First Annual Nevada State Recovery

Conference
Conference Program

Friday, September 18, 2009

8:00 to 8:45 AM Registration

8:45 to 9:00 AM Welcome Councilman Ricki Y.

Barlow

9:00 to 10:00 AM Women, Health, and Substance Abuse Anne

R. Lindsay, MS

This lecture will address the issues of weight, energy, body image, and substance
abuse. While many females of all ages start abusing drugs (especially stimulants) to
control their weight and increase their energy, they get trapped in the addiction
cycle. Professor Lindsay will share information about a new program, Healthy Steps
to Freedom, to help women stop the abuse and offer alternative ways to enhance
body image and related concerns in a healthy manner.

Anne R. Lindsay, MS is the Healthy Steps to Freedom program author and a faculty
at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. She is an Exercise Physiologist
and a certified Health & Fitness Instructor with the American College of Sports
Medicine. Since 1997, she has focused her research and teaching efforts on Court-
Ordered Drug Treatment Programs and Women’s Correctional Facilities, specifically,
women with addiction, weight, disordered eating, and body image issues.

10:00 to 11:00 AM Internet Infidelity Katherine

Hertlein, Ph.D., MFT

Internet infidelity is fast becoming an issue in today’s society. This program is

designed to distinguish the difference between Internet infidelity and Internet
addiction and ways to identify and work with those caught in this addiction.

Katherine M. Hertlein, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marriage

and Family Therapy at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She recently served as
co-editor and co-author on Systemic Sex Therapy and co-author on A Clinician’s
Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy. She presents nationally and internationally on sex,
technology, and couples.

11:00 to 11:30 AM Break

11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Gambling Addiction Robert

Hunter, Ph.D.

The behavioral addiction of gambling, its unique pathology, how it affects the
family, as well as the impact this has on the one with this disease.

Robert Hunter, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist licensed in the State of Nevada and is
founder of Nevada Psychological Associates and Problem Gambling Center of Las
Vegas. Dr. Hunter has received wide media and professional attention for his highly
successful compulsive gambling program and is internationally recognized as an
expert on problem gambling.

1:00 to 2:30 PM Lunch Break

2:30 to 4:00 PM Pain and Addiction Recovery Mel Pohl MD,

FASAM

This program concentrates on chronic pain, addiction to prescription medications,

and recovery. Dr. Pohl will explore the treatment of pain with opioids and alternative
approaches, cognitive behavioral interventions, emotional aspect of chronic pain,
and recovery issues.

Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM is a Board Certified Family Practitioner. He is Vice President of
Medical Affairs and the Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC). He is
a nationally known public speaker, author of A Day without Pain (Central Recovery
Press, 2008), which won a silver medal from Independent Publisher Book Award in
May 2009. He is also a co-author of Pain Recovery: How to Find Balance and Reduce
Suffering from Chronic Pain (Central Recovery Press, 2009)and Pain Recovery for
Families: How to Find Balance When Someone Else’s Chronic Pain Becomes Your
Problem Too (Central Recovery Press, 2010).

4:00 to 5:00 PM Case Study and Panel Discussion

Saturday, September 19, 2009

8:00 to 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 to 10:00 AM Dual Diagnosis Lesley Dickson, MD

This lecture addresses the issues of psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse
disorders and other co-occurring disorders, diagnostic dilemmas, and treatment
approaches and goals.

Dr. Lesley Dickson is a psychiatrist who is ABPN Board certified in general and
addiction psychiatry. After a twenty-year career in Academic Medicine and at the
VA, she is now the Medical Director of two opiate substitution programs in Las
Vegas. She is also the Immediate Past President of the Nevada Psychiatric
Association and presently serves as its Secretary/Treasurer and State Legislative
Representative.

10:00 to 11:00 AM Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse,

Cortney S. Warren, Ph.D.
and Western Culture
There is a high prevalence of eating disorder pathology and substance abuse in the
United States. Dr Warren will explore the influence of cultural factors on addiction,
present recent research, and provide treatment considerations for these addiction
concerns.

Cortney S. Warren, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology

at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Drawing from clinical, social, and cross-
cultural psychology, Dr. Warren’s research explores the influence of socio-cultural
factors on the development, maintenance, and perpetuation of eating disorder
symptomatology.

11:00 to 11:30 AM Break

11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Sex Addiction Larry Ashley,

Ed.S.
This lecture will focus on sex addiction, including the demographics in Nevada. We
will look at the impact of the industry on the addiction, how it affects the family, the
cycle of sex addiction, intervention, screenings, treatment, and twelve-step groups
in recovery.

Larry Ashley, Ed.S., LCADC, LMSW, LPC CPGC has been involved in the substance
abuse and trauma field for over thirty years as a college professor, researcher, and
therapist. He is currently Addictions Specialist and Undergraduate Coordinator in
the Department of Counselor Education at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas,
Director of the Problem Gambling Treatment Program, and Clinical Assistant
Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University of
Nevada School of Medicine.

1:00 to 2:30 PM Lunch Break

2:30 to 4:00 PM Neurobiology of Addiction Laurel Pritchard,

Ph.D.
Explore the neural systems involved with addiction, anatomy, neurochemistry of the
brain reward system; mechanisms by which abused drugs interact with these
systems, and current theories of the neural bases of addiction, with special
attention to the role of stress in the development and maintenance of addiction.

Laurel Pritchard, PhD. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at

the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Dr. Pritchard conducts research in the areas of
behavioral neuroscience and psychopharmacology. Specifically, her research uses
preclinical models of child neglect to investigate the effects of adverse early life
experience on vulnerability to substance abuse. She also has ongoing interests in
the neural bases of individual differences in reactivity to novel stimuli and stimulant
drugs, and hormonal influences on behavioral responses to stimulants.

4:00 to 5:00 PM Case Study and Panel Discussion