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Monday, March 5, 2007

10th International Symposium on Substance Abuse Treatment.
Date: 1 - 3 October 2007.
Venue: Oslo, Norway.

Welcome Welcome to the 10th International Symposium on Substance Abuse Treatment. The aim of this symposium is to gather both researchers and practitioners within the field of substance abuse treatment in Europe. Theme for this years conference will be reforms, ideology and best practise. This symposium is a collaboration between European Working group on Drug Oriented Research (EWODOR) and European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC). The conference will be hosted by Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS) and Unit for Addiction Medicine (University of Oslo

Theme The treatment field for substance abusers has during the last years, especially in Scandinavia, been subject to important political reforms, in which systematic scientific reviews and evidenced based practise are inherent. The use of strict methodologies and clear guidelines in research and in clinical practise, generate hope for more effective treatment systems and qualitatively better services. But so far, it has been difficult to see whether the results will be as expected. However, reforms of treatment systems for substance abusers are by no means new, and history shows that such reforms are often based more on political and ideological wishful thinking than on sound knowledge of what is best for the clients and their families. Do we really know what is the best treatment practise for different groups of substance abusers?Are our treatment systems based more on incidental research and political interventions than on sound and useful knowledge? Are these questions more burning in the Nordic countries, or are they just as important in other parts of Europe?

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Source: Rowdy Yates

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