2014 Annual Addiction and Mental Health...

2014 Annual Addiction and Mental Health Conference

Conference Summary

Wednesday, October 22nd 2014

Time

Activity

Speaker/Topic

8:00-9:00

Registration

9:00-10:00

Welcome/Opening remarks

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-12:00

Opening Keynote

Dr. Pat Deegan: Principles of Recovery and Wellness Oriented Practice (EN)

12:00-13:30

Lunch

Yoga Session

13:30-14:30

Concurrent Workshops A

A 1 Dr. Pat Deegan: The Dignity of Risk and the Duty to Care (EN with ST)

A 2 Dr. Selene Etches & Doug Campbell: CHOICES: A Concurrent Disorder Program for Adolescents (EN)

A 3 Jennifer Kikkert: Process Improvement (EN)

14:30-15:00

Break

15:00-16:30

Concurrent Workshops B

B 1 Marc Guitard: Clients of the New Brunswick Review Board (FR)

B 2 Lise-Anne Renaud: Cognitive Processing Therapy in the treatment of PTSD (FR with ST)

B 3 Charlotte LeBlanc: Nutrition and Mental Health (EN)

18:30-20:30

Meet and Greet social event for clients

Thursday, October 23rd 2014

Time

Activity

Speaker/Topic

8:30-10:00

NB Recovery Model

Sharing from the Local Recovery Teams from around NB

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-12:00

NB Recovery Model


12:00-13:30

Lunch

Yoga session

13:30-14:30

Concurrent Workshops C

C 1 Lyson Robichaud: Happiness beyond mental illness! (FR with ST)

C 2 Dr. David Clark: Hoarding Disorder: Perplexing Questions and Treatment Challenges (EN)

C 3 Darcy Corey, Isabelle Chenard & Kathy Boucher: STEPPS: A Treatment Program for BPD (EN)

14:30-15:00

Break

15:00-16:30

Concurrent Workshops D

D 1 Nancy Hicks: Its not about Will Power its about Brain Power (EN with ST)

D 2 Smiling Mask: Truths about Postpartum Depression and Parenthood (EN)

D 3 Lise Arseneault Carrier & Karine Provencher: Sleep and Mental Health (FR)

18:30-21:30

Talent , Recovery & Wellness social event

Friday, October 24th 2014

Time

Activity

Speaker/Topic

8:30-10:00

Concurrent Workshops E

E 1 Mark Griffiths: Technological trends, behavioral tracking, and implications for social responsibility tools in gambling (EN with ST)

E 2 Dr. Bill Cook: Intention, Attention, Awareness, & Attitude: Training for Mental Health and Resilience (EN)

E 3 Dr. Frank Lord: Anti-Alcohol Medications (FR)

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Closing Keynote

Mark Griffiths: Behavioural addictions Past, present and future

11:30-12:00

Closing remarks

Opening Conference Keynote

Principles of Recovery and Wellness Oriented Practice

Patricia E. Deegan PhD

In this keynote address, Patricia E. Deegan PhD will discuss the principles of recovery and wellness. Drawing on her own experience of recovery after being diagnosed with schizophrenia, she will describe practical tools that support recovery and wellness oriented practice.

Biography of the presenter

Patricia E. Deegan is a principal with Pat Deegan & Associates, LLC. She is a thought leader and disruptive innovator in the field behavioral health recovery. Pat is the creator of RECOVERYLibrary.com and the CommonGround web application to support person centered care and shared decision making in the psychiatric consultation. Pat is an activist in the disability rights movement and has lived her own journey of recovery after being diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. She is an Adjunct Professor at Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine and at Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Duquesne University.

[email protected]

http://www.patdeegan.com

A-1 The Dignity of Risk and the Duty to Care

Patricia E. Deegan PhD

Most people can get onboard with the values of recovery: choice, self-determination, hope, person centeredness, strengths-based, culturally relevant, etc. But translating recovery principles into practice is a challenge for most. In this workshop Patricia E. Deegan PhD will describe a practical and empowering method for working with folks who may be making self--defeating choices that steer their lives away from recovery and wellness.


