Presentations by the World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Pre-Conference Speaker(s)

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  Alf Martin Haraldsen, MD

  General practitioner
  Private
• 

  Alexander Kantchelov, MD

  Director
  The Kantchelov Clinic
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  Andrej Kastelic, PhD

  Head
  Center for TRX Drug Addiction, University Psichyatric Hospital Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU
• PK

  Peter Krajci, MD, PhD

  Medical Advisor
  Department of Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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  Francesco Lamanna, MD

  chief
  SERD PISA USL TOSCANA NORD-OVEST
• 

  Nusa Segrec, MD, PhD

  Psychiatrist
  University Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana, Centre for Treatment of Drug Addiction
• 

  Peter Vossenberg, MD

  specialist in addiction medicine president, Dutch Society of Addiction Medicine
  Tactus VVGN (Dutch Society of Addiction Medicine)
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  Thomas Clausen, MD, PhD

  Head of research centre and Professor
  University of Oslo, Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research

An update regarding the clinical approach to the treatment of Opioid Dependence in Europe.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the work of the World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence.
• Explain the field of addiction treatment from different countries (Europe, Asia, US).
• Interpret prevention, educational/psychosocial approaches and medical treatments according to different cultures and settings.