[DIV28M] 13th International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors

Dear colleagues;

Mark your calendar for the 13th International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors (ICTAB-13) to be held in Odense, Denmark (the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen) from May 31 – June 4, 2015. Founded in 1979, the ICTAB series brings together clinicians and researchers from the addiction treatment field to explore new science and developments relevant to clinical practice. The theme of ICTAB-13 is "Treating Addictions Where We Find Them: Healthcare, Mental Health, Social Service, and Criminal Justice Settings"

Click here for details about the meeting site, preconference workshops, featured speakers, call for program submissions, and the ICTAB New Investigator Award.

We will be appreciate your spreading the information to your colleagues.

Thank you -

Barbara

Anette Søgaard Nielsen, , Ph.D. Barbara S. McCrady, Ph.D.
Conference Director Conference Co-Director
ansnielsen@health.sdu.dk bmccrady@unm.edu
+dk 2913 5825 505-925-2388
Psykiatrisk afd. Odense, Center on Alcoholism, Substance
RESCueH, J.B. Abuse and Addictions
Winsløws Vej 20, University of New Mexico
Indgang 220B, 5000 Odense C 2650 Yale Blvd. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA00



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[DIV28M] Call for Submissions for 2015 APA Convention

Dear Division 28,

I’d like to remind all members that it is time to start thinking about next year's convention in Toronto (August 6-9, 2015). Please consider submitting a proposal for a symposium, poster or paper, which is due December 1, 2014. We especially welcome symposia that involve both senior and junior scientists because one of our presidential initiatives for 2015 is to increase intergenerational collaboration and communication within Division 28.

If you have an idea for a proposal, but would like help pulling it together, please do not hesitate to contact the 2015 program chair (Matt Weaver, mweaver@mercyhurst.edu). Also, if you have an idea for a collaborative program proposal, we would love to hear it. These proposals are due October 15, 2014 and should fall into one of these seven themes: 1) Competencies at the intersections of diversities, 2) Promises and pitfalls of technology, 3) Disparities in in health, wellness, justice and education, 4) Psychology of work and group dynamics, 5) Emerging areas of science, practice, and education: lifelong training for psychologists, 6) Violence, bullying, victimization and trauma and 7) Embracing interdisciplinarity: reaching out beyond psychology.

 

Please use the following links to help craft you proposal and submit your proposal.

 

Cheers,

 

Matt

 

 

Matthew T. Weaver, Ph.D.

2015 APA Program Chair for Division 28: Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse

Assistant Professor                                                

Department of Psychology

Mercyhurst University

501 East 38th St.

Erie, PA 16546

Phone: 814.824.2733

Email: mweaver@mercyhurst.edu

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[DIV28SUPER] Full Time Research Assistant Position

The ADHERE: Addiction and Health Research Lab in the Department of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth http://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/adhere/ currently has a new position open to assist Drs. Catherine Stanger and Alan Budney in research on the development and evaluation of psychosocial treatments for adolescents.  The primary focus of this position will be an NIH funded project involving a randomized trial of a family based intervention for adolescent marijuana users that includes working memory training (www.cogmed.com).  This position provides excellent experience for persons seeking to build skills necessary for conducting clinical research, and for those planning to apply to graduate or medical school.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

The research assistant will screen potential participants, conduct clinical research interviews and assessments, and serve as a Cogmed (working memory training) coach.

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s degree with a major in one of the Biological or Social Sciences, a minimum of 1 year of relevant clinical human subjects research experience.  A 2-year commitment to the position is preferred. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, responsible, able to work independently, and have great interpersonal and communication skills as well as meticulous attention to detail.