Patricia E. Deegan is a principal with Pat Deegan & Associates, LLC. She is a thought leader and disruptive innovator in the field behavioral health recovery. Pat is the creator of RECOVERYLibrary.com and the CommonGround web application to support person centered care and shared decision making in the psychiatric consultation. Pat is an activist in the disability rights movement and has lived her own journey of recovery after being diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. She is an Adjunct Professor at Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine and at Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Duquesne University.

[email protected]

http://www.patdeegan.com

A-2 CHOICES: A Concurrent Disorder Program for Adolescents

Dr. Selene Etches

Doug Campbell

This session, facilitated by the Choices' psychiatrist and clinical social worker, will provide attendees with a comprehensive description of the IWK CHOICES treatment Program located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Through a detailed case study, participants will follow a typical adolescent through the assessment and treatment phases of this evidence-based, concurrent disorders program for adolescents. Individual, family, and group therapies for youth suffering with substance use disorders and mental health issues will be explored with additional focus on recreational and occupational therapeutic modalities.

Biography of the presenters

Dr. Selene Etches received her B.Sc. from University of British Columbia and her MD from the University of Toronto. She completed her Residency Training Program at Dalhousie University and a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Concurrent Disorders at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. She is currently the staff psychiatrist and medical director for the IWK CHOICES Program (concurrent mental health and addictions) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Doug Campbell received his Masters of Social Work from Dalhousie University. He has been in the employ of the IWK Health Centre for the past 15 years in a variety of mental health and critical care medical health settings. Prior to this, Doug worked in front line social work capacities, leadership roles and program development initiatives within community based mental health agencies. Doug is currently a Clinical Team Leader at the IWK CHOICES Program (concurrent mental health and addictions) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

A-3 Process Improvement

Jennifer Kikkert

This presentation will provide an overview of how Lean Six Sigma process improvement techniques can be applied to improve the services & programs for Mental Health & Addictions patients. It will highlight the process and steps involved in these improvement activities as well as examples of tools that can be applied by anyone working in this field and real-life examples of Lean Six Sigma Mental Health & Addictions and their results.


Jennifer Kikkertis theRegional Lead of Process Improvement for Horizon Health Network. Her responsibilities includecreating, promoting, and sustaining a culture of continuous improvement;and leading the activity and associated processes to support operational leaders and staffin assessing current workflows, designing and implementing preferred workflow states and evaluating the effectiveness of the workflow changes. Jennifer also works in partnership with the Office of Strategy Management of the Government of New Brunswick, supporting the departments of Social Development, Justice & Attorney General and Health with the implementation of their formal management systems and process improvement processes.

Her educational background includes a Bachelors of Arts(Honors) degree from theUniversity of New Brunswick and Lean Six Sigma Black Beltcertification from the College of Extended Learning, University of New Brunswick. In March 2014, Jennifer completed her Master Black Belt certification in process improvement.

B-1 Clients of the Review Board of New Brunswick: Guidelines for Addictions and Mental Health Services

Marc Guitard

Explanation of the guidelines in relation to the management of individuals under the Review Board of NB in hospital and community settings.


Marc Guitard, is a registered social worker since 2005. He has been employed since 2009 with the Forensic Psychiatry Program at the Restigouche Hospital, with the not criminally responsible population, under the mandate of the Review Board of New Brunswick.

B-2 Cognitive Processing Therapy in the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Lise-Anne Renaud

This presentation will provide an introduction to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from a Cognitive Theory perspective as a disorder of non-recovery. Assessment and description of PTSD Symptoms, Fight/Flight/Freeze response and Just World Belief will be presented. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), a manualized evidenced-based therapy for PTSD, will also be described.


