Funded by National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program of Health and Welfare Canada and the National Native Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
"This is a 2 part manual which was prepared to assist Native and Inuit alcohol and durg rehabilitation staff in helping our people fina a new way of life, sobriety. The manual advances a spiritual model of recovery called Frameworking which has deep roots in traditional Native and Inuit way of life". [from "About the Manual]
Presentation by Dr. Bayla Schecter at Hillside Centre on September 27, 2007; three 1/2 hour segments and a reference segment; PowerPoint notes included
Research colloquium held on March 2, 2007 at SFU Vancouver at Harbour Centre
Disc 1: Welcoming Remarks - Dr. Bill Honer (Network Co-Leader) / Network Presentation - Dr. Tim Stockwell (Network Co-Leader) / Personality-matched early interventions for alcohol misuse in youth:
Implications for the prevention of co-morbidity - Dr. Sherry H. Stewart (Dalhousie University) / Neurobiological changes as a result of chronic alcohol consumption and chronic smoking - Dr. Dieter J. Meyerhoff
(University of California, San Francisco) / Alcohol use among HIV/HCV co-infected patients: Implications for treatment - Dr. Anita Palepu
(University of British Columbia) / Discussant - Dr. John F. Anderson
(Centre for Addictions Research of BC)
Disc 2: Welcoming Remarks - Dr. Tim Stockwell (Network Co-Leader) /
Self-regulation, motivation and the process of changing drinking behavior -
Dr. Carlo C. DiClemente (University Maryland, Baltimore County) / Alcohol problems in emergency department patients - Dr. Jeffery Brubacher (Vancouver General Hospital) / Discussant - Dr. David Brown
(BC Mental Health and Addictions Services) / Closing Remarks - Dr. Tim Stockwell (Network Co-Leader)
Looks at the cultural factors contributing to a rise in alcoholism among today's women and compares today's practices to those of earlier generations while noting the current ineffectiveness of AA and other mainstream treatments.
