4 WADD WORLD CONGRESS
Morocco, October 19-21, 2020
Integrating Psychiatry and Mental Health in the Neuroscience context

SAVE THE DATE!
YOU CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM!

The WADD, in conjunction with the Moroccan Private Psychiatrists Association and the Moroccan Association of Addictology, convene you to the 4th WADD Congress, to discuss on Dual Disorders, psychiatry and addictions, on the theme: “Integrating Psychiatry and Mental Health in the Neuroscience context”.

This meeting has had to adapt to the current restrictions imposed on all of us by the COVID19 pandemic.

The Congress will be organized in three Zoom meetings, during those days, of three hours each.

We will try to chose times which are suitable for all participating countries.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME. COMING SOON!

We will keep you informed.

WEBINAR WADD: Dual Disorders Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic Time.  May 28th, 2020

RECORDED WEBINAR AVAILABLE NOW!

 

With regard to the current situation, the World Association on Dual Disorders (WADD) decided to hold a webinar with the title “Webinar WADD: Dual Disorder Patients during COVID-19 pandemic time”, which took the opportunity to get together partners from different parts of the World, discussing challenges and other perspectives regarding patients with dual disorders during COVID-19 Pandemic Time. If you were not able to attend the webinar on May 28th now you can have access to the recorder version (see below).

 WADD REGIONAL MEETING 
NOVEMBER 16-20 2020 VIRTUAL
Official language: Spanish

 

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the National Congress of the Spanish Society on Dual Disorders will be virtual. If you are Spanish Speaker, don´t miss the opportunity to participate in this congress from you home!

 

                                  

It is with much regret that we announce that Professor Michel Reynaud, good friend of WADD and of all of us, has passed away on June 27, 2020 at the age of 70 years.

One of the leading founders of addictology as a medical and psychiatric discipline in France, Professor Reynaud devoted his professional career to the promotion and advancement of the neuroscience behind both substance and behavioral addictions. Read more

NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES OF WADD

It is a pleasure to inform you we have more than 20 NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES OF WADD. Please see all the countries at the website by clicking here

Did you already create a scientific committee in your country? If not, we encourage you to send your proposal to create A NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

National Committees should be conformed by relevant opinion leaders in the mental and addiction field, working in research centers, universities and health care system.

The aims of the scientific committee will be:

• Promote and share WADD activities within their country
• Promote, publicize and encourage in their country activities connected to WADD
• Inform in which situation DD is in their respective country.
• Advice and guide the Executive Committee on activities or initiatives which could take place in their country.
• Propose to the Executive Committee for their evaluation, policies and activities to carry out in their country.
• Apply and present bids to organize WADD World or Regional Congresses

These proposal should be submitted to the WADD’s Secretariat at secretariat@worlddualdisorders.org and will be evaluated by the WADD Executive Committee.

WADD WORKING GROUPS 

• RESOURCES AND APPROACHES TO TREAT DUAL DISORDERS PATIENTS chaired by Celia Franco (Portugal)
• HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO PRISONERS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS chaired by Gabrielle Fischer (Austria)
• PRECISION PSYCHIATRY chaired by Nestor Szerman (Spain)
• EFFICACIOUS TREATMENT APROACHES FOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WITH MOOD DISORDERS chaired by Kun- Hua Lee (Taiwan)
• BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS chaired by Yatan Pal Singh Balhara (India)

We encourage our members to present a candidature for the next congresses of WADD

• WADD World and Regional Congresses should be organized by a National Scientific Committee of WADD and supported by a National Scientific Society
• WADD will not financially support the congresses.
• 10% of the incomes of international registrations of the WADD Congresses will be donated to WADD

For more information please contact us at secretariat@dualdisorders.org 

WADD SURVEY- reminder 

World Association on Dual Disorders (WADD) is carrying out this ONLINE SURVEY to help understand the treatment needs and service delivery related aspects for persons with dual disorders (i.e. addictive disorder occurring together with other mental disorder).

It will take about ten minutes to answer these questions.

The information provided by you shall be used for research and publication purposes in an anonymized form.

Please, remember your answer is very important to WADD.

We thank you for participating in this study.

Join the World Association on Dual Disorders and address the future role of the “Dual Disorders” concept at a worldwide/international level.
Annual membership fee: 25 $  

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