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I am happy to forward this notice:<br>
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Earlybird rate of only $199 -- hurry: Deadline is January 31 for
readers of this message.<br>
Conference Dates: February 25-27, Riverside California<br><br>
<div align="center"><b>8th National/1st International Conference<br>
on<br>
Abuse of Children and Adults with Disabilities<br>
</b><a href="http://disability-abuse.com/cando/conf/"; eudora="autourl">http://disability-abuse.com/cando/conf/</a>
<br>
<br>
<b>Monday Feb 25 thru Wednesday Feb 27<br>
Riverside Convention Center<br>
Mission Inn & Holiday Inn Select<br>
</b></div>
<br>
We have over 40 presenters, including a "Featured Speakers"
series that includes <i>THE </i>national experts in the fields we are
addressing: Elder Abuse, Vulnerable Adult Abuse, Child Abuse, and
Domestic Violence. All presentations address these issues as they affect
individuals with disabilities. And not only that, we have been able to
confirm for our Wednesday Closing Keynote, the renowned <b>Victor
Rivers</b>, actor And National Spokesperson for the National Network to
End Domestic Violence! <br>
<br>
Some of the Featured Speakers include: Dick Sobsey, Patricia
Sullivan, Paul Greenwood, Candace Heisler, Bonnie Brandl, Peggy O'Neill,
Bill Benson, Bob Blancato, Bennet Blum, Astrid Heger, Fran Odette, John
Sanford, & DJ Stemmler, among others. Conference organizers
will also present including: Jim Stream, Nora Baladerian, Tom
Hanna, Leigh Ann Davis.<br>
<br>
Please visit the website for detailed Conference Information and
Schedule. Also, from the website you can send in your registration
to make sure you get the Early Bird rate, and you can download the
Housing Form, to Fax or Mail for your hotel. W have arranged for a
special VIP tour to the Museum of Tolerance, for folks to experience the
new display on abuse and people with disabilities. Other Conference
Features are the specially commissioned play authored by Paul Crissey,
"The Wizard of Odds", to be performed by the presenters on
Tuesday evening. Monday evening features our opening Reception.
Wednesday Morning Legal Roundtable discussion facilitated by Candace
Heisler, including Grover Trask, Riverside County District Attorney, Gary
Windom, Riverside County Public Defender, Orange County Superior Court
Judge Fred Horn, and other luminaries to be confirmed.<br>
<br>
We will have exhibits (call for exhibiting information) and opprotunities
to advertise in the program. Please visit the Website for all
information or call: Vickie Folster 909 688 5141<br>
<br>
Website:
<a href="http://disability-abuse.com/cando/conf/"; eudora="autourl">http://disability-abuse.com/cando/conf/</a>
<br>
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<b><i>Please let others know about this unique conference</i></b>....we look forward to seeing you there, in Sunny California in February!!<br>
<b><i>Please forward this email to everyone you know!!!!! We need help "getting the word out" to everyone who would want to come if they knew about it!!! <br>
</i></b> <br>
Nora J. Baladerian, Ph.D.<br>
CAN/Do ! Project - Arc Riverside<br>
Child Abuse & Neglect/Disability Outreach Project<br>
2100 Sawtelle Blvd. #303<br>
Los Angeles, CA 90025<br>
Office: 310 473-6768<br>
TDD: 310 478 0588<br>
FAX: 310 996 5585<br>
E-mail: nora@mediaone.net<br>
Are you coming to the 8th National/1st International<br>
Conference on Abuse of Children & Adults with Disabilities?<br>
Visit our website for this exciting event:<br>
<a href="http://www.disability-abuse.com/"; eudora="autourl">www.disability-abuse.com</a><br>
<br>
ALSO go to <br>
<a href="http://www.unmarriedamerica.com/"; eudora="autourl">www.unmarriedAmerica.com</a><br>
for the American Association for Single People</html>
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Subject: Study on child abuse and substance abuse
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From: Deborah Callins [mailto:DCallins@ncac-hsv.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 7:03 AM
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Subject: [csap] Study on child abuse and substance abuse
Study Reveals how Child Abuse can lead to Substance Abuse
January 4, 2002 -- Belmont, MA -- A five-year study by McLean Hospital
researchers has provided a significantly new understanding of how childhood
physical or sexual abuse increases the risk for substance abuse in
adulthood. While researchers have long known that child abuse increases the
risk for substance abuse in adults, a clear developmental mechanism by which
this phenomena occurs has remained obscure until now.
In the January 2002 edition of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Carl Anderson, PhD,
research associate in McLean's Developmental Biopsychiatry Research
Laboratory and Brain Imaging Center, and his colleagues found that repeated
sexual abuse affects the blood flow and function of a key brain region
related to substance abuse, the cerebellar vermis. This part of the brain
has been recently implicated in the coordination of emotional behavior, is
strongly affected by alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs of abuse, and may
help regulate dopamine, a neurotransmitter critically involved in addiction.
Anderson and colleagues examined the cerebellar vermis because it develops
slowly and is exquisitely sensitive to stress hormones. This brain area is
stimulated by rocking movements, and earlier work in primates shows that
this region plays an important role in infant development.
"Damage to this area of the brain may cause an individual to be particularly
irritable, and to seek external means, such as drugs or alcohol, to quell
this irritability," said Anderson.
Interestingly, the cerebellum, the region of the brain in which the
cerebellar vermis is located, has become a renewed focus of psychiatric
research.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Anderson and his
colleagues analyzed resting brain blood flow in the cerebellar vermis of 32
subjects, ages 18 to 22.
Fifteen of the subjects had a history of childhood abuse; the other 17 were
control subjects. A rating scale called the limbic system checklist-33
(LSCL-33), developed at McLean Hospital, was used to assess the degree of
irritability in the limbic system, a collection of brain regions known to be
involved in the regulation of emotions and memory. Previous research at
McLean has shown that childhood abuse is associated with elevated LSCL-33
scores.
A direct connection between LSCL-33 ratings and measures of blood flow in
the cerebellar vermis was found. Higher LSCL-33 scores were associated with
greater blood flow in both abused subjects and controls; however, the
controls had higher overall blood flow measures. This suggests that abuse
impaired the development of the vermis and left the subjects less able to
regulate and control irritability within their limbic system.
Further, Anderson and colleagues found in a sample of 537 young adults that
college students who frequently abused drugs had much higher LSCL-33 scores
than college students who did not abuse drugs. Drug abusing college students
also had higher levels of depression and anger-irritability, though an
elevated LSCL-33 score was most strongly associated with substance abuse.
Combining data from the two studies, Anderson and colleagues suggested that
childhood abuse impairs the development of the cerebellar vermis, one
function of which is to control and limit irritability in the limbic system.
These individuals are then more likely to use drugs to compensate for this
deficiency.
Anderson said the team's findings enhance understanding of the developmental
mechanisms of childhood sexual abuse, which may result in new methods of
treatment for child-abuse survivors.
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