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Applications open: 2019 Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction Collaborative Research Seed Funding

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Applications are now open for the 2019 round of UNSW Medicine Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction Theme and SPHERE Clinical Academic Group (CAG) Collaborative Research Seed Funding. The UNSW Medicine Neuroscience, Mental Health and...

28th World Congress on Neurology and Therapeutics (CSE)

28 February 2019

Berlin

The International Neurology conference entitled 28th World Congress on Neurology and Therapeutics will take place February 28 – March 01, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. The event is designed for researchers, physicians, academics and students from all over the world.

Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Does It Matter If Addiction Is a Brain Disease?

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15 December 2017

Seizing on the theory’s propaganda value, in 1997 the head of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse proclaimed, “Addiction Is a Brain Disease, and It Matters.” His contention has been hailed as a breakthrough or condemned as a...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: What Is Drug Addiction Treatment for?

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29 November 2017

The first matrix cell on treatment (as opposed to harm reduction) seems a good time to ask: What is treatment there to do? ‘Cure’ addiction, or promote meaningful and productive lives? Meet patients’ wishes, or aid the government’s welfare...