Addiction Psychiatry & Pain
Management Focus of Silver Hill Seminar
The latest developments in Addiction Psychiatry, the use of
painkillers and the management of chronic pain, are the focus
of the Spring Seminar at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan,
Conn. Featuring presentations by five prominent experts in
their fields, the seminar is co-sponsored by the New York University
Department of Psychiatry, the American Academy of Addiction
Psychiatry, and Silver Hill.
Marc Galanter, M.D., a Professor
of Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center, will
present research on Healing Through Social and Spiritual
Affiliation. Roger Weiss, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry
at Harvard Medical School, will discuss Substance Abuse and
Mood Disorders. Henry R. Kranzler, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry
at the University of Connecticut Health Center will address
Recent Developments in Pharmacotherapy and Alcoholism. Dual
Diagnosis (the combination of a psychiatric and an addictive
disorder) is the topic of Richard Rosenthal, M.D., Chairman,
Department of Psychiatry at St. Luke’s
Roosevelt Hospital Center. David Haddox, M.D., Vice President,
Health Policy, Purdue Pharma, L.P., will discuss The Interface
of Pain and Addiction and describe the latest pharmaceutical
developments in pain management.
According to Dr. Richard Frances,
President and Medical Director of Silver Hill, “No group of patients suffers more than
those with both addiction and psychiatric problems, including
pain management. The Spring Seminar brings together five national
experts in the dual diagnosis field to discuss these pressing
issues. The event is a complement to last year’s extremely
well received symposium in which a different panel of speakers
addressed the same topic.” The presentations at Silver
Hill will be published in a special supplement of the American
Journal on Addiction in July 2003, with an introduction by
Dr. Frances.
Located at 208 Valley Road in New Canaan, Silver Hill Hospital
is a nationally recognized behavioral health and substance
abuse treatment center, providing a full range of treatment
for adults and adolescents. Included are inpatient, partial
hospital, halfway houses and outpatient programs.#
For registration or further information, contact Bridgette
Guida, Community Outreach Coordinator at (203) 966-3561, extension
2509.
