Fíkn – íslenska leiðin: Ingunn Hansdóttir
Dr. Ingunn Hansdóttir, yfirsálfræðingur SÁÁ, var viðmælandi Páls Magnússonar á sjónvarpsstöðinni Hringbraut í gær, fimmtudaginn 25. mars. Þetta var þriðji þáttur af fjórum sem SÁÁ og Hringbraut hafa átt samstarf um að gera.
Stephen Strobbe, Clinical Associate Professor
40 ára afmælisráðstefna SÁÁ: Addictions Nursing: What it is, and why it matters Stephen Strobbe PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing, President (2016-2018), International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) Dr. Stephen Strobbe is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and the Department of Psychiatry. …Read more »
Sigurður Ólafsson, Director of Hepatology
40 ára afmælisráðstefna SÁÁ: Treatment as prevention for hepatitis C (TraP HepC): A nationwide elimination program in Iceland Sigurður Ólafsson, MD, FACP, Director of Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine Landspitali University Hospital Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the leading causes of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. Injection drug use is …Read more »
Nora D. Volkow, Director of the NIDA
40 ára afmælisráðstefna SÁÁ: Addiction Is a Chronic Brain Disease – What We Know Today Nora D. Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Abstract Addiction is a disorder that involves complex interactions between genes, development and the social environment. Studies employing neuroimaging technology paired …Read more »
Valgerður Rúnarsdóttir, Medical Director at SÁÁ
40 ára afmælisráðstefna SÁÁ: Opioid addiction in Iceland SÁÁ Valgerður Rúnarsdóttir, MD, Medical Director at SÁÁ Abstract In Iceland, the opioid addiction problem is because of prescription opioid almost solely. Heroin is not generally found on the black market but prescription tablets are. Prescription drugs are part of the addiction problem in general, like in other …Read more »
George Woody, Perelman School of Medicine
40 ára afmælisráðstefna SÁÁ: International research on addiction treatment George Woody MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Abstract The HIV epidemic generated a high level of interest in addiction research, particularly treatment research, due to it association with injecting drug use, and drug use and unprotected sex. The result …Read more »
Jeffrey Goldsmith, Past President of ASAM
40 ára afmælisráðstefna SÁÁ: The complexities of managing people with addictions Jeffrey Goldsmith MD, DLFAPA, DFASAM, past president of ASAM Abstract Addiction health care providers get confused when managing care for addiction. This may stem from care providers using different models of addiction. The referral source is often not using the same model of addiction …Read more »
Kári Stefánsson, forstjóri Íslenskrar erfðagreiningar
Erindi Kára Stefánssonar, forstjóra Íslenskrar erfðagreiningar, á málþinginu Fíkn og pólitík.
Arndís Sue Ching Löve, PhD student MS Pharm
40 ára afmælisráðstefna SÁÁ: Estimation of community drug abuse in the Reykjavík metropolitan area by wastewater analysis Arndís Sue Ching Löve, PhD student MS Pharm Abstract Introduction: Drug abuse has been a matter of concern worldwide due to the risks these substances pose to human health, and their connection to crime. Sewage epidemiology is a methodology used …Read more »