Please email resume to Dr. Stanger to apply: Catherine.stanger@dartmouth.edu

 

 

Catherine Stanger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Rivermill Complex

85 Mechanic Street

Suite B3-1

Lebanon, NH 03766

Catherine.stanger@dartmouth.edu

Cell 501-554-2503

Fax 603-448-5335

 

[DIV28SUPER] Announcement of Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Meeting, March 6-7, 2015, Baltimore, MD--Deadlines Upcoming, Travel Awards Available

Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Meeting

March 6-7, 2015

Baltimore MD

Hotel Monaco Baltimore

 

The annual mid-year meeting of the Society of Addiction Psychology (SoAP), Division 50 of the American Psychological Association, features numerous opportunities for examining new frontiers in the assessment and treatment of addiction, as well as the evolving nature of addiction within the broader context of societal and policy changes.  We intend for the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction meeting to provide a forum for the presentation of novel findings and new ideas for collaboration from research-to-practice-to-policy. The theme of the 2015 Division 50 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction meeting is “Changing Landscapes of Addiction: Use, Assessment, and Treatment.” Submissions are being solicited for ½ day workshop sessions, 75 minute symposium sessions, and poster presentations. 

 

For more information, visit the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction website.

 

[DIV28SUPER] Fw: [CP] Winter Conference on Animal Learning & Behavior 2015

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Subject: [CP] Winter Conference on Animal Learning & Behavior 2015

 

 

In 2015 the Winter Conference on Animal Learning & Behavior will convene in Winter Park, Colorado from Saturday evening, January 31^st with departure Wednesday morning, February 4^th.  If you are interested in attending WCALB 2015 please send your small refundable deposit by October 31, 2014 so we know how many condominiums to reserve.  See instructions under "Deposits" section below.

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

 

An Animal Model of Human Gambling Behavior

 

Tom Zentall

University of Kentucky

 

Abstract--Humans buying lottery tickets are engaging in an activity that generally leads to losing money. Although animals are purported to engage in optimal foraging behavior and should be sensitive to the overall probability or amount of reinforcement, they can exhibit similar suboptimal behavior. This appears to result from the strong conditioned reinforcement associated with a stimulus always followed by reinforcement but little conditioned inhibition associated with the absence of reinforcement. Similarly, human gamblers tend to overvalue wins and undervalue losses. Other parallels to human gambling behavior have been found with pigeons.  Pigeons on a less restricted diet show a reduced tendency to choose suboptimally, as do pigeons with enriched social experience. This animal model may provide a useful analog to human gambling behavior -- one that is free from the influence of human culture, language, social reinforcement, and other experiential biases that may encourage human gambling.

 

 

Thomas Zentall is DiSilvestro Professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky, Fellow in the Society of Experimental Psychologists and was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Université de Lille, France. Dr. Zentall received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He has served as President of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Eastern Psychological Association, Comparative Cognition Society as well as Governing Board Chair of the Psychonomic Society.

 

FOCUS SESSION

 

Decision Making and Suboptimal Choice

 

The format is presentations (up to 25-minutes) with extended discussion among participants in a Research Seminar Session chaired by Tom Zentall that concludes the Conference.  Let me (sweiss@american.edu) know if you would like to join this session.

 

WCALB Focus sessions have been concerned with:

 

            Operant/Classical Conditioning:  Comparisons and Interactions (2014)*

            Pharmacological History & the Control & Expression of Learning & Behavior (2013)

Theory of Mind:  Current Status of the Controversy (2012)

Bi-directional Links Between Obesity & Learning & Memory Dysfunction (2011)

Rational Rats:  Causal Inference and Reality Monitoring (2010)*

Economic Demand, Reinforcer Essential Value and Drug Addiction (2009)

Remembering and Anticipating Events in Time (2008)

Modeling Data: From Description & Significance to Behavior & Theories (2007)

The Question of Animal Consciousness and Cognition (2006)

Choice in Humans and other Animals (2005)

Associative Mechanisms and Drug-Related Behavior (2004)*

Learning, Choice and Context Effects (2003).

 

*The 2004 & 2010 Focus Sessions were, and the 2014 will be, published as Special Issues of the International Journal of Comparative Psychology.

