Goals

 

   Epidemiology and Etiology of addiction areas

ü  Recognize the appearance of addiction in the country

ü  Epidemiology of substance use

ü  Epidemiology of substance use in specific groups (women, students, workplace, etc.)

ü  Changing the pattern of substance use

ü  Cohort studies in addiction

ü  Medical and psychological effects of addiction

ü  Comorbidity of psychiatric disorders and addiction

ü  Etiology of addiction with the priority of demographic, family, social, cognitive factors and Causes and increase in addiction-related deaths referred to forensic centers

        Prevention of Addiction

ü  Provide models for addiction prevention

ü  Investigation of factors protecting against addiction in high-risk groups

ü  Empowering adolescents and young people against addiction

ü  Investigate the risk factors for substance abuse

ü  Identify the study of groups at risk of addiction

ü  New methods of prevention (informational, emotional, alternative, resistance skills, social skills)

ü  Prevention programs (school-based, community-based, family-centered, environmental change, etc.)

ü  The effect of social factors affecting addiction

ü  Evaluate addiction prevention programs in the country

 

    Treatment and prevention of recurrence

ü  New methods of psychotherapy (individual, group and family therapy and counseling)

ü  Social interventions (social support treatment methods)

ü  Medical treatments (treatment with agonists, detoxification, hospitalization, community-based therapy, etc.)

ü  Carrying out the needs of therapists, preparing and compiling training packages for them

ü  Complementary or alternative therapy (acupuncture, pinotherapy, herbal medicine, spiritual therapy)

ü  Factors affecting recurrence

ü  Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of common medical interventions in the country

 

   Social spheres of addiction

ü  Evaluation includes: (evaluation of achievement of goals, cost-effectiveness, and cost-benefit)

ü  Monitor and evaluate harm reduction programs

ü  Assessing and monitoring changes in social issues and implementing social security plans

ü  Empowerment Assessment of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community-Based (SAM)

ü  The effectiveness of propaganda programs against drugs and psychotropic substances

     Making questions

ü  Construction and standardization of questionnaires

 

    Basic science of addiction

ü Investigation of environmental interventions on addictive neural structures

ü Study of hereditary addiction epidemiology

ü Immediate study of emerging materials and chemical analysis of their compounds

ü Investigation of genetic backgrounds of addiction

ü Neurological aspects of addiction

ü Investigate the biological neurological aspects of addiction