Lecture 1: Central Asian open lecture series on Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Substance use disorders
Open lectures to be provided by the joint initiative between ISSUP Ukraine, ISSUP Kazakhstan, and ITTC Ukraine.
This series of lectures aims to bring together professionals from Central Asian region to discuss the topic of substance use disorders. They will cover basic topics on the main principles of understanding of substance use disorders, evidence-based backgrounds on the effective treatment and interventions of SUDs.
Objective is to highlight the possible reasons of SUDs related developments and bring professional and public attention to these important matters. The aim is to improve basic knowledge in addictions and to use the records of these lectures in educational process of academic institutions in the future.
Information presented during the lectures will be based on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC).
Lecture 1: Central Asian open lecture series on Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Substance use disorders
Moderator - Nadezhda Cherchenko
'Understanding of substance use disorders (SUDs)' - Igor Koutsenok, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry Director, Center for Criminality & Addiction Research, Training & Application Director, International Technology Transfer Center – Ukraine, Vice President, International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction
'Patricularities of the new psychoactive substances (NPS) use clinical symptoms and difficulties of the therapy' - Manshuk Zhaksylykova, Head of the Department of Medical correction, Pavlodar branch of the RSPCMH, Kazakhstan
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