Conference on the Treatment of Adolescent Addiction
Thursday 16th November 2006
Time / Topic / Speaker09.45 – 10.15hrs / Registration & Refreshments
10.15 – 10.30hrs / Welcome Address by Sheila Heffernan, General Manager / S. Heffernan,
General Manager
10.30 – 11.00hrs / Adolescent Development, Substance Misuse & Aetiology / Dr B. Smyth, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
11.00 – 11.20hrs / Address by the Minister for Health and Children / Mary Harney T.D.
11.20 – 11.50hrs / Complex Range of Needs of Addicted Teenagers / Dr G. McCarney, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
11.50 – 12.35hrs / Developing a Specialist Adolescent Addiction Service in UK / Dr KAH Mirza, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
12.35 – 13.00hrs / Young Persons Programme – A Service User’s Perspective / Service user and/or parent
13.00 – 14.00hrs / Lunch
14.00 – 15.40hrs / Structured Assessment, Care Plans and Treatment Review - Workshop / Lead by Dr B Smyth, small groups facilitated by team
15.40 – 16.00hrs / Developing Guidelines on Confidentiality, Consent, and Inter-Agency Working / Dr B. Smyth, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
16.00 – 16.30hrs / Panel Discussion
Friday 17th November 2006
Time / Topic / Speaker09.15 – 10.00hrs / Family Therapy as a treatment modality for substance misuse in adolescents / Maeve Dwan, Family Therapist
10.00 – 10.40hrs / Individual Therapy approaches to Adolescent Substance misuse / Kevin Ducray, Senior Clinical Psychologist
10.40 – 11.00hrs / Coffee
11.00 – 13.00hrs / Parallel workshops:-
A. Family therapy in Adolescent Substance misuse
B. CBT in Adolescent Substance misuse / A Maeve Dwan
B Kevin Ducray
13.00 – 14.00hrs / Lunch
14.00 – 14.40hrs / Care Planning & Treatment Reviews – Workshop II / Lead by Dr B Smyth, small groups facilitated by team
14.40 – 15.20hrs / Psychopharmacology of Adolescent Addiction & Co-Morbidity / Trish Byrne, Psychiatry Registrar
15.20 – 16.00hrs / Children at Risk and Child Care Issues / Deirdre Carey, Senior Social Worker
16.00 – 16.30hrs / Panel Discussion & Questions. Conference Closes