Lise-Anne Renaud graduated with a Masters degree in Psychology from Laval University in 1996. Since then she has worked as a psychologist in New Brunswick in Community Mental Health Centers, the NB Department of Education and as a Consultant with the Addiction, Mental Health and Primary Health Care Services at theDepartment of Health. Since 2009, she has been working as a Clinical Coordinator / Psychologist at the Operational Stress Injury Clinic (OSI Clinic) in Fredericton. The OSI Clinic Fredericton provides services to Veterans and active members of the Canadian Forces as well as members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in all four Atlantic Provinces. She is trained in Prolonged Exposure, EMDR and Cognitive Processing Therapy for which she is also a consultant. She has presented to several groups on different subjects relating to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder over the last 5 years.

B-3 Nutrition and Mental Health

Charlotte LeBlanc

This presentation will provide:

A different perspective in understanding psychosis

How complementary medicine can co-exist with traditional medications in helping to treat mental illness.

The importance of support, family, partners and psychiatric intervention with or without medication.

Guidance and direction in implementing a holistic approach as well as comfort in dealing with the ups and downs on the road to wellness.

Explore alternatives to traditional approaches to treating mental illness nutrition and lifestyle

Gaps in the System


Charlotte LeBlanc is retired. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in nutrition (BASc), is a naturopath, a registered nutritional consultant practitioner (RNCP), a certified Iridologist (C.Ir), and a registered holistic allergist (Rha) and author.

Her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia, which lead to extensive training in nutrition, iridology, and allergies. Charlotte and Daniels (her son) path to full health led her to share her sons story in overcoming schizophrenia in a book called Sidetracked by Schizophrenia. He now leads a normal life without any heavy anti-psychotic medication. Their wish is to stop at least some of the unnecessary suffering in people diagnosed with schizophrenia and prevent some future suffering in youth.

Charlotte partakes in several mental health committees and other passions:

Partners for Mental Health, Addictions and Mental Health Community Advisory: Mental Health Services Horizon Health Network, Moncton, DOTS N.B. Fredericton, Schizophrenia Society of N.B. Miramichi and still does conferences, teaches at Tantramar Seniors College and writes.


Regional Recovery Teams

Addictions/Mental Health employees within NB are in the process of adopting the Recovery Model into their programs and services. The Recovery Model is a way of providing care that fosters hope for a life beyond the limitations of a persons illness. This portion of the conference involves presentations from the Provincial Recovery Team, a group comprising of smaller Local Recovery Teams that represent each region. Each Local Recovery Team will share various recovery-orientated projects that they have been working on during the past year. These projects have been undertaken through the leadership of people with lived experience and passionate clinicians who have been working side-by-side on rewarding client-focused initiatives. Prepare to be inspired by people with lived experience and Addictions/Mental Health professionals who have the courage to think outside of the box while improving services. We are excited to share this rewarding journey.

C-1 Happiness ... beyond mental illness!

Lyson Robichaud

A native of Caraquet now living in Dieppe, Lyson Robichaud shares her experience like someone telling a truth, without embarrassment and without scruples. Living with bipolar disorder, she opens the door to this world by discussing the ups and downs of this invisible hurt, which stills remains very real. Through her experiences, she realized that happiness is stronger than mental illness and that in order to dare to believe in recovery, we must make the necessary efforts and live with acceptance.


Former radio host and now communications officer, Lyson Robichaud is immersed in the field of creative writing and has been passionate about writing since a young age. In 2012, she published her first book at the ditions de la Francophonie: ma faon, mon bonheur, revu et apprivois. The book is the testimony of a very ordinary woman who deliberately choses to tame mental illness and to make the main theme her quest to help others. She recently served as spokesperson for Un Phare dans la nuit, a pioneering artistic event to benefit mental health in south-eastern New Brunswick. A great speaker and advocate for the right to happiness and well-being, Lyson Robichaud has only one desire: to help and encourage those who suffer in silence.

