Open lectures to be provided by the joint initiative between ISSUP Ukraine, ISSUP Kazakhstan, and ITTC Ukraine. Language: Russian Duration: 1.5 hours This series of lectures aims to bring together professionals from Central Asian region to discuss the topic of substance use disorders. They will cover basic topics on the main principles of understanding of substance use disorders, evidence-based backgrounds on the effective treatment and interventions of SUDs. Information presented during the lectures will be based on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC). Objective is to highlight the possible reasons of SUDs related developments and bring professional and public attention to these important matters. The aim is to improve basic knowledge in addictions and to use the records of these lectures in educational process of academic institutions in the future. The following themes will be covered in the webinar which will be led by a panel of experts: Lecture 1: on September 20th, 2022 5 am UK time/ 10 am Kazakhstan time/7 am Ukraine time Moderator: Nadezhda Cherchenko Title of presentation Speakers • Understanding of substance use disorders (SUDs) • Name: Igor Koutsenok • Position: MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry Director, Center for Criminality & Addiction Research, Training & Application Director, International Technology Transfer Center – Ukraine, Vice President, International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction • Email address: ikoutzenok@ucsd.edu • Patricularities of the new psychoactive substances (NPS) use clinical symptoms and difficulties of the therapy • Name: Manshuk Zhaksylykova • Position: Head of the Department of Medical correction, Pavlodar branch of the RSPCMH, Kazakhstan. • Email address: m.zhaksylykova@mentalcenter.kz • Q&A Lecture 2: on September 27th, 2022 8 am UK time/1 pm Kazakhstan time/10 am Ukraine time Moderator: Nadezhda Cherchenko Title of presentation Speakers • Screening and brief interventions • Name: Yulia Yachnik • Position: University Clinic of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor psychologist • Email address: yuliaya4nik@gmail.com • The effectiveness of short-term psychotherapeutic interventions in drug treatment services • Name: Lessya Biketova • Position: Candidate of psychology, Head of the “Department of scientific management and education”, Pavlodar branch of the RSPCMH, Kazakhstan. • Email address: spatifillum@mail.ru • Q&A Lecture 3: on October 4th, 2022 8 am UK time/1 pm Kazakhstan time /10 am Ukraine time Moderator: Nadezhda Cherchenko Title of presentation Speakers • Quality Assurance for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services • Name: Irina Pinchuk • Position: Prof., MD, PhD, Director, Institute of Psychiatry of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, Country Director, International Technology Transfer Center - Ukraine Head of ISSUP Ukraine National Chapter • Email address: irina.pinchuk0311@gmail.com • Medical and social rehabilitation of drug addicts • Name: Madi Tokanov • Position: senior doctor Pavlodar branch of the RSPCMH, Kazakhstan. • Email address: m.tokanov@mentalcenter.kz • Q&A Lecture 4: on October 11th, 2022 5 am UK time/ 10 am Kazakhstan time/7 am Ukraine time Moderator: Nadezhda Cherchenko Title of presentation Speakers • Comorbidity of mental health disorders and SUDs • Name: Igor Koutsenok • Position: MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry Director, Center for Criminality & Addiction Research, Training & Application Director, International Technology Transfer Center – Ukraine, Vice President, International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction • Email address: koutzenok@health.ucsd.edu • Psychotic Disorders with NPS Use: Differential Diagnostic Challenges • Name: Mariya Prilutskaya • Position: PhD, assistant of Department of Personalized Medicine and Pediatrics, Pavlodar Branch of Semey Medical University, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan • Email address: mariyapril2407@gmail.com • Q&A
