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25 May 2012

Europad 10th International Conference - Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems

The mission of Europad has always been to promote information exchange and updating within the scientific community, but also to spread an illness-centred conception of addictive disorders, with heroin addiction as a long-dating prototype. The structure of meeting has always tried to propose systematic updating on different issues from a common biomedical viewpoint.

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Discussionwill be held about the nature, quality and extent of specific psychopathological symptoms of heroin addicts. Conditions which are often mistaken for additional psychiatric syndromes, or independent polyabuse patterns, may be in fact reconsidered as a corollarium of chronic opiate intoxication, beyond the core elements of craving and drug-seeking behavior, without the meaning of a dual diagnosis. Also, certain polyabuse patterns may be seen as the self-perpetuation of addiction by other opioidergic substances such as alcohol.

The conference will be held at Barceló Sants, Barcelona, Spain.

More information can be found on the website

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Congratulations to IDHDP member Dr. Robert G. Newman
Director of the Baron Edmond deRothschild Chemical Dependency Institute's International Center for Advancement of Addiction Treatment, for being named the 2012 recipient of the Chimera Career Award by the European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association (EUROPAD). Dr. Newman is being honored for his life's work for advancing addiction treatment and fighting stigma and discrimination of opioid dependent people worldwide. He will be presented the Chimera Career Award.  

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