Conference Schedule

January 24, 2008

7:30 - 7:55

           Registration

7:30 - 8:00

Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:15

Welcome & Introductions

Susan Jacob, PhD, RN

Sarah Mynatt, EdD, APRN-PMH

8:15 - 9:15

Keynote Address

Substance Abuse: A View from a "Policy Wonk"

Virginia Trotter Betts, JD, MSN, RN, FAAN

9:15 - 10:15

Neurobiology of Addictions

Pat Cunningham, DNSc, APRN-PMH, FNP

10:15 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:30

Mental Health and Substance Abuse
in Corrections

Ellen Jones, RN, PMHNP

11:30 - 12:30

Lunch

12:30 - 1:15

A Public Health Approach to Interventions

with Addictions Through a Drug Court

Program in One Community

Pat Speck, DNSc, APRN-BC, FAAN, DF-IAFN, SANE-A/P

1:15 - 2:45

Substance Abuse Treatment:

What Every Provider Should Know

Diane Snow, PhD, APRN-BC, CARN, PMHNP

2:45 - 3:00

Break

3:00 - 4:00

Panel Discussions

Mike Harkreader, MS, RN, CARN

Dianna Phares, PhD, APRN, BC

Mental Health Consumer

4:00 - 4:15

Final Discussions