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BRIEF: West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders starts Thursday

San Bernardino County Sun (CA) - 5/25/2015

May 25--The West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders starts Thursday offering more than 60 workshops and up to 27 units of continuing education credits to psychologists, social workers, counselors and health professionals.

Last year more than 850 attended, said Susan Benvenuti, director of marketing for the event's promoters, C4 Recovery Solutions Inc. The event is held in the desert community of La Quinta at the La Quinta Resort and Club, 49499 Eisenhower Drive.

Topics include dealing with addictions in the LGBT community, and the role family dynamics play in both fostering addictive behavior and influencing the recovery path, integrating family medicine and addiction, challenges of addiction in women, older adult addiction, and eating disorders.

For the first time, the conference is offering access to a "Stories of Recovery" event that is open to non-conference attendees, Benvenuti said.

Registration for that event at 7 p.m. on Saturday is $35 for non-conference attendees.

The conference fee is $460, but students can attend the full event for $100, Benvenuti said.

Students can email Jen Ramos at jen@c4recovery.org to get information for the discount.

Register online at wcsad.com.

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