C-2 Hoarding Disorder: Perplexing Questions and Treatment Challenges

David A. Clark, Ph.D.

Hoarding disorder (HD) was officially recognized as an addictive disorder in DSM-5. HD is characterized by pathological acquisition of and inability to discard possessions of questionable value, excessive clutter of living spaces, and significant impairment in daily functioning. It affects approximately 5% of Canadians and is more prevalent in older adults. The disorder can be especially difficult to treat. This address will discuss the diagnostic presentation of HD, its differentiation from other disorders like OCD and more normal behavioral states like collecting. Possible explanations for its chronic and treatment-refractory nature will be considered. A cognitive behavioral case formulation and treatment protocol for HD will be presented. The address will conclude with a brief review of the treatment outcome literature on HD.


David A. Clark, Ph.D. received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, University of London in 1984 and is currently Professor of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Canada. In 1987-88 he completed postdoctoral training in cognitive therapy at Becks Center for Cognitive Therapy in Philadelphia. As researcher, educator and practicing clinician, Dr. Clark has spent 30 years investigating cognitive behavior theory and treatment for depression and anxiety disorders. His funded research has appeared in numerous scientific journals and he has authored several books with the founder of cognitive therapy, Dr. Aaron T. Beck, including Scientific Foundations of Cognitive Theory and Therapy of Depression (Wiley, 1999), Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety Disorders (Guilford, 2010), and The Anxiety and Worry Workbook (Guilford, 2012). Dr. Clark has conducted numerous training workshops on cognitive behavior therapy for depression, OCD and other anxiety disorders worldwide. He is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and recipient of the Aaron T. Beck Award for Significant and Enduring Contributions to Cognitive Therapy in 2008. His latest book, The Mood Repair Toolkit: Proven Strategies to Prevent the Blues from Turning into Depression is scheduled for publication with Guilford Press in August, 2014.

C-3 STEPPS: A Treatment Program for Borderline Personality Disorder

Darcy Corey, MSW

Isabelle Chenard, BSW

Kathy Boucher, BSN

This presentation will provide an overview of a treatment program for Borderline Personality Disorder. STEPPS (Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving) is an internationally used program, currently utilized at the Fredericton Addictions and Mental Health Centre. This program is designed primarily to be used in group format, however it can also be useful with individual clients.

Participants attending this session will learn about the components of the program, along with the intended client base. A summary of the skills taught in the program will be presented, providing a general understanding of what makes up the program. Successes and challenges will be shared based on the facilitators experiences at Fredericton Addictions and Mental Health.


Darcy Corey has worked primarily in community settings with both Seniors and Adults for nine years. She has worked at a Toronto Community Health Centre providing individual therapy and outreach services to persons who experience homelessness in Toronto, and has provided case management for persons receiving home health care. Over the past five years, Darcy has been working as a Social Worker with Fredericton Addictions and Mental Health, providing both individual and group.

Isabelle Chenard started her career as a Social Worker working at Social Development in a variety of programs for ten years: Child Protection, Child Care, Long Term Care, and Adoption. For the past two and a half years, Isabelle has been working on the Adult Team at Fredericton Addictions and Mental Health, providing both individual and group services.

Kathy Boucher graduated from nursing school in 1993 and has worked in a variety of acute care settings including Medical/Surgical and Psychiatry. She joined the Seniors Team at Fredericton Addictions and Mental Health two years ago and provides individual counselling, case management and group facilitation of STEPPS and STAIRWAYS.

D-1 Its not about Will Power its about Brain Power

Nancy Hicks

This will be a fun and interactive presentation that focuses on the impact of addiction on the brain and the strategies that need to be considered when providing treatment and guidance to individuals on their recovery journey.


