Topic List

Scopes:

Addiction research for substance use disorder (including but not limited to alcohol, stimulants, cannabis, cannabinoids, inhalants, nicotines, opioids, cocaine, hallucinogens, new psychoactive substances, volatile solvents) and behavioral addiction (including but not limited to gambling disorder, gaming disorder, internet addiction, compulsive sex behavioral disorder, compulsive buying-shopping disorder, food addiction, hoarding disorder). The discussion topics may include:

  • Basic science: neurobiology & genetics
  • Clinical trials: pharmacology & psychotherapy
  • Translational research
  • Public health urgency and epidemiology
  • Harm reduction
  • Policy, law, and economics
  • Digital health and diagnostics
  • Special populations (children, adolescents, geriatrics, marginalised population)
  • Measurements, instruments, and methodology
  • Neuromodulation therapy
  • Transdiagnostic modalities
  • Precision therapy
  • Digitalisation and artificial intelligence in mental health care and research
  • Cultural sensitivity and approach