International Conferences

Recommended Conferences for Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse

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As per available reports about 10 Relevant Journals, 10 Conferences, 17 Workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to addiction medicine and about 2,070 articles are being published on addiction medicine.

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse and substance use disorder, is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others, and is a form of substance-related disorder. A Substance abuse, additionally referred to as habit, may be a litigious use of a substance (drug) that during which within which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with ways which square measure harmful to themselves or others. The precise explanation for drug abuse is not possible to grasp as a result of there's not only 1 direct cause. But drug abuse and addiction is understood to run in families. One theory suggests there's a genetic disposition that predisposes sure people toward drug abuse. Another suggests drug abuse is learned there for individuals subjected to drug abuse by those around them begin to repeat identical behaviors. Drug abuse would possibly begin out as a nasty habit however once and if addiction develops it manifests as a chronic weakening illness. There square measure several cases within which criminal or anti-social behavior occur once the person is underneath the influence of a drug. Future temperament changes in people might occur furthermore. Different definitions of habit comprise four main categories: public health definitions, mass communication and vernacular usage, medical definitions, and political and criminal justice definitions. Drug abuse is current with associate calculable a hundred and twenty million users of arduous medicine like hard drug, heroin, and different artificial medicine. Substance abuse may be a variety of substance-related disorder.

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Scope and Importance

Substance abuse refers to the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs. Psychoactive substance use can lead to dependence syndrome - a cluster of behavioural, cognitive, and physiological phenomena that develop after repeated substance use and that typically include a strong desire to take the drug, difficulties in controlling its use, persisting in its use despite harmful consequences, a higher priority given to drug use than to other activities and obligations, increased tolerance, and sometimes a physical withdrawal state. Drugs most often associated with this term include: alcohol, substituted amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines (particularly alprazolam, lorazepam, diazepam and clonazepam), cocaine, methaqualone, cannabis and opioids.

Substance abuse is widespread with an estimated 120 million users of hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and other synthetic drugs.[citation needed] In 2013 drug use disorders resulted in 127,000 deaths up from 53,000 in 1990.The highest number of deaths are from opioid use disorders at 51,000. Cocaine use disorder resulted in 4,300 deaths and amphetamine use disorder resulted in 3,800 deaths. Alcohol use disorders resulted in an additional 139,000 deaths. Many substances can bring on withdrawal, an effect caused by cessation or reduction in the amount of the substance used. Withdrawal can range from mild anxiety to seizures and hallucinations. Drug overdose may also cause death.

 

Market Analysis

The market for substance abuse therapeutics can be segmented into alcohol, nicotine dependence therapeutics and drug abuse therapeutics. For instance, Chantix (vareniciline) and zyban represents the medications prescribed against nicotine addiction. In addition, Vivitrol (naltrexone), Campral (acamprosate calcium) and disulfrum are some of the drugs recommended for the patients suffering from alcohol dependence. Cocaine and opioid abuse are some of the drug abuse therapeutics. Other factors such as annual cost of the treatment and regulatory policies govern the market growth. Geographically, developed economies such as the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Germany, France, Spain and others exhibit high number of substance abuse patients as compared to developing economies such as China and India.

 

List of Conferences

5^th Neurology and Therapeutics Conference
March 14-16, 2016 London, UK

2^nd Neurological Disorders and Stroke Conference
April 28-30, 2016 Dubai, UAE

5^th Forensic Psychology Conference
July 18-20, 2016 Brisbane, Australia

Conference on Neuro-Oncology
July 21-23, 2016 Brisbane, Australia

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Conference
August 22-23, 2016 Sao Paulo, Brazil

5^th Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology Conference
September 19-21, 2016 Las Vegas, USA

4^th Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia Conference
September 29-October 01, 2016 London, UK

5^th Addiction Research & Therapy Conference
October 06-08, 2016 Florida, USA

2^nd Epilepsy & Treatment Conference
October 24-26, 2016 Rome, Italy

2^nd Depression, Anxiety and Stress Management Conference
November 03-04, 2016 Valencia, Spain

2^nd Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders Conference
November 28-30, 2016 Chicago, USA

2^nd Sleep Disorders and Medicine Conference
November 28-30, 2016 Chicago, USA

The Third Annual aXis addiction eXecutives industry summit
January 31 - February 3, 2016 Florida, USA

International RANZCP Congress of Psychiatry
May 8-12, 2016 Hong Kong, China

CBRD-2016 — 3rd Caribbean Biomedical Research Days
January 16-18, 2016 Saint Lucia, West Indies

International Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions World Congress 2016
April 12-16, 2016 Minnesota, USA

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) 2016 Leadership Forum
February 1-4, 2016 Maryland, USA

American College of Psychiatrists (ACP) Annual Meeting
February 17-21, 2016 Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 2016 Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions
March 30-April 2, 2016 Washington, USA

 

Relevant Societies and Associations

NAADAC.ORG-The Association for Addiction Professionals

Association for medical education and research in substance abuse

National institute for drug abuse

SAPAA worldwide

SAAS-State association of addiction services

DATA-Drug abuse treatment association, Inc.

American Society of Addiction Medicine

The Association of Substance Abuse Programs

ASAM-American society of addiction medicine

American Psychiatric Association

Global Addiction Association

The Eurasian Professional Association of Addiction Medicine

American medical association addiction

American association of addiction medicine

Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association

American Addiction Center Florida

National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers

American Psychological Association

Florida NAADAC

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Florida Association of Recovery Residences

Professional Training Association

 Mississippi Association of Addiction Professionals

Substance abuse and mental health services administration

Texas Association of Addiction Professionals

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

Care addiction recovery

New York Society of Addiction Medicine (NYSAM)

 

List of Companies and retreat centers

Zogenix

Ibogaine Association

CRC Health Group

The Change Company

SalusCare, Inc.

Dual Diagnosis.org

Mayo Clinic

Cumberland Diagnostic and Trt. Center

Drug Testing Services LLC

Lindner Center of HOPE

Savant HWP

Glen Care Group

PRA International

Singer Island treatment center Palm Beach

Florida Drug Rehab Center

Elements Behavioral Health

Phoenix House for Addiction

Wekiva   Springs Center 

Destin Recovery

Hanley Center-Women's Recovery

Cornerstone Recovery Center

Florida coast recovery

Recovery Connection

Lucida Treatment Center

Paradise Recovery Center

Solutions Recovery Center

Beachway Therapy Center

Betty Ford Center

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