Addictive Disorders & Addiction Therapy

Dr Julian Nesbitt: An ex A&E, now GP trainee and NHS clinical entrepreneur at NHS England with wide experience in the NHS. Founded Dr Julian Medical Group due to his passion to improve mental health access. The Dr Julian Platform connects patients via secure video/ audio/ text link to qualified vetted mental health professionals 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Patients can choose who they want to see, when they want to see them and have the appoitnment from wherever they feel comfortable. They are helped matched to the most appropriate therapists through filters of language they speak, issue they have and therapy type they need. Dr Julian is now working with businesses globally, the private market and the NHS. Website: https://www.dr-julian.com/

Mental Health

Dr Melissa Harte is an experienced Psychologist and presenter, passionate about dealing with psychological issues from a whole-of-person perspective. She has a doctorate in Counselling Psychology and is undertaking a Masters in Clinical Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. She runs a thriving private practice, and offers training, supervision and professional development within an Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) framework. She is the only Internationally Accredited Emotion Focused Therapy Trainer in Australia. She established the Harte Felt Centre to ensure a safe environment for client-centred healing practices in Australia that provides a supportive community for both practitioners and clients. She is the Training and Program Director of the newly formed Australian Institute for Emotion Focused Therapy (AIEFT). Her current research using Task Analysis has explored the expansion of the Focusing Task to include assisting people to process unresolved painful past events.

Psychological issues, Emotions

Dr. Olga Bogdashina, Ph.D. (linguistics), MSc (Psychology), MA (Teaching methods) MA Ed (Autism), Honorary Professor, Honorary Doctor, KSPU, Co-founder of the International Autism Institute, and Programme Leader (Autism courses), Chief Research Fellow and Lecturer at the International Autism Institute, KSPU; Visiting lecturer in Autism Studies, co-founder of the International Consortium of Autism Institutes, Author of nine books (some are translated into 13 languages) that reflect her specific interest in autism research sensory perception, cognitive functioning, communication and language development in autism, and spirituality in autism – reflected in the books, including: - Sensory perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Different sensory experiences – different perceptual worlds (2016). 2nd (revised) edition, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers; - Communication Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Do we speak the same language?. London: JKP; - Theory of Mind and the Triad of Perspectives on Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A view from the bridge. London: JKP; - Autism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivities, Language and Constructed Reality London: JKP. - Autism and Spirituality: Psyche, Self and Spirit in People on the Autism Spectrum. London: JKP. Olga teaches and lectures in the UK, Europe, & Mexico. She has a son (30) with classic autism and a daughter (27) with Asperger syndrome.

Specific interest in autism research sensory perception, cognitive functioning, communication and language development in autism, and spirituality in autism – reflected in the books, including: - Sensory perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Different sensory experiences – different perceptual worlds (2016). 2nd (revised) edition, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers; - Communication Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Do we speak the same language?. London: JKP; - Theory of Mind and the Triad of Perspectives on Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A view from the bridge. London: JKP; - Autism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivities, Language and Constructed Reality London: JKP. - Autism and Spirituality: Psyche, Self and Spirit in People on the Autism Spectrum. London: JKP.

Kully Bath Clinical Director and certified Practitioner of Acupuncture Haven is passionate about creating awareness of adolescent Mental Health and the importance of early intervention. Kully has extensive knowledge on Chronic Schizophrenia and has worked with many different Consultants and Nurses to identify the physiological and neurological impact of this condition. This is further underpinned with her own journey and experiences of the collateral damage on children caused by serious Mental Health conditions such as Schizophrenia. She has worked extensively with the Mayor and Mayoress of Walsall, UK, to raise funds for a local charity that provides support for teenage Mental Health. Kully recently released a video covering a wide range of conditions and is committed to providing the best standard of treatments for clients. The aforementioned video can be viewed in full by searching Acupuncture Haven on YouTube.