Nancy Hicks is a Registered Nurse and is currently the Program Co-coordinator of the Long-term and Short term Residential Rehabilitation Programs offered at Ridgewood Addition Services and Lonewater Farm. She has worked in the field of Substance Abuse for 34 years in various roles which have included: staff nurse; Head Nurse of the Detoxification Program; and Head Nurse of the 28 day Rehabilitation Program. Nancys diverse experience also includes: staff and community educator on Substance Abuse; participation as a member of the research team for Health Canadas Best Practices for Outreach and Early Intervention for Women; local research coordinator for Pathways to Opiate Addiction in N.B.; and most recently involved in the development of an Addictions E-Learning program for the Department of Health.

D-2 The Smiling Mask: Truths about Postpartum Depression and Parenthood

Carla OReilly

Tania Bird

The documentary, The Smiling Mask: Truths about Postpartum Depression and Parenthood, tells the inspirational true stories of three families and their struggles with Postpartum Depression. In Carla OReilly, Elita Paterson and Tania Birds journeys to wellness, they now speak out inspiring women and families who may be suffering with Postpartum Depression.

This presentation will begin with a viewing of the 40 minute documentary, followed by a Question and Answer Period via Skype with Carla OReilly and Tania Bird, two of the founding members of the Smiling Mask Project. In addition to answering questions, they will share information on how the dream of theSmiling MaskProject was born; the MotherFirst Initiative in Saskatchewan (MotherFirst Working group, MotherFirst Report and Maternal Mental Health Day proclamation), as well as giving a brief overview ofBehind the Mask-Trust, Adjust and Transform Your life.


In 2008 the Smiling Mask Team (Carla OReilly, Elita Paterson and Tania Bird) sparked a healing wave of empathy when together they Co-Authored, The Smiling Mask-Truths about Postpartum Depression and Parenthood. With a mission to provide awareness, acceptance and understanding of postpartum difficulties, they have become awareness advocates and have destroyed the mask of PPD encouraging families across the nation to come forward and use their voices to destroy this silent and secretive illness!

In 2011, the team came together again to share their healing journeys with the release of their second book, Behind the Mask-Trust, Adjust and Transform your life!

Behind the Mask, is a wellness workbook that encourages anyone struggling with mental illness to use the tools of the self awareness, forgiveness, acceptance and love to move forward and begin to transform their lives.

The teams tireless work in the area of mental health advocacy has been recognized by receiving the2010 YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the Circle of Friends category along with the National Canadian Association Family Resource Program Legacy Award for outstanding work in the area of mental illness.

In 2014 the team celebrated a long awaited victory at May 7th was proclaimed Maternal Mental Health Day in Saskatchewan.

D-3 Sleep and mental health

Lise Arseneault Carrier

Karine Provencher

The presentation will focus on normal sleep and various sleep disorders associated with mental health problems. The sleep laboratory of the CHU Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont works with patients who have trouble sleeping by administering outpatient tests (Level III) and laboratory tests (Level I), under the direction of Dr. Matthew Gaudet, MD , FRCPC, pulmonologist.


Lise Arseneault Carrier has been a respiratory therapist at the CHU Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont for the past 5 years. She has worked in the sleep lab since its inception in October 2011, and she received theoretical and technical training at the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine and Technology in Atlanta, USA as well as an internship at the CHUM Htel-Dieu in Montreal.

Karine Provencher has been a respiratory therapist at the CHU Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont for the past 7 years. She first worked at the CHUL of Quebec and has been in New Brunswick since 2007. She has been working at the sleep lab since August 2012 and she received theoretical and technical training at the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine and Technology in Atlanta, USA as well as an internship at the CHUM Htel-Dieu in Montreal.

