Hungarian addiction research and research associations Zsolt Demetrovics Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Research Associations (ICARA) Annual Meeting Budapest, August, 2015

Back to the 20 th century 1960’s and 70’s Substance use is neglected Few epidemiologic studies 80’s Substance use is acknowledged 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