Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity. Substance abuse research in a modern health care centre: the case of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is one of the premier centres for research related to substance use and addiction. This research began more than 50 years ago with the Addiction Research Foundation (ARF), an organization that contributed significantly to knowledge about the aetiology, treatment and prevention of substance use, addiction and related harm. After the merger of the ARF with three other institutions in 1998, research on substance use continued, with an additional focus on comorbid substance use and other mental health disorders. In the present paper, we describe the structure of funding and organization and selected current foci of research. We argue for the continuation of this successful model of integrating basic, epidemiological, clinical, health service and prevention research under the roof of a health centre.
Rehm
Jürgen
J
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. jtrehm@aol.com
Giesbrecht
Norman
N
Gliksman
Louis
L
Graham
Kathryn
K
Le
Anh D
AD
Mann
Robert E
RE
Room
Robin
R
Rush
Brian
B
Tyndale
Rachel F
RF
Wells
Samantha
S
D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009864:Ontario; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control