The European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD) University for Peace established by the United Nations, in the framework of the ECPD International Program of Knowledge Transfer System in the field of medical sciences, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Montenegro organizes
VII ECPD INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST SCHOOL
MODERN ACHIEVEMENTS IN PREVENTION, THERAPY AND REHABILITATION OF ADDICTIVE DISEASES
(Kotor, 29 - 31 May 2015)
The European Center for Peace and Development UN University for Peace organizes this School with the aim to bring together experts from different fields physicians, pedagogues, psychologists, lawyers, social workers and other professionals and enable exchange of experience as well as provide the latest knowledge, practical and scientific achievements in the area of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of substance abuse.
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Addictive diseases belong to the group of the most frequent diseases nowadays. Massive research stresses their broad prevalence in the general population, which in some communities reaches epidemic proportions. Alcoholism is the third most common disease, next to cardiovascular and malignant diseases. Drug and tobacco abuse, particularly combined use of more than one substance, represent an increasing problem, especially among the young population. The so-called synthetic drugs, artificially manufactured substances with pharmacological properties which are causing specific effects similar to natural drugs are increasingly used. Addictive diseases directly or indirectly affect all phases of a life cycle of individuals and their families, preventing their functioning in the spheres of personal, family, professional and social life. Society as a whole suffers numerous consequences due to the substance abuse or dependence.
Co-Directors of the School are prominent neuropsychiatrists Prof. Dr. Slavica Đukić Dejanović, President of the Health and Family Committee at the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia and Director of the Clinic for Psychiatric Diseases ”Dr. Laza Lazarević” in Belgrade, Prof. Dr. Petar Nastasić, President of the Section for Addictive Diseases of the Serbian Medical Society and Prof. Dr. Zoran Zoričić, Director of the Croatian Society for Alcoholism and Other Addictions and President of the Croatian Association of Clubs of Treated Alcoholics.
