Inaugural Conference of INEBRIA, 20th and 21st October 2004, Barcelona. |

The Inaugural Conference of INEBRIA was held in Barcelona, on October 20-21st 2004. It was co-sponsored by the World Health Organitzation and the Health Departament of the Government of Catalonia. More information:

At the inagural conferenca various internationally renowned speakers brought the audience up to date on the current state of theory and practice of brief interventions for alcohol problems.

Speakers & Presentations

Prof. Nick Heather
Emeritus Professor of Alcohol & Other Drug Studies, Northumbria University, England.
INEBRIA: Background, development and future plans.

Symposium: Brief Interventions in a Range of Settings	Symposium: Brief Interventions around the World
Prof. Kristen Barry (replaced by Prof. Tom Babor Dept. of Community Medicine & Health Care of the University of Connecticut) Dept. of Psychiatry of the University of Michigan, USA. Primary health care Discussant: Prof. Javier Ballesteros Dept. of Neurociences of the University of País Vasco, Spain. Dr. Cheryl Cherpitel Alcohol Research Group, USA. Accident and emergency departments Discussant: Dr. Alicia Rodriguez Martos Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain. Ms. Maria Emmen Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research, Netherlands. General hospitals Discussant: Dr. Mats Berglund Department of Clinical Alcohol Research, Lund University, Sweden.	Prof. Erikson Furtado , Department of Psychiatry of the Clinical Hospital of San Pablo. Brazil Dr. Antoni Gual, & Dr. Joan Colom Health Department of Catalonia. Spain Prof. Karl Peltzer Human Sciences Research Council of Cape Town. South Africa Dr. Tom Babor , Dept. of Community Medicine & Health Care of the University of Connecticut. USA Dr. Carla Schlesinger , Alcohol and Drug Service of the Prince Charles Hospital Service District. Australia Dr. Leo Pas , Scientific Society of Flemish General Practitioners (WVVH). Europe
Educational establishments	Economic evaluation of brief interventions
Dr. Jim McCambridge National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry of London, England.	Dr. Dan Chisholm World Health Organization, Switzerland.
Theory of brief interventions	Brief interventions and new technology
Prof. Nick Heather Emeritus Professor of Alcohol & Other Drug Studies, Northumbria University, England.	Mr. Stuart Linke Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, London, England

For more information on the agreements achieved during the business meeting, please take a look on the Minutes of the Business Meeting (pdf)