Schizophrenia, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology

A highly motivated visionary and an expert at building partnerships, engaging stakeholders, and inspiring change, Ed has led innovation and improvement in healthcare for over two decades. As Vice President of Programs and Priorities at the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Ed is dedicated to promoting mental health and changing the attitudes of Canadians toward mental health problems and illnesses. By collaborating with stakeholders to improve mental health services and supports, he leads the way for change. Ed pays particular attention to reducing stigma, increasing mental resiliency and improving access to services, through innovative measures. As an Accreditation Surveyor with Accreditation Canada, he contributes to quality and safety in healthcare across Canada and internationally, including serving as co-chair of the Health Standards Association Mental Health and Addictions Technical Advisory Committee. Ed is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse, holds a Master’s of Science Administration, and is a Certified Health Executive.

Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology

Dufrene is the Chief Nursing Officer for the NYS OMH Corrections Based Operations. She seats on the Executive Board of Directors for Hudson River HealthCare. She has served as both lecturer and clinical instructor. She is a published author, a well decorated acclaimed leader, and sought after speaker on leadership, correctional nursing, mental health and addiction issues. She is both a general practitioner and a specialist with a nursing career that encompasses many areas including pediatric psychiatry, forensics, addiction, MRDD and nursing education. She is the founder and past president of the Haitian American Nurses Association of Rockland County, Inc. (HANA). She is the current President of the Zeta Omega Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. She has served as both a leader and member of many community organizations, such as the NAACP, the Tau Phi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., and NYSNA District 17 – Professional Nurses Association of Rockland County.

pediatric psychiatry, addiction, nursing

Jill Becker Feigeles completed her PhD in 2006 at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University. She is currently Assisant Clinical Professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work where she teaches first year practice and assists the director of field education. In addition, Dr. Becker Feigeles teaches advanced practice in the social work department at Lehman College CUNY. Her previous publications have focused on quality of life issues and older adults.

Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology

Ken C. Winters, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at the Oregon Research Institute and adjunct faculty in the Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota. Dr. Winters retired as a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota, where he found and directed the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research for 25 years. His primary research interests are the assessment and treatment of addictions, with a focus on adolescent drug abuse. Along with Keven Sabet, he is co-editing a book on marijuana and health, to be published by Oxford press in 2018, and he is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, and the Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Dr. Winters received numerous research grants from the National Institute of Health and various foundations and published over 100 peer-reviewed articles over a 30-year period.

Psychiatry, Psychology, Mental Health and wellness

Cara Dasher is the Chief Nursing Officer (RN VI) at Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. It is a facility with over 1,000 staff (approximately 500 nursing staff), 19 units and 450 inpatient beds that serve both civil and forensic commitments.

Nursing, Healthcare management, Psychiatry

David Baron is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Director, and Global Center for Exercise, Psychiatry and Sports at USC and Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Cinema-Television. He is currently working on cutting edge research on Traumatic Brain Injuries funded by the NFL. He received his MEd from USC, and trained in bioethics at Georgetown University and NIH. Additionally, he was the NIMH bioethics representative at NIH.

Psychiatry, Mental Health, Psychology

Theodoore Petti completed his MD at Case-Western Reserve University, general psychiatry training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, child and adolescent psychiatry training at Bellevue-New York University, and MPH at the University of Pittsburgh. He is Professor of Psychiatry and has had numerous leadership positions in academia and professional organizations. He is widely published with varied research interests that evolved around, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and service delivery of the most severe pediatric psychiatric disorders, particularly depression in which he was among the earliest proponents of its existence in children, ADHD, coping styles, and language/communication disorders

Pediatric psychiatric disorders,ADHD and language/communication disorders

Versatile and highly committed Psychology Lecturer offering over 15 years of cumulative experience in the areas of Teaching and Learning, Advising, Client Relationship, Psychometric Testing, Transactional Analyst. Outstanding track record of assisting and educating students of various age groups, ethnicities and culture to enhance their learning skills in the Urdu language as well as enabling students to achieve new heights by creating a flair for learning. Excellent interpersonal skills and highly adaptable to a variety of assignments facilitating the improvement of learning. A Proactive Counselling Practitioner with expertise in accurate diagnosis of psychological disturbance & mental conditions thereby prescribing optimal treatment cycle and subsequently improving the quality of living of the client. Recognised for hands on experience in cultivating therapeutic relationships with individual patients by maintaining professionalism, formality and confidentiality of patient related information right from initiating the treatment process. An excellent communicator with the ability to work under pressure in fast-paced, time sensitive environments. Proven ability to interact effectively with people of diverse nationalities and comfortable working in a multi-cultural set-up.

