13/10/2016
對科學研究有興趣的大家快來參加這場座談會!
世界知明,領導科學界的科學家會在這場座談會上討論上癮行為這議題。
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DRUGS, DESIRE & DISEASE: How neurosciences is changing our understanding of addiction
Join a world-leading panel of experts to debate the potential impact on society of treating addiction as a brain disease:
· Can people with an addiction control their drug use and make free decisions?
· How does the brain disease approach impact the ability to overcome addiction?
· Should people with drug addiction be coerced into treatment?
· Can neuroscience reduce the stigma and discrimination around addiction?
· Can we become addicted to other behaviours such as gambling, food, s*x and the Internet?
The panel will be moderated by Dr Steve Ellen, and will feature:
Professor Marc Lewis (leading neuroscientist, former drug addict and author), Professor Dan Lubman(Director of Turning Point), Associate Professor Helen Keane (Sociologist and author) and Gavin Crosisca (former Collingwood AFL football player and former drug addict).
6-7pm Friday 21 October 2016. Cash bar from 5pm
Venue: National Gallery of Victoria, Clemenger Auditorium.
See attached flyer for more details.
This is a FREE public event, but registrations are essential. Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/drugs-desire-and-disease-neuroscience-and-our-understanding-of-addiction-tickets-28351417854
A proud initiative of the David Winston Turner Endowment Fund, Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, Monash University and in partnership with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function.
“Addiction is a brain disease, and it matters” Alan Leshner’s 1997 declaration as director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse argued that the chronic use of drugs hijacks an addicted person’s brain, undermining their ability to control their drug use. This insight promised to revolutionise t...