The European Center for Peace and Development of the University for Peace established by the United Nations (ECPD), Belgrade in the framework of the ECPD International Program of Transfer of Knowledge System, in cooperation with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità of Italy, National School of Public Health of Greece, South-Eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN), Croatian Medical Association - Society for Alcoholism and Other Addictions, Office for Combating Drugs of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the ECPD International Center for Integrative Medicine, organizes

 

XV ECPD INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST SCHOOL

LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS IN PREVENTION, THERAPY
AND REHABILITATION OF ADDICTIVE DISEASES
with the main topic

ADDICTION AND VIOLENCE –

THE ROLE OF FAMILY AND SOCIETY

Pula/Brioni, 23 – 24 May 2024

ECPD Regional Center for Development Studies (Flaciusova 18)

 

The European Center for Peace and Development UN University for Peace organizes this School with the aim to direct the focus to all modalities and aspects of addiction, as well as to bring together experts from various fields - physicians, psychologists, social workers, special pedagogues, lawyers, criminologists and other professionals, who will enable a more extensive exchange of experience, as well as provide the latest knowledge, practical and scientific achievements in the areas of prevention, treatment and integral rehabilitation of addictive diseases.

The school is internationally and nationally accredited. By the Health Council of Serbia the Program is accredited as a National Seminar of the 1st category with 12 points for lecturers and 6 points for participants. The School's accreditation number is A-1-199/24.

President of the School Council is Prof. Dr. Slavica Đukić Dejanović, Minister of Education in the Government of the Republic of Serbia and Professor of the ECPD UN University for Peace, Director of the School is Prof. Dr. Zoran Zoričić, Head of the Reference Center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia for Addictions, Director of the Clinic for Alcoholism and Other Addictions of KBC "Sestre Milosrdnice", Zagreb and President of the Croatian Society for Addiction, and Co-director is Prof. Dr. Petar Nastasić, Professor of the ECPD UN University for Peace.

The traditional professional approach to addictions from the aspects of prevention, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation is justified by the interest of the participants, the variety of thematic approaches and, above all, multidisciplinarity. The leading topic of this year's program refers to "Addictive diseases and violence - the role of family and society", i.e. the phenomenon of addiction and aggression, based on the fact that these significant public health and social problems continue to represent one of the leading professional challenges for health professionals, educators, social workers and other professions.

The leading topic is supported by the fact that social policies and social trends of all modern countries foster a tendency towards zero tolerance for violence and in their strategic documents pay special attention to procedures and activities in the field of addiction prevention, since of the many negative outcomes of substance abuse and addiction, violence certainly represents one of those that have significant consequences for families, communities and society as a whole. It should be borne in mind that without psychological, social and spiritual progress of the personality, there is no stable abstinence, as well as harmonious relationships within the family and society, and the overall development of the personality also implies mastering the individual's own aggressiveness, and contributes to more harmonious social relations.

The goal of this year's School is, in accordance with the above, a modern explanation of the biopsychosociological context of addiction, an understanding of the dynamics of relationships within the family, i.e. the cause-and-effect connection between the phenomena of addiction and aggression, the contribution of the so-called new addictions (behavioral) to peer and family violence, motivational interviewing techniques, as well as individual and group therapy. In addition to the education of addiction experts for working with aggression through lectures, training workshops and examples of good practice, the goal of the School is to further motivate addiction experts, as well as other paramedical experts, to work in this area through education on psychotherapeutic and sociotherapeutic interventions, which would, through the strengthening of professional competences, make them more resistant to the problem of burnout in working with individuals and families in the problem of both addiction as well as peer and family violence.

In summary, attention will be focused on presenting and increasing the visibility of peer and family violence in connection with addictions, as well as recommendations for better outcomes and adequate responses to this issue. We intend to implement the planned topic through lectures, training workshops, exchange of experience and examples of good practice. Addictions and aggression are accessed through a multidisciplinary approach, and experts of various profiles will be engaged in the school, including doctors, social pedagogues, sociologists, psychologists and other helping professions.

 

Program

The Program of the School includes the following main topics:

·                  Causal-consequential connection between addiction and aggressiveness

·                  Variations in violence with alcohol abuse in relation to drugs

·                  Pathology of marriage in families of addicts and the occurrence of domestic violence in them

·                  Family secrets in families with addict

·                  Internet addiction and digital violence

·                  Therapeutic interventions for adolescent online abusers

·                  Modern technologies in the prevention of violence and addiction

·                  Integral treatment of people with addiction problems and comorbidities

·                  Development of training program: Opioid agonist treatment (OAT)

·                  Prevention of therapist burnout in work with addiction and aggression

·                  Sustainable development goals - UN Agenda 2030 and addiction diseases

·                  Multisectoral approach and decentralization in the field of drug policy

·                  The impact of state interventions on the prevalence of addiction

·                  Practical aspects of cooperation between healthcare, social services and non-governmental organizations and other current topics.

 

Lecturers

·          Prof. Dr. Zoran Zoričić, Head of the Reference Center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia for Addictions, Director of the Clinic for Alcoholism and Other Addictions of KBC "Sestre Milosrdnice", Zagreb and President of the Croatian Society for Addiction

·       Prof. Dr. Slavica Đukić Dejanović, Minister of Education in the Government of the Republic of Serbia and Professor of the ECPD UN University for Peace

·       Prof. Dr. Petar Nastasić, Professor of the ECPD UN University for Peace, Belgrade

·       Prof. Dr. Mila Goldner Vukov, Member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

·       Prof. Dr. Luca Rosi, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

·       Prof. Dr. Verica Jovanovic, Director of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut"

·       Prof. Dr. Nera Zivlak Radulović, Head of Psychiatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka

·       Prof. Dr. Andrej Kastelic, President of the Global Addiction Association (GAAD) and Head of the Centre for Treatment of Drug Addiction of the University Psychiatric Clinic in Ljubljana

·       Mr. Milan Pekić, Director of the Office for Combating Drugs of the Government of the Republic of Serbia

·       Ass. Prof. Dr. Olivera Vuković, Institute of Mental Health, Belgrade

·       Prof. Dr. Nikša Dubreta, Chair of Department of Sociology, University of Zagreb

·       Ass. Prof. Dr. Erik Brezovec, Department of Sociology - Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb

·       Ass. Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Weisner, ECPD UN University for Peace, Belgrade

·       Ass. Dr. Nuša Šegrec, Centre for Treatment of Drug Addiction of the University Psychiatric Clinic in Ljubljana

 

Certificate

School participants that have successfully completed the School program will obtain an internationally accredited Certificate of the European Center for Peace and Development of the University for Peace established by the United Nations.

 

Application Form and Registration Fee

Registration fee for participation in the School amounts 390 EUR.

Application should be sent to: European Center for Peace and Development UN University for Peace, Terazije 41, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Fax: +381 11 3240 673, +381 11 3234 082; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; www.ecpd.org.rs

 

 

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