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Primary Care - Dual Diagnosis, Addiction and Behavior

Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas

7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Conference
from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
January 5 - 12, 2013

BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.

14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
14 Contact Hours

Course Fee:
Physicians and other Doctoral Level Degrees - $695
All Others - $450

Course Fee Cancellation Policy:
30 days or more - None; 7-29 days - 50%; less than 7 days - 100%

Faculty

Dr. Joseph Beltempo, Ph.D. Psychologist
Dr. Beltempo is currently an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department of Concordia University (Montreal), teaching courses spanning the spectrum of clinical and research areas; prior to his recent appointment to this position, he had served as a Lecturer in the Psychology Department since 1984. His clinical training was in Gestalt and Cognitive psychology at the University of Montreal. His approach takes into account the holistic (systemic) ways reflecting Native cultural perspectives together with contemporary clinical psychology. Since 1982, Dr. Beltempo, senior clinical psychologist, has been working for Kahnawake Shakotiia'takenhas Community Services, a Mohawk Community. His clinical work has largely focused on addiction, mental health, dual diagnosis, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and various methods of clinical intervention. He is an active member of the FASD committee since 2003 and has received extensive training in diagnostics. He is also a Clinical site (Kahnawake) supervisor of Doctoral Interns in Psychology from Concordia and McGill University. For two years he was the Coordinator for the Kahnawake Outreach Project, which was established to deal with the after-effects of the 1990 Mohawk Crisis. He is the father of three young adults and married since 1980.

Dr. Beltempo received his B.A. in Psychology from McGill University. He earned his Master's (MA, 1979) and Ph.D. (1985) in Research & Clinical Psychology from Université de Montréal. He is a member of the Order of Psychologists of Quebec since 1979.

Dr. Jaeger is a Family Physician currently in a private rural practice in Virginia. His practice provides comprehensive care to patients including social and psychiatric needs in an integrated fashion. Dr Jaeger has extensive experience with psychiatric care, counseling and the coordination of care with other health professionals as well as care of the mentally challenged and dually diagnosed.

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Family Physicians, Internists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants

With the growing complexity and demands of clinical cases, Primary Care interveners across the world have been under great strain in the last few years to keep up to pace. The ever increasing impact of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness has been devastating to many individuals and families in spite of the growing numbers of multi-disciplinary professionals in the field.

The clinical interplay between addiction problems and mental health problems has presented special challenges (e.g. dual diagnosis) on many levels to say the least. In the search for appropriate services and tools to deal with such complex problems it is acknowledged that up-to-date intervention tools, conceptual analytical skills and practical knowledge becomes imperative for primary care professionals. The mission for many front line staff across the world has become to “assemble the best team of helpers to meet the needs of the community and to provide the best service which the community deserves”.

In an effort to reinforce the marriage between clinical knowledge (theory - we need a map of the territory to know where we are going) and practical know-how (experiential approach, trial and error), we are proposing a conference on Dual Diagnosis and Primary Care. The framework will correspond to the specific context of substance abuse and mental health, and many examples and applications will be based on my 30 years work experience.

Proposed is a conference which will have specific relevance and practical application to any mental health professional. Both individual and structured family intervention methods will be presented. The interactional exercise, through role playing, re-enactment of a live family intervention approach will be presented in an experiential way as a teaching tool.

The method of presentation will be highly INTERACTIONAL because of the high importance of giving primary care professionals an opportunity to process the issues and relate them to practical APPLICATIONS, which can be integrated into actual intervention.

The bottom line of this approach will be solution-focused, e.g. service planning that best fits the patient’s needs after a concise and an objective assessment. The conference will give primary care workers ample time to understand and integrate the ‘family problem’ into a focused ‘family’ solution. Active participation is of utmost importance for the integration of principles into action-plans.

1. Long-term Sequelae of ABUSE: physical, emotional and social aspects
2. How Drugs work in the Body and the Mind
3. Dual Diagnosis (Substance abuse + Mental Health Issues); Assessment tools in Primary Care
4. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
5. Treatment & Motivational Interviewing: The Stages of Change Model
6. Structured Family Intervention & Role Play

Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation: Continuing Education, Inc designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^tm. Each physician should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by Continuing Education, Inc/University at Sea or ANCC of any commercial products displayed or used with an activity.

Continuing Education for Psychologists

Approval: Continuing Education, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Continuing Education, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Designation: As an organization approved by the American Psychological Association, Continuing Education, Inc. is offering this activity for a maximum of 14 hours of continuing education credit. APA Standards for Awarding Credit require 100% attendance in all educational sessions to receive any CE credits.

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Conference Sessions generally take place during the days at Sea (depends on program and itinerary) so that conflict with any Ports of Call or evening entertainment is minimized.

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EXCLUSIVE SHORE EXCURSIONS Please note our shore excursions are operated independently of the cruise line.

DATE	PORT OF CALL	ARRIVE	DEPART
Sat Jan 5	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	-	5:00pm
Sun Jan 6	At Sea Cruising Lectures 9am - 12noon; 1:00-4:00pm	-	-
Mon Jan 7	Labadee, Haiti	7:00am	4:00pm
Tue Jan 8	Falmouth, Jamaica	10:00am	7:00pm
Wed Jan 9	At Sea Cruising Lectures 1:00-5:00pm	-	-
Thu Jan 10	Cozumel, Mexico	8:00am	7:00pm
Fri Jan 11	At Sea Cruising Lectures 8:00am - 12:00pm	-	-
Sat Jan 12	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	6:15am	-

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