
  PowerPoint
3MB
Dr Elie Karam
"Substance Abuse in Lebanon and the Arab Region "
   
Ms. Sarah Trad
Synthesis
MS Word PowerPoint
0.2 MB
Assemblée Nationale
Rapport sur l'impact éventuel de la consommation des drogues sur la santé mentale de leurs consommateurs.
  Acrobat (PDF)
0.6 MB


PARTICIPANTS

Ahmad MOHIT – WHO (World Health Organization) Director of Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean

Mohamad ABDUL-AZIZ – UNODC (Office on Drugs and Crime) Regional Representative

Robert NEWMAN – Psychiatrist, Director of the Edmond de Rotschild Foundation and the Chemical Dependency Institute of Beth Israel Medical Center (NY)
President of Continuum Health Partners, Inc (Beth Israel, St Luke’s Roosevelt, Long Island and NY Eye & Ear)
Member of the research team that discovered Methadone…

William LOWENSTEIN – Pneumologist, Director of Montevideo Clinic, and of the Benjamin de Rothschild Institute for Research and treatment of Addiction and Pain (Boulogne, France)
Member of the Conseil National du SIDA (CNS), France.

Jean Jacques DEGLON - Psychiatrist, Director of the Fondation Phénix, Geneva.

Rick RAWSON – Associate Director of UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs,
At the head of 300 researchers working on the Matrix outpatient model of treatment.

Tim LEIGHTON – Professor at Southampton University, UK. Clinical Psychologist at Clouds (Rehabilitation Center), UK.

Chawki AZOURI - Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst, Head of the Psychiatry Department at Rizk Clinic.

Christine DAVIDSON – Psychiatrist, Head of the clinic of Centre Envol, Fondation Phénix.
Vice president of the Fédération Genevoise de Prévention de l’Alcoolisme

Philippe NUSS – Psychiatrist, Psychiatry Department, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris.

Alain MOREL – Psychiatrist, Medical Director of the centre de soins spécialisés "le Trait d'Union" in Boulogne (France) and President of the Fédération Française d'Addictologie.

Jeff LEE – Mentor Foundation, an international foundation with a focus on the prevention of drug misuse.

Sue KEISTER – International training coordinator, developer and author - Lions Quest International