SYMPOSIUM ON DRUG ADDICTION

A seminar symposium on drug addiction will be held at Sugarland Hotel
in Bacolod City on Sept. 18 to 22.

The project it is being initiated by the Bacolod City Anti-Drug Abuse
Council in cooperation with the Philippine College of Addiction Medicine
and the Philippine Association of Dangerous Drugs Board Accredited
Physicians Inc. The symposium title is "Trainors Training Re: Intensified
Anti-Drug Program in Bacolod City". It is patterned after the
120-hour lecture series with 128-hour practicum of the PADDBAPI-PCAM
Syllabus on Drug Addiction, Dr. Antonio Gauzon, Course Director and PCAM
president said yesterday.

Gauzon who is also the chairman of the Committee on Drug Education,
Bacolod City Anti-Drug Abuse Council, said the seminar will be
attended by teachers, guidance counselors, social workers and
barangay captains in Negros Occidental, who will be trained and given
lectures on several topics concerning drug addiction. To be
discussed are Theories of Substance Abuse and Dependence;
Neurobiology of Substance Abuse and Dependence; Substances of Abuse;
Medical Sequelae of Substance Abuse and Dependence; Republic Act 9165
and Related Laws; Interview and Mental Status Examination; Diagnosis
and Classification; Dual Diagnosis; Children at Risk and Diagnostic
Laboratory;

Acute Crisis Intervention and Detoxification; Withdrawal; Individual,
Group, Family Theraphies; Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies; Other
Psychosocial, Spiritual, Behavioral Approaches; After Care and
Follow-up; Dealing with non-compliance; Out-patient; Prevention,
Education and Relapse, Community Involvement and Related Programs and
RA 9344 or Juvenile Offender Act.

Gauzon said the participants will also visit several venues such as
REACH Drug Rehabilitation; Bacolod City Mental Health; Victorias City
Drug Rehabilitation Center; Social Development Center; Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology; Bacolod City police office and Bacolod City
Parole and Probation.*DMG