Webinar on

Addiction Research

June 30, 2021

Scientific Program

Keynote Session:

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Tirzah Shelton

Our Lady of the Lake University, USA

Title: Putting Suicide Policy through the Wringer: Perspectives of Military Members Who Attempted to Kill Themselves

Biography:

I enlisted for eight years in the Air Force and deployed to Iraq where I was a witness to and participant of the effects of war. Through my military experiences, I grew interested in helping service members, which led me to my training at Our Lady of the Lake University to become a counseling psychologist. I have worked with the military mental health policy and research branch the past few years, which this research came from, and recently transitioned to the Veteran Affairs Healthcare System. The act of suicide has touched me personally and I continue to learn from the stories people share who have considered suicide as an option.

 

Abstract:

In response to the Air Force Surgeon General, Lieutenant General Mark Ediger’s call for medical services to be guided by service members’ values, preferences, and experiences within the medical system, we conducted an interpretive phenomenological analysis of transcripts in which service members shared their experiences of military mental health policy and practices after being identified as suicidal.

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Onwuzuruike Stanley

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria

Title: Developing Mental Health solutions The Nigerian Perspective

Biography:

Onwuzuruike Stanley has completed his M.Ed Guidance and Counselling from University of Lagos Nigeria and Bsc Ed Guidance and Counselling from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Nigeria. He holds a Certificate in Psycho Trauma Healing from Lux Terra Institute Nigeria, Certificate in Mediation USA and a Certificate in Human Resource Management UK. He is the director of Padrez Counselling Services, a professional and duly registered service provider in Nigeria. 

Abstract:

The scarcity of research, mirrors the weakness of Mental Health services on the continent and the blind eye turned to the problem by many Africans and their governments. Nigeria, like most African countries is short of personnel trained in Mental Healthcare and efforts to tackle the problem have often focused on increasing the numbers of Counsellors, psychiatrists and nurses in the field. As per Nigeria’s increasing population, One in Four Nigerians, some 50 million people are suffering from some sort of Mental Illness and our research finds that the country is nowhere near equipped to tackle the problem.

Oral Session 1:

  • Addiction | Psychopharmacology | Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
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Rahul Hajare

Indian Council of Medical Research, India

Title: Mission Virtual Sex best in future of vaginal covid

Biography:

Dr. Rahul Hajare is Post Doctoral Student of World Renowned Scientist Respected Dr, Ramesh Paranjape’ Retired Director & Scientist ‘G’ of National AIDS Research Institute Pune. He has completed graduation in Pharmacy from Amravati University Amravati in 2003. Master of Pharmacy Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Education Nagpur University in 2005 with Distinction. PhD form Vinayaka Mission University Salem in 2012 TN and Post Doc from Indian Council of Medical Research New Delhi in 2015.

 

Abstract:

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Laura Simon-Sulzer

Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, USA

Title: The US model of Addiction Treatment and its New Challenges

Biography:

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Abstract:

(Illustration cage pic and ref). Out of seven billion inhabitants on this planet, the World Health Organization estimates that the number of alcoholics is 10% of the global population with the highest prevalence rates to be found in Eastern Europe. Out of these 700 million human beings an infinitesimal percentage receive treatment because cultures and shame are obstacles to their recovery. In the United States, less than 8% of alcoholics receive treatment (illustration or ref.)  which is largely superior to the number of alcoholics who are being helped worldwide. We are talking only about alcoholism because there is no available evaluation of the number of addicts for other mood-altering substances. In this presentation we are using the word addicts to include all people suffering from any kind of addictions, whether it is alcohol or other mood-altering substances.