Applications of Transactional Analysis in treating addiction, depression and anxiety with focus on cultural differentials

Tony Tran is the member of American Psychological, Psychotherapist and Psychiatrist Association . He founded the International Ethnic/Immigrant Mental Health Project... He is the expert in the Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Consultant/Consulting and Moderator. He serves as the Contributor Editor for the National Neurological and Cardiology Medical Journal, His TransTronics company has offered the Medical Record Platform and introduced the TIPS ( Total Identity Protection Service )...His Linked IN page at Tony Tran BFA-DE has been translated to 70+ languages on Yahoo and 50+ on BING

Cultural element in the psychological treatment and evaluation and nonverbal clues in psychological treatment process

Sergio Perez is a psychiatrist from Cuba involved in suicide prevention since 1976. He was member of the main organization of suicide prevention ( IASP, IASR, BI; ADIS; etc). He is founder of Suicidology Section in the World Psychiatry Association and the World Suicidology Net. He is temporal advisor of World Health Organization and Panamerican Health Organization for the suicide prevention in the Region of The Americas.

Psychology

Dr Stephen Hinshaw interests lie in the fields of clinical child and adolescent psychology and developmental psychopathology. Major themes include the diagnostic validity of childhood disorders, the role of family and peer relationships in normal and atypical development, the early prediction of behavioral and learning problems, the neuropsychology and neurobiology of impulsive and externalizing behavior, expressions of psychopathology in female samples, and the implementation of combinations of psychosocial and pharmacologic intervention for children with externalizing behavior disorders, with strong emphasis on moderators and mediators of outcome. Increasingly, research interests are focusing on adolescent and young adult outcomes, as the youth in his various projects continue to participate in prospective, longitudinal studies

Developmental psychopathology, externalizing behavior dimensions and disorders, family, peer, and neuropsychological risk factors

Susan T. Dinnocenti, Ph.D. is a passionate professional who extends learning and growth development across education, business, and health & wellness. Her career interests focus on drawing upon human potential and personal strengths and integrating health & wellness strategies to guide people to higher levels of success. Susan believes that success can only be achieved when positivity, health & wellness are set as a foundation for every person in every profession.

Positive Psychology

Dr. W. Sinkele, D. Min., KCACIII is the founder and executive director of SAPTA (Support for Addictions Prevention and Treatment in Africa), an international NGO based in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Sinkele is a level 3 certified addiction counselor and a master trainer in evidence based substance abuse prevention. He has created two alcohol/drugs/HIV risk reduction community based interventions: one with female sex workers for alcohol risk risk reduction; and another a 12 psycho-educational alcohol/drug/HIV risk reduction group intervention facilitated by trained peer educators. SAPTA has a five-fold focus: 1) substance abuse prevention; 2) substance abuse treatment; 3) substance abuse recovery; 4) training of addiction counselors; and 5) research and advocacy.

Addiction and Mental Disorders

Sohail completed his basic medical degree from Pakistan. Moved to South Africa in 1994, completed psychiatric training and became Dipolmat in Mental Health from College of Psychiatrists of South Africa in 2000, worked as a Senior Medical Superintendent at Polokwane/Mankweng Hospital Complex, and Thabamoopo Psychiatric Hospital in South africa. Completed Post Graduate Diploma in Public Management from Regenesys School of Public Management, South Africa. Moved to New Zealand in 20003, worked as a Senior Medical Officer, in Psychiatry, Completed, Post Graduate Diploma in Addiction and Co-existing Disorders, from University of Otago NewZealand in 2012, Complted Masters in Addiction from University of Otago in 2017. He is the Senior Medical Officer in Community Alcohol and Drug Service of Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton, New Zealand. He is Member of RANZCP vocational CPD programme and Member of National Association of Opioid Treatment Providers, New Zealand and contributed in drafting the National Guidelines of Opioid Substitution Treatment.

Opioid Substitution Treatment

Jaswinder Singh Gandhi has completed his Fellowship and is a Certified Drug De-addiction Specialist. He has 15 years of experience in drug addiction field. He is a Member of ASAM, NAADAC, ISAM, IPS, IMA, ISA, ISCCM and ISSM. He is certified by International Society of Addiction Medicine in Substance Use Disorders. He has attended many national and international conferences. He has written two books against drug addiction and developed an interactive software SANTAM helping patients as well as physicians in diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorder.

