addiction

Webinar: Identifying and Mitigating Liability Risks for Excessive Gambling Behaviour

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Webinar

This webinar will provide an overview of casinos’ potential liability in negligence for contributing to the risk of excessive gambling, with comparisons to the well-established liability of licensed alcohol providers.

Risk factors include game design, loyalty programs, and an absence of harm-limiting mechanisms.

Webinar: Gambling and Public Health in Ontario

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Webinar

Gambling is related to many public health outcomes.

In this webinar, Dr Elton-Marshall will provide recent findings from several studies exploring the extent to which gambling relates to behavioural addictions, substance use, bullying, and physical activity among adolescents in Ontario.

NAADAC 2020 Annual Conference

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Washington, D.C.
United States

NAADAC invites you to attend the virtual 2020 Annual Conference: Learn, Connect, Succeedfrom September 24 - 26, 2020 right from your home or office!

This year's conference will feature trainings in these five subject tracks:

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International Certified Addiction Professional (ICAP) Webinar

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Do you want the substance use professionals in your area to receive the International Certified Addiction Professional (ICAP) credential? This webinar discusses how you can host testing for the ICAP certificates at your University. In this...

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study

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The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study is an ongoing longitudinal study funded by the U.S. National Institute on Health. This link provides updates on the study as it learns about how the brain transitions from childhood to...

Counselling Approaches to Addiction

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Bradford

The link between drugs, alcohol and mental health is well established. As counsellors many of us have seen clients dependent on substances or even behaviours. But how do we work with these issues safely in private practice or a general counselling service? Can understanding how