2024 Conference Presentations
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Chair: Prof. Richard Velleman (England / India)
Parents and children
Chair: Anne Whittaker (Scotland)
Simon Barrett and Deborah Smart (England): Exploring perspectives of parents/caregivers in the context of another parent’s substance use and co-producing a book to aid conversations about parental substance use with children: two linked studies.
Young People, Therapy, Policy
Chair: Ed Sipler (Northern Ireland)
Dorine van Namen (Netherlands): The dynamics of stress experiences of students with relatives with addiction problems: a longitudinal qualitative study
Stavroula Koutsouki (Greece): The burden of blame: how forgiveness and self-compassion may lead the way to healing for the family with addiction
Oona St-Amant (Canada): Family counterculture and addiction in Canada
AFINet Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Introduction to day 2, Dr. Gallus Bischof, AFINet chair and conference organizer
KEYNOTE 2: Family violence and its relationship with alcohol, drugs and gambling problems within marginalised communities
Chair: Dr Gallus Bischof (Germany)
Dr. Jacqui Sundbery and Skye Stewart (Australia)
Manal Shehab (Australia)
Impact on Family
Chair: Robert Campbell (Australia)
Clare Rushton and Paige Webb (Australia): Methamphetamine and the family: relationships and resilience processes (Joint 30 min session)
Julie Perrin (Australia): Drug-related death the expected and unexpected effects for siblings and the family
Sharon Collard (England): The family dynamics of gambling harms
Alexandra Shishkova and Viktor Bocharov (Russia): Burnout and its predictors among family members of patients with alcohol and opioid use disorders
KEYNOTE 3: Living with (and overcoming) Gambling addiction
Steph and Peter Shilton, CBE (England), in conversation with Richard Velleman
Case studies and lived experience
Chair: Emmi Kauppila (Finland)
Martha Taremwa (Uganda): Ripple effects: The impact of alcoholism on family and community in rural Uganda – a true story from Ibanda
Marileine Prcyle Eulalie Kemme Kemme (Cameroon): Drug addiction in African families, exploring risk and ad vulnerability factors: a qualitative study of six cases
Cassandra Borges Bortolon (Brazil): Transgenerational transmission model of the addiction problem: a clinical case report
Judy Avisar (Australia): Lived experience performance to reduce stigma, enhance understanding of gambling harm and change attitudes and behaviours of professionals and community members (woman affected by husband’s alcohol and gambling)
Chair: Ruth McGovern (England)
Kirsten Frederiksen (Denmark): Impact of parental substance use problems on children’s risk of becoming NEET
(Kirsten Frederiksen’s presentation is embargoed until the study and its results are published)
Jessica Roy (England): Parental substance misuse: what happens to children who are referred to children’s social care?
Manal Shehab (Australia)
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