Addiction Medicine (ISAM Certified)

Walid Hassan Ebrahim Hassan has completed his Hubert Humphrey Fellowship in the field of Substance Abuse Education and is a Certified Tobacco Dependence Treatment Specialist. He has completed his MBBCh, Msc in Neurology and Psychiatry & MD in Psychiatry from Ain Shams University, Egypt. He worked as a Consultant and Lecturer of Psychiatry at Institue of Psychiatry from Ain Shams Univesity, Egypt. Currently, he is working as a Psychiatrist at Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman.

Substance Abuse

Norman S Miller has received his training in Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in Neurology at the University of Minnesota. He is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Neurologist, Addiction Psychiatrist, Forensic Psychiatrist and Licensed Attorney. He has practiced General Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry at Michigan State University, University of Illinois at Chicago and New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College. He is the Author and Editor of 250 journal articles and book chapters and 13 books.

Addiction Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry.

Anna Grzywacz is a Biologist at the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Hamburg. She has completed her Degree of Laboratory Diagnostician and PhD in Medical Biology and after completion of her Post-doctoral degree she worked as a Professor at the Pomeranian University of Szczecin.

Addiction Psychiatry

Ian Treasaden is currently the Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at West London Mental Health Trust and Visiting Senior Lecturer at Bucks New University England. He has worked as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at the 3 Bridges Medium Secure Unit in London for mentally disordered offenders where he was also a Clinical Director and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London.

Forensic Psychiatry

Dr Guo Song is a Head of Research in the Addiction Medicine Department of the Institute of Mental Health / The National Addictions Management Service in Singapore. He joined IMH in 2004. He completed his PhD in Psychopharmacology.

Translational Clinical Research on Addictions

Prapapun Chucharoen has completed Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the age of 38 years from Mahidol University. She is the director of Master of Arts program in Addiction Studies, ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Thailand. This is the only Master Program in addiction studies in Southeast Asia. This program aimed to create social leader/ practitioner in the field of addiction studies. Those who graduate from the program will be capable of practicing as well as conducting research in this discipline in order to support the social environment of a country with respect to the prevention and alleviation of narcotics and others addiction problems. The therapy and rehabilitation of addicts is also included in the curriculum. She has published more than 25 papers in journals and serving as an editorial board member of Journal of Public Health and Development Thailand.

Addiction Therapy

Versatile and highly committed Psychology Lecturer offering over 15 years of cumulative experience in the areas of Teaching and Learning, Advising, Client Relationship, Psychometric Testing, Transactional Analyst. Outstanding track record of assisting and educating students of various age groups, ethnicities and culture to enhance their learning skills in the Urdu language as well as enabling students to achieve new heights by creating a flair for learning. Excellent interpersonal skills and highly adaptable to a variety of assignments facilitating the improvement of learning. A Proactive Counselling Practitioner with expertise in accurate diagnosis of psychological disturbance & mental conditions thereby prescribing optimal treatment cycle and subsequently improving the quality of living of the client. Recognised for hands on experience in cultivating therapeutic relationships with individual patients by maintaining professionalism, formality and confidentiality of patient related information right from initiating the treatment process. An excellent communicator with the ability to work under pressure in fast-paced, time sensitive environments. Proven ability to interact effectively with people of diverse nationalities and comfortable working in a multi-cultural set-up.

Applications of Transactional Analysis in treating addiction, depression and anxiety with focus on cultural differentials

Director & Chief Consultant Neuro Science & Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Specialist & Lifestyle Consultant Panelist : Sports Development Authority of Tamilnadu Hockey Unit Tamilnadu Tamilnadu Olympic Association Handball Association of Tamilnadu Boxing Association of Tamilnadu Tamilnadu Football Association Member Medical Commission Boxing India Athletic Federation of India Handball Federation of India All India Football Federation

Neuro Science & Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Specialist & Lifestyle Consultant

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. Professor Tang completed his medical training at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an academic staff since 1999. His main research area is Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Substance abuse, Postnatal depression,Stroke