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    January 2018 Luncheon - “Addiction: What It Is and What It Isn't”

    • Friday, January 12, 2018
    • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (UTC-05:00)
    • Cover 3, 2700 W. Anderson Lane
    • 24

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    • Attend Luncheon ONLY. No Lunch, No CEUs
    • This includes all clinicians or students (not coming for the 1st time) who are non-members.
    • This includes all clinicians or students (not coming for the 1st time) who are non-members.
    • This includes all clinicians or students (not coming for the 1st time) who are non-members.

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      January 2018 AAMFT Luncheon Topic  

    Addiction: What It Is and What It Isn't

    Presenter: Daniel Hochman, MD

    Dr. Daniel Hochman is a psychiatrist and creator of SelfRecovery.org, an online addiction program that takes people on a deep and systematic journey to understand themselves so fully that they can transform from the inside out. He developed this after working and consulting for several addiction facilities where he recognized the limitations in our current system. He serves as President of Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility, and has a private practice in Austin, Texas with a focus on therapy and holistic care.

    Presentation Objectives: 

    • Understand the inaccurate information about addiction that continues to circulate the entire field
    • Understand how that inaccurate information can actually cause harm
    • Learn the beginnings of addiction, and how they develop into adulthood
    • Become familiar with the most evidence-based approaches to treat addiction
    • Discuss questions and difficult cases

    Presentation Description: 

    This presentation will provide an encompassing, but easy to understand summary of what the latest neuroscience research tells us about how to conceptualize addiction. 

    We will start with a fundamental understanding of what misconceptions exist that perpetuate stigma and relapse-prone treatment. Then we will cover the best known studies that inform the most effective and constructive ways of understanding what drives the psychology and behaviors of substance use disorders and process addictions. Finally, the presentation will provide an approach that puts this all together in a simple framework that is founded in evidence-based care and shown to lead to the best rates of remission of substance use disorder. 

    This presentation is designed to be useful for all levels of training and experience.


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