Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll: Addiction, Compulsion, and Craving

Date: Monday, May 19, 2008
Location: The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706-1420
Time: 8:30 am (registration) 9:00 am-4:00 pm (program)
Fee: $125
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Instructors: David Mays, M.D., PhD
Contact: Merrilee Pickett, 608-263-8268, mpickett@dcs.wisc.edu
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Description

What do substance abuse, pathological gambling, compulsive sexual behavior, obsessive shopping, and Internet addiction have in common? They are public health problems that involve behavior in that twilight boundary between autonomy and loss of control. All addictions begin with a free choice. How can such a disease be biologically determined? Yet it is increasingly clear that concepts like motivation, salience, self-control, and craving reflect biological systems, and the above behaviors may share a common etiology and pathophysiology.

This new and fascinating program explores our biological understanding of the commonly identified features of addiction – genetic loading, behavioral vulnerabilities, salience, reward, withdrawal, relapse – and apply these concepts to various behavioral addictions. You will learn about treatment strategies and their results across the gamut of compulsive behavior.

Because comorbidity with mental and physical health problems is the rule, rather than the exception in those with addictive behaviors, you learn about the most common medical and emotional complications seen by  mental health treaters in their addicted clients. Comorbidity and treatment of dual disorders requires communication, and trying to facilitate communication among different specialists is always a challenge, but crucial for a good outcome. This workshop ends with a discussion of strategies to make useful communication more likely.

 

Program description

9:00 - 10:15am	The biology of pleasure, salience, addiction, and relapse
10:30am - 12:00pm	Addiction and compulsive and impulsive behavior: recognition and treatment, dealing with comorbidity
12:00 - 1:00pm	Lunch on your own
1:00 - 2:15pm	Addiction and compulsive and impulsive behavior: recognition and treatment, dealing with comorbidity (continued)
2:30 - 4:00pm	Comorbidity: how to work with psychiatrists and other physicians

 

About the instructor

David Mays, MD, PhD, is a forensic psychiatrist who directed the forensic program at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison for 13 years. He served as the unit psychiatrist for the Management and Treatment Unit, a 14-bed maximum security unit for the most challenging and violent mental health clients in Wisconsin. He currently provides training and consultation throughout Wisconsin and the United States and is on the clinical faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the recipient of the 2006 Wisconsin Association on Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse (WAAODA) Professional of the Year Award, of the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and the Exceptional Performance Award from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Dr. Mays is a seasoned clinician and highly sought-after presenter.  His seminars are consistently rated as excellent learning experiences by participants.

 

General information

Times: Registration begins at 8:30 am; the workshop starts at 9:00 am and will end at 4:00 pm.

Location: The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706-1420

Cancellation policy: If you are unable to participate in a group class or arrange for a substitute, you may obtain a refund minus the $20 administrative fee by contacting our registration department at least 3 business days prior to the program. If you cancel 3 business days or less before the program, or do not participate, you are responsible for the entire fee. To cancel or arrange for a substitute, please call 800-725-9692. No refund is given for cancellation of an Independent Study class. Exceptions to this policy will be determined by CPM program staff on a case-by-case basis.

To cancel, call 608-262-7942. Enrollment is limited. In order to ensure your place in the workshop, we ask that you register as early as possible.

For more information: If you have any questions about the program, please contact Merrilee Pickett at 608-263-8268 or mpickett@dcs.wisc.edu, Anne Voxman at 608-263-7023 or call our toll free number: 800-442-4617.

Registration options

By phone: Call 608-262-7942 or toll-free 800-725-9692.

By mail: Print, complete and mail the UW Continuing Studies registration form.

By fax: Print, complete and fax the UW Continuing Studies registration form.

Online: Secure online registration is available for this program.