Transcript Addiction Research Centers in Hungary Eötvös Loránd University

International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Research
Associations (ICARA)
Annual Meeting
Budapest, 30-31 August, 2015
Hungarian addiction research and research
associations
Zsolt Demetrovics
Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University,
Budapest, Hungary
Back to the 20th century
1960’s and 70’s
80’s
• Substance use is neglected
• Substance use is acknowledged
• Few epidemiologic studies
as a problem
• Research of deviance is
supported
90’s
• New drug scene after opening of the borders in 1990
• New treatment centers
• Research is more focused on illegal substances
Main research project
• ESPAD – 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
(European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs)
- Zsuzsanna Elekes – Corvinus University of Budapest
• HBSC
(Health Behaviour in School-aged Children)
- Ágnes Németh - National Institute of Child Health
• OLAAP / HPSAP – 2001, 2003, 2007, 2015
(Hungarian Population Survey on Addiction Problems)
- Borbála Paksi, Zsolt Demetrovics - Corvinus University of
Budapest / Eötvös Loránd University
Addiction Research Centers in Hungary
• Corvinus University of Budapest
• Institute of Sociology and Social Policy (Zsuzanna Elekes)
Epidemiolgy
Alcohol studies
• Centre for Behaviour Research (Borbála Paksi)
Epidemilogy
Efficacy of preventive interventions
Sociological issues
Addiction Research Centers in Hungary
• University of Szeged
• Institute of Behavioral Sciences (Bettina Pikó)
Health promotion
• University of Pécs
• Department of Social Work (Gábor Kelemen)
Qualitative studies
• Eötvös Loránd University
• Department of Counselling Psychology (József Rácz)
Qualitative studies
Addiction Research Centers in Hungary
• Eötvös Loránd University
• Department of Clinical Psychology and Addiction (Zsolt Demetrovics)
Epidemiolgy
New Psychoactive Substances
Behavioral addictions
Internet addiction / Problematic video gaming
Compulsive Buying
Exercise addiction
Trichotillomania
Comorbidity studies
Psychogenetics of substance use and behavioral addictions
Motivational background of addictive disorders
Addiction Research Centers in Hungary
• Hungarian Association on Addictions
Methadone maintenance monitoring
Research development activities related to the development of
integrated treatment modalities
Financial issues
• Hungarian Research Fund (OTKA)
• Very limited
• Only for basic research
• Governmental sources
• Decrease dramatically in the past fives years (to almost zero)
• EU Structural Funds
• Direct financing from the EU
• Lack of addiction related priorities
Publication
• Until the mid 2000 years
• Almost exclusively in Hungarian
• Past ten years
• Significant increase year by year
Thank you for your attention!
Zsolt Demetrovics
[email protected]