 

MEETING, WINTER PARK AND ACCOMMODATIONS

 

The Winter Conference is a friendly and informal meeting that provides an opportunity to combine intensive, scientifically rigorous discussions – related to animal learning and behavior broadly defined -- with skiing at one of Colorado's premier ski areas, Winter Park.  See website (http://www.american.edu/cas/psychology/wcalb/index.cfm) for breadth of WCALB paper sessions that reflect participants' research interests.  All participants are invited to make a presentation and suggest topics.  Graduate students are welcome and can present with their advisor's endorsement.

 

There is downhill skiing for all skill levels, up to double black diamond, as well as excellent cross-country skiing in the Arapaho National Forest, Devil's Thumb and Snow Mountain Ranch.  The majestic snow-covered Rockies in winter are breathtaking.

 

The all inclusive cost for registration, four days in a shared Snowblaze condominium, an opening buffet reception and dinner at a fine Winter Park restaurant is only $375/person or $750/couple (couples have their own room, usually with private bath, in a condo).  The Snowblaze is located in Winter Park near restaurants and shops.  It has an excellent health club with sauna, steam room, hot tub, pool, weight room and handball courts.  All units have complete kitchens.

 

If available, a family can have an entire 2-bedroom condominium unit for $1,125 plus $115 for each person over three. The 2-bedroom units each sleep up to six people if a convertible sofa in the living room is used.  All family members are invited to the opening buffet reception, Conference dinner and sessions.

 

DEPOSITS

 

We will be in the Colorado Rockies in prime ski season.  Therefore, condominiums need to be reserved early.  If you think you would like to attend WCALB 2015, please let me (sweiss@american.edu) know ASAP by e-mail and send your refundable (until November 30) deposit ($50 per person, $100 per couple, $200 per family) by October 31, 2014.  This will help insure a place for you in our limited number of reserved condominiums.  Make checks out to me with "WCALB 2015" in the lower left corner.  Final payment is due November 30, 2014. 

 

Please send your payment to:

 

Stanley Weiss, Convener

Winter Conference on Animal Learning & Behavior

Department of Psychology

American University

Washington, DC 20016

 

We will do our best to include late registrants in the Conference, but often they have had to pay substantially more for their accommodations because our reserved condominiums are full.  Therefore, if you are interested in attending the Conference let me know soon and send your refundable (until November 30) deposit.  A CALL for presentations will go out to registered participants in early December.  If you have any questions or suggestions, contact me at sweiss@american.edu.

 

We hope to see you in Winter Park!

 

Stan

 

Stanley J. Weiss

Professor of Experimental Psychology Emeritus

American University

Washington, D. C. 20016

 Phone:  301-656-3454

Fax:  202-885-1023

e-mail:  sweiss@american.edu

[DIV28M] APA Presidential Election

Dear Division 28 Members,

I encourage you to vote in the upcoming APA Presidential Election if you have not done so already. The list of candidates is listed here:
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/05/candidates.aspx and the login link to vote online is here: https://my.apa.org/apa/idm/login.seam?ERIGHTS_TARGET=/apa/portal/home.seam.

The Executive Committee of Division 28 is currently endorsing Dr. Susan McDaniel. She has been very involved in major health care reform, promotes the need for evidence-based care, and supports the scientific divisions of APA. Dr. McDaniel is an expert on integrated health care and current Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester. She has a long history of professional service within both APA and family medicine, a number of leadership and mentoring awards, and has an impressive publication record.

Thank you in advance for participating in APA governance.

Sincerely,
Ellen Walker, PhD
President, Division 28

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[DIV28SUPER] NYTimes: Dire Warnings by Big Tobacco on E-Smoking

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/business/dire-warnings-by-big-tobacco-on-e-smoking-.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad

The tobacco industry's giants are putting health warnings on e-cigarettes that outstrip both those on traditional cigarettes and those on e-cigarettes made by smaller competitors, leaving public health officials skeptical about the companies' intent.


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