Addiction Psychiatry
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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:
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:
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:
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:
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 Executive Council Members
Christian Schuetz
Division Head and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Canada
Sophia Achab
Head, WHO Collaborating Centre in Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine Geneva University, Switzerland
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Rama Kamal
Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Consultant Addiction Medicine, Director Research & Education. Naufer, Doha, Qatar
Kristiana Siste
Addiction Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas, Jakarta, Indonesia
WPA Addiction Psychiatry Section Executive Council can be found here.
Section member list can be found here.
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Dear Addiction Psychiatry Professionals,
On behalf of the WPA Addiction Psychiatry Section, we are inviting you to join the section. Please submit your request 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))