E-1 Technological trends, behavioral tracking, and implications for social responsibility tools in gambling

Mark Griffiths, Professor of Gambling Studies, Nottingham Trent University

Technology has changed the nature of gambling practices over the last decade and is continuing to do so. This paper briefly overviews what I believe are the ten most notable changes and trends that the gambling studies field is witnessing as a consequence of the impact of technology. The talk briefly examines and review the psychological implications concerning the: (i) feminization of remote gambling, (ii) increase in numbers of digital natives, (iii) increase of empirical research into remote gambling (particularly internet gambling, (iv) increase in mobile gaming, (v) increase in technological advertising and marketing of gambling, (vi) increase in gambling via social networking sites, (vii) increase in gambling convergence and cross-fertilization of technologies, (viii) emergence of new type(s) of problem gambling, (ix) increase in online help and therapy for problem gamblers, and (x) increase in use of behavioral tracking data. The talk will concentrate on the use of behavioral tracking technologies and evaluate the positives and negatives and the implications for problem gambling screening tools and the development of tools for player protection.


Dr. Mark Griffiths is a Chartered Psychologist and Professor of Gambling Studies at the Nottingham Trent University, and Director of the International Gaming Research Unit. He has spent over 28 years in the field is internationally known for his work into gaming and gambling. He has published over 450 refereed research papers, three books, over 120 book chapters and over 1000 other articles. He has served on numerous national and international committees and gambling charities (e.g. National Chair of GamCare, Society for the Study of Gambling, Gamblers Anonymous General Services Board, National Council on Gambling, etc.). He has won 14 national and international awards for his work including the John Rosecrance Prize (1994), CELEJ Prize (1998), Joseph Lister Prize (2004) and the US National Council on Problem Gambling Lifetime Research Award (2013). He also does a lot of freelance journalism and has appeared on over 2500 radio and television programs.

[email protected]

E-2 Intention, Attention, Awareness, & Attitude: Training for Mental Health and Resilience

William A. Cook

This presentation will make the link between Mindfulness (Intention, Attention, Awareness, & Attitude) and Mental Health and Well-being, and how specific practices can alter brain structure and function and foster self-compassion and resilience in the face of addiction and mental health challenges.


William A. Cook graduated from Queens University Medical School, Kingston, Ontario, and completed his training in plastic surgery at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Cooks interest in bioethics resulted in the development of a bioethics service at River Valley Health in New Brunswick where he practices and in the completion of a Ph.D. in bioethics from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Dr. Cook practiced Plastic Surgery in Fredericton for 25 years and from 2005 2009 was VP Medicine at River Valley Health. He continues to be active in the now Regional bioethics service and in his current MindBody Medicine practice with a central focus on mindfulness and conscious living.

E-3 Anti-alcohol drugs

Dr. Frank Lord

The reinforcements have arrived!!!

After almost 80 years since the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, patients with an alcohol use disorder will receive long awaited reinforcements: the ANTI-ALCOHOL DRUGS. Resulting from modern technology, the ANTI-ALCOHOL DRUGS now allow you to treat the alcohol use disorder as you would treat many other diseases, that is to say by adding a strong pharmacological component. You already know and use several "anti-disease" drugs with great success (antibiotics, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-parkinsonian, anticonvulsants, antipsychotics, antidepressants, etc) and well, it's time to add to your arsenal the ANTI-ALCOHOL DRUGS to better help more of your patients and to hopefully cure some.

Biography of the speaker

BSc in Physics and Mathematics Universit de Moncton in 1981

Ph.D. in Family Medicine Universit de Sherbrooke in 1987

Diversified practice over the years, including:

Director of the Emergency Department at CHU Georges-L. Dumont, Moncton, NB

Universit de Moncton (Student Services physician)

Dorchester Federal Penitentiary, NB (methadone clinic doctor)

Consultant for Veterans Affairs of Canada (disability evaluation)

Founding physician of a pain clinic for patients at high risk of opioid addiction

Consultant for WorkSafe NB for patient with long-term opioid treatments

Founding physician of an outpatient clinic for patients with alcohol dependence

Staff physician at the Southeast Addiction Center "detox", Moncton, NB (since 1999)

