Summary and Analysis
In June 2022, the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) sponsored an in-person conference at the London South Bank University. As per its website, “the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) is concerned with alcohol use and problems and it’s treatment. Its aim is to promote a better understanding of these topics. The Group is mainly a forum for debate; where anybody concerned with helping people with drinking problems is encouraged to exchange ideas, share results and learn about new developments in the field.”
The Addiction Theory Network presented a symposium titled Evaluating the brain disease model of addiction. For the full list of presentations see the NDSAG conference page.
Excerpted from New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group
This event included a book symposium ‘Evaluating the brain disease model of addiction’, with speakers including:
Prof Derek Heim & Dr Rebecca Monk, Recovery is Possible: Overcoming ‘Addiction’ and its Rescue Hypotheses
Dr Frank Ryan, Psychotherapeutic strategies to enhance motivation and cognitive control
Dr Tim Leighton, Brains or persons? Is it coherent to ascribe psychological powers to brains?
Dr James Morris, Before ‘rock bottom’ Does a disease model hinder public health goals for alcohol?
Dr Ed Day, discussant for the ‘evaluating the brain disease model of addiction’ symposium
