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Addiction Psychiatry

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About

Substance use disorder along with other addictive behaviors (such as pathological gambling and gaming disorders and problematic internet use) comprise a significant portion of mental health burden globally. The Addiction Psychiatry section of WPA is established to provide a global forum to discuss national, regional and international challenges and solutions for these disorders among psychiatrists and their colleagues in the related disciplines.

 

This WPA section supports global surveys, discussion panels, advocacy initiatives and development of guidelines, consensus statements, best practices and policy notes.

 

Members of WPA are welcome to join this section that is founded based on the collegiality values, democracy, transparency, diversity and global representativeness. Members are encouraged to actively suggest new initiatives and ideas and supported to contribute to the ongoing efforts in the WPA Addiction Psychiatry Section. 

Section Officers

Chair:

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Professor Alexander Baldacchino (UK)

PhD, MD, MPhil, FRCPsych, FRCP, FISAM

Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine

University of St Andrews School of Medicine


E-mail: amb30@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Co-Chair:

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Dr Hamed Ekhtiari (USA/Iran)

MD, PhD,

Investigator, Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota


E-mail: h.ekhtiari@gmail.com

Co-Chair:

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Dr Hussien Elkholy (Egypt)

MBBCh, MSc, MD, MRCPsych,

Associate Professor of Psychiatry,

Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University (Egypt)

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E-mail: drhelkholy@gmail.com 

Secretary:

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Dr Roshan Bhad (India)

MD, DNB (Psychiatry), CISAM, FISAM

Associate Professor of Psychiatry National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.


E-mail: drroshansindia@gmail.com

Section member list can be found here.

Useful Documents

ISAM Textbook of Addiction Treatment: International Perspectives 2nd Edition

Oxford Handbook of Addiction Medicine (3 edition) (Saunders, John, and others (eds), Oxford Handbook of Addiction Medicine, 3 edition, Oxford Medical Handbooks (Oxford, 2024; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 June 2024))

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