Out of Margins? -seminar 2023

Out of Margins? -Seminar (WEBINAR) 23th May 2023 direct from Helsinki Finland

The seminar (webinar) discusses the opportunities provided by substance abuse services to reach people who are not covered by the services. In addition, the theme of what we can do to prevent drug overdose deaths will be discussed. The seminar ends with a panel discussion.

The seminar (WEBINAR) is organized in English and it is implemented as a webinar.
Implementation The Finnish Society of Addiction Medicine in cooperation with the city of Helsinki.

Registration open, free of charge.

Programme:

12.00 When Sauna and Sisu are just not enough
Jonna Levola, M.D., Ph.D., President of the Board, The Finnish Society of Addiction Medicine

12.15 Portuguese outreach and harm-reduction innovations

Hugo Faria, Psychologist, Team Manager
Roberta Reiss, psychologist and technical coordinator
Paulo Caldeira, nurse specialist
Rodrigo Sousa Coutinho, Psychiatrist, clinical director

Ares do Pinhal, Lisbon

13.15 Presentation of the drug scene down town Copenhagen and
the collaborate with H17 by police
Rud Ellegaard, police officer

Nurses role in supervised drug consumption room
Jani Keto, nurse specialist

- - - TIMEOUT 25 min (ad 14.15-14.40)

14.40 What can Finland learn from Estonia in overdose prevention?
Katrin Abel-Ollo, the Estonian National Institute for Health Development

15.00 NGO working to cut down overdoser deaths
Michael Lodberg Olsen, Social entrepreauder, Antidote DK

15.30 Anatomy of a Finnish overdose death
Solja Niemelä, Associate Professor (Addiction Medicine), Specialist of Psychiatry with special competence in Addiction Medicine, Group leader (Turku Psychosis and Substance use)

16.00 Panel discussion: Why re-invent the wheel, when we can learn from each other
Jonna Levola, M.D., Ph.D. President of the Board, The Finnish Society of Addiction Medicine

17.00 Seminar ends

Out of Margins? - seminar (webinar)

WEBINAR starts 10 am GMT, local time (Helsinki) 12 pm and ends 5pm (Helsinki)

Out of Margins? -Seminar (WEBINAR) 23th May 2023 direct from Helsinki Finland

Registration open, free of charge.