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Thursday, February 22, 2007

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
(international conference)


OUR ADDICTIONS:

The Pleasure & the Pain

The Watershed, 1 Cannon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, UK

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Topics will include:

Alcohol, Caffeine, Tobacco, Illicit Drugs, Gambling, Eating Disorders, The Internet, “Excessive Appetites,” Patterns of Behaviour, the Nature & Extent of the Problems, the Cost to Society, Approaches to Treatment and Recovery and the Globalisation of Addiction.

Speakers will include:

Bruce Alexander, Douglas Cameron, Henk Garretsen, Gerhard Gmel, Christine Godfrey, Mark Griffiths, Deanne Jade, Roy Light, Anne Lingford-Hughes, Jim Orford, Moira Plant, Regina van den Eijnden, Harry Shapiro & Robert West.

This meeting is supported by the Alcohol Education & Research Council

Bookstall provided by Blackwells

Registration fee: (payable to UWE, Bristol): £125.

    Further details may be obtained from: Mrs Jan Green, University of the West of England, Blackberry Hill, Stapleton, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK. Telephone: 0117 328 8800; fax: 0117-328 8900; Email: Jan.Green@uwe.ac.uk





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