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Creating Synergy 2012 Drug and Alcohol Conference
27th - 28th June 2012
Novotel, Wollongong
The 2012 conference is moving to a new venue. The Novotel at Wollongong will host the 2012 conference which will focus on a range of keynote presentations and workshop sessions.
The theme of the conference will be "Substance misuse, mental health and ageing - embracing the complexity of a changing environment".
Check back for regular updates on speakers and registration details.
Call for abstracts are now open!
You and your colleagues are invited to submit an abstract of original work for consideration in the program of the 2012 Creating Synergy Drug & Alcohol Conference.
The Conference Organising Committee is seeking oral and poster presentations that relate to the conference themes:
A - Workforce Development:
- NGO work in treatment services of building capacity to deal with co-occurring disorders and increasing workforce capacity to deliver services (eg - linked to the Commonwealth Improved Services Initiative Funding)
- Workforce development strategies for dealing with complex needs - managing vicarious trauma, burnout in drug and alcohol and mental health staff, "aging workforce".
B - Ageing: how do services deal with an ageing and increasingly complex, and co-morbid needs?
C - ARBI and links to aged care issues, and other special populations, in relation to early decline of people's capacity and functions and how services can respond to these complex needs
D - How do aged care services link and work with drug and alcohol and mental health services - what are the synergies?
Further guidelines on submitting your abstract
Submit your Abstract
Closing Date for abstracts is 5pm Friday 27th January 2012
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