The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
Addictions Faculty Annual Residential Meeting
26th and 27th February 2015
Hilton Dunkeld House Hotel, Dunkeld
Programme
Thursday 26 February
19:00-20.00
Introduction
Dr Andrew Robinson, Chair of Royal College of
Psychiatrists in Scotland Addictions Faculty
“Faculty Matters”
Professor Colin Drummond, Chair of the Royal
College of Psychiatrists Addictions Faculty, Professor
of Addictions Psychiatry, King’s College London
20.00
Dinner
Friday 22 February
10:00 – 10.45
“Tobacco, alcohol and opioid dependence”
Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive, Ash Scotland
10:45 – 11.30
“Gambling in substance misuse patients”
Dr Mike Kehoe, Consultant Addictions Psychiatrist,
NHS Lothian and Borders
11.30 – 11.45
Tea /Coffee
11:45 –12.30
“The Lothian Abstinence Cohort: Background
and Outcomes at 4 Years”
Dr David McCartney, Clinical Lead, Lothian and
Edinburgh Abstinence Project, Clinical Lead NHS
Lothian Addictions
12.30-13.30
Lunch
The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
Addictions Faculty Annual Residential Meeting
26th and 27th February 2015
Hilton Dunkeld House Hotel, Dunkeld
13.30 – 14.00
Business Meeting
14.00 – 14.45
“The myth of addiction as a disease and other
drug contentions.”
Dr Phil Dalgarno, Research Lecturer, Programme
Leader MSc Psychology and Mental Health and Chair
of Ethics, School of Health and Life Sciences,
Glasgow Caledonian University
14.45 – 15.00
Tea/Coffee
15.00 – 15.45
“What on Earth Have I Been Doing?”
Dr Peter Rice, Chair of Scottish Health Action on
Alcohol Problems
15.45 – 16.00
Closing Remarks
This meeting qualifies for 5 CPD points subject to approval by the
individual member’s Peer Group.