Committee on Psychotherapy for Drug Addiction of the Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research (CPDA of AASAR)

The Committee on Psychotherapy of Drug Addiction was established by the Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research to pool the collective wisdom of the psychotherapy field to research, develop, promote and apply cost-effective treatment methods for drug abuse. In order to enhance the professionalism and effectiveness of psychotherapy, better services are provided for drug addicts.

By-Laws

The professional committee is a voluntary academic organization that is composed of theoretical researchers and practical workers who are committed to the psychological treatment of drug addiction in Asia.

The purpose of this professional committee is to promote the development of psychological treatment of drug addiction in Asia, to save more drug addiction patients, to help patients get psychosomatic recovery, return to the normal life path, to help patients' families to restart the peace and happiness, to maintain the social harmony and stability;

The goal of the professional committee is to develop effective theories, methods, and techniques for the psychological treatment of drug addiction, to arm the professional team for the psychological treatment of drug addiction, to save all drug addicts and their families through hard practice, and to help the society more stable and harmonious;

Obey the leadership of the Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research and actively participate in the business activities of the AASAR;

Obey the leadership of the national government and play its due role in the psychological treatment of drug addiction;

Actively carry out academic exchanges, hold annual meetings, special lectures, regular or irregular sharing meetings of theories, cases, and experiences together or separately with the superior societies, so as to flourish the research on the psychological treatment of drug addiction, and jointly improve the theoretical level and professional technical level of the psychological treatment of drug addiction;

Strengthen the construction of psychological treatment of drug addiction, organize and carry out professional training, train excellent psychological counselors or therapists of drug addiction that combine theory with practice for the cause of psychological treatment of drug addiction in Asia, and implement the purpose and gradually realize the goal of the special committee through them;

Committee Governance

Chairman: 

Zhang Xiaochu,

Professor at School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China

Vice-Chairman: 

Yuan Tifei,                                                                                                                                                                         

Professor at Shanghai Mental Health Center                                  

Zeng Hong, 

Professor at Department of Psychology of Guangzhou University

Fan Ni,

Associate Director at Brian Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Secretary General

Xinyou Lv

Standing Committee Member: 

Yixuan Ku, Chuanlong Liu, Zhongming Hu, Lihui Zhou,

Xiaochang Lan, Yanxue Xue, Yanping Bao, Kai Yuan,

Yuzheng Hu, Yu Liu, Yi Zhang, Xinyou Lv,

Zhanrui Liu, Sara Zhong, Ching-Po Lin, Haifeng Jiang,

Xiong Ye, Ting Wang, Ruixiang Zhou, Zenghui Ding,

Zhiyuan Liu, Xiaobin Ding, Xiaohao Sun, Haijun Duan

Members' responsibility:

Members: join voluntarily, pay membership dues, quit freely; AASAR shall examine and issue membership cards; To quit, a written application should be submitted, and a membership card should be returned. If a member does not pay the membership fee for more than one year or does not participate in the activities of the Association for a long time, it will be regarded as an automatic withdrawal. If there is a serious violation of the By-Laws of Committee, the Standing Committee shall vote to remove the name from the list. Members shall have the right to vote and stand for election; Members have priority to participate in academic or training activities, and have the right to criticize, suggest and supervise the work of the Committee; Members shall abide by the regulations of the Committee, implement the resolutions of the Committee and work hard;

Committee Members: Members shall submit their applications, and the expert group shall, according to the selection criteria of members, elect young committee members of the professional committee or positions above, which shall be approved and appointed by the AASAR; As the backbone of the professional committee, all members have the responsibility and obligation to assist the development of AASAR and the professional committee, actively participate in academic activities, develop and lead members to carry out academic exchanges and training, organize research and development or participate in psychological therapy and other activities conducive to the development of drug addiction causes. Young members actively participate in academic activities, improve their theoretical and professional skills, strive to practice, accumulate practical research and work experience, and actively share; In addition to actively participating in academic activities, members help young members and members improve their theoretical and professional level; Develop academic and social members and help them grow; Have the responsibility and obligation to assist the professional committees in their work;

Standing Committee members: In addition to fulfilling the responsibilities and obligations of the committee members, they contribute ideas and practice hard, actively help the development of the professional committee, and enrich academic activities and train reserve talents through academic reports, training, lectures, workshops, salons and other activities;

Vice-Chairman: in addition to performing the responsibilities and obligations of member and standing member, actively undertake some work, assist in formulating the strategies and measures of the committee, participate in decision-making, actively carry out international and domestic exchanges, unite fellow members of Asian countries, and promote the healthy development of the committee;

Chairman: in addition to performing the responsibilities and obligations of members and members, grasp the development direction of the committee, unite and lead the members of the committee to forge ahead, and gradually implement the purpose and ideal of the committee