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Board members

Adriana MIHAI, Chair

Falk KIEFER, Co-Chair

Ingo SHÄFER, Secretary

Mission

Objectives of the Section:

• To raise awareness about the relevance of substance misuse issues for other Sections of the European Psychiatric Association
• To enhance understanding of the mechanisms underlying addictive behaviour
• To understand the social context of the development of addictive behaviour with particular attention to ’special’ groups including women, older people, ethnic minorities
• To improve psychological and pharmacological treatment interventions for addicted individuals
• To develop appropriate delivery of interventions within a service framework
• To assess specific needs of migrants with addictive disorders and to provide skills in transcultural assessment and intercultural therapy of addictive disorders
• To develop and deliver training courses for undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development
• To compare and contrast clinical service, training, research and policy across Europe
• To develop a network of practitioners and scientists for exchange of ideas, policy development and for the evolution of research
• To advocate for patients with addiction problems

Addiction: Young Researchers Award

The winners of the Addiction: Young researchers Award of the European Congress of Psychiatry 2006, 2008 and 2009 of the EPA section on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction are:

2006 (Munich):

Dr. Adriana Mihai

University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Tg Mures,

Gh Marinescu 38, Tg Mures,

540139, Romania

Email: ammihai2002@yahoo.com

2008 (Nice):

Dr. Bojana Avgustin

University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana,

Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia.

Email: bojana.avgustin@guest.arnes.si

2009 (Lisbon):

Dr. Christoph von der Goltz

Central Institute of Mental Health

Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine

University of Heidelberg

Square J 5 / 68159 Mannheim

Email: christoph.goltz@zi-mannheim.de