The 15th annual ‘Improving Outcomes in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence’ (IOTOD) meeting took place at the Ramada Hotel in Berlin on 17–18 May 2017.
Professor John Marsden (King’s College London, UK) led the group through two days of interactive education. This year concentrated on patient outcomes and covered the different issues surrounding engagement, including individualised treatment, at-risk patients and behavioural therapies.
The programme was delivered through a variety of means including plenaries from experts in the field, allowing for further discussion on the latest emerging issues, as well as a hands-on masterclass and a case-based workshop. Panel discussions were used to debate complex cases and an extremely well-received HCV workshop was delivered on the complexities faced in HCV care.
Professor of Addiction Psychology, Addictions Department, King’s College London London, UK Professor of Psychiatry, Autonomous University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology, Brown University and Associate Director, Boston Medical Centre Injury Prevention Research Center USA Albert E Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven Connecticut, USA Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Calhoun Cardiology Center – Behavioral Health, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, CT, USA Senior Lecturer, National Addiction Centre, King’s College London & Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry, Solihull Integrated Addiction Service London, UK Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, USA Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, University of Bordeaux Bordeaux, FranceChairs
John Marsden
Speakers
Professor Marta Torrens
Professor Traci Green
Dr Kathleen Carroll
Professor Sheila Alessi
Dr Ed Day
Dr Michelle Lofwall
Marc Auriacombe