Closing Conference Keynote

Behavioural addictions Past, present and future

Mark Griffiths, Professor of Gambling Studies, Nottingham Trent University

Behavioural addiction has become a topic of increasing research interest. There is now a growing movement that views a number of behaviours as potentially addictive including many that do not involve the ingestion of a drug (such as gambling, sex, exercise, work, videogame playing and social networking). The last decade has witnessed a significant increase in the number of empirical studies examining various aspects of behavioural addiction and video game addiction. This paper begins with a brief past history of how research into behavioural addiction has changed over the last few decades. This paper argues that all addictions consist of a number of distinct common components (salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict and relapse). The paper argues that addictions are a part of a biopsychosocial process and evidence is growing that excessive behaviours of all types do seem to have many commonalities. It is argued that an eclectic approach to the studying of addictive behaviour appears to be the most pragmatic way forward in the field. Such commonalities may have implications not only for treatment of such behaviours but also for how the general public perceives such behaviours. The paper concludes by looking at the trends in the field and a somewhat speculative examination of what the future of behavioural addiction might be.


Dr. Mark Griffiths is a Chartered Psychologist and Professor of Gambling Studies at the Nottingham Trent University, and Director of the International Gaming Research Unit. He has spent over 28 years in the field is internationally known for his work into gaming and gambling. He has published over 450 refereed research papers, three books, over 120 book chapters and over 1000 other articles. He has served on numerous national and international committees and gambling charities (e.g. National Chair of GamCare, Society for the Study of Gambling, Gamblers Anonymous General Services Board, National Council on Gambling, etc.). He has won 14 national and international awards for his work including the John Rosecrance Prize (1994), CELEJ Prize (1998), Joseph Lister Prize (2004) and the US National Council on Problem Gambling Lifetime Research Award (2013). He also does a lot of freelance journalism and has appeared on over 2500 radio and television programs.

[email protected]

Lunch time Yoga Sessions

Yoga as Self-Care

Nancy Burkhart

This experiential session provides an introduction to a Kripalu-based yoga practice. The focus will be on developing compassionate, non-judgmental self-awareness through breath work and postures. It is designed to foster the mind-body connection. This practice is suitable for both beginners and individuals with some yoga experience. Please bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing that allows for movement. You may also wish to bring a light blanket for final relaxation at the end of the session.


Nancy Burkhart was born and raised in Southern Ontario. She came to New Brunswick in the fall of 1986 to study art at Mount Allison University in Sackville. She received her BFA (printmaking, drawing, and sculpture) in 1989. She decided to return to the Maritimes after graduation and currently lives in Jolicure, New Brunswick.

Nancy has practiced yoga for several years and as her own experience deepened she became increasingly aware of the therapeutic benefits of her practice. She received her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Certification in June 2013 from the Kripalu School of Yoga near Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She also has 40 hours additional training in Trauma Sensitive Yoga. She continues to participate in various yoga workshops whenever she has the opportunity. Her hope is that yoga will one day become an integral part of Canada's health care system.

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Yoga Dance

Susan Duquette

Yoga Dance is a fun way to dance using gentle yoga moves & moving meditation to energize you and help free the mind. The class ends with a relaxation, all done to music. No experience is necessary; bring comfortable clothing and yourself, thats all thats needed.


Susan Duquette is a certified Let Your Yoga Dance teacher & long time yoga participant. She trained at the Kripalu Centre for Yoga in Lenox, Mass. Her dancing experience also comes from coaching Figure Skating for 27 years. She is presently working as a healing practitioner, using Reiki and Therapeutic Touch & is a Reiki Master Teacher. This fall she is offering Let Your Yoga Dance classes along with Elly Gallant.


2014 Annual Addiction and Mental Health Conference


Meet and Greet for clients

Wednesday October 23rd 2014

Ladies and Gentlemen with lived experience: Join us from 6:30 to 8:30pm as we meet to share inspiring recovery stories. Event will take place at the Crystal Palace Convention Centre.

If you have any questions regarding this event or to register, please feel free to contact Petrea Taylor at [email protected].


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