Carrà Giuseppe, Clerici Massimo
Department of Applied Health and Behavioural Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Pavia, Italy.
Addiction. 2003 Aug;98(8):1039-42. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00458.x.
The Italian Association on Addiction Psychiatry (SIPDip) is a special section of the Italian Psychiatric Association (SIP). It started, under the name of the Italian Association on Abuse and Addictive Behaviours (SICAD), in 1989 from the awareness that the addiction field had been starved of a psychiatrists' contribution since 1975. SIPDip aims to improve and implement study, clinical, research and educational topics about substance abuse and addictive behaviours. The National Board composition aims to provide an equal distribution of psychiatrists working in psychiatric and addiction facilities inside the National Health System, and private non-profit agencies. All psychiatrists and members of the Italian Psychiatric Association can become SIPDip ordinary members, while other health professionals working in psychiatric and addiction fields can become associate members. SIPDip has its National Congress every second year. In 2001 it promoted a network called the National Council of Addiction Disorders. It is recognized officially by the Drug Policy National Department and was created under the direct authority of the Prime Minister. In this, SIPDip is particularly involved in review groups relating to ethical issues, substitutive therapies and dual diagnosis. Furthermore, it organized the first Consensus Conference on Dual Diagnosis, under the sponsorship of the Italian Psychiatric Association. This was held in June 2003 to implement relevant national guidelines. The SIPDip main topics that will be addressed in the near future are: psychiatric comorbidity in substance related disorders; intervention efficacy assessment; and special populations and novel addictions. The National Board meeting on 15 December 2002 decided to submit to the General Assembly in April 2003, a motion to modify the Association's byelaws and to rename the organization 'The Italian Association of Addiction Psychiatry'.
意大利成瘾精神病学协会（SIPDip）是意大利精神病学协会（SIP）的一个特别部门。它最初以意大利滥用与成瘾行为协会（SICAD）的名义成立于1989年，当时人们意识到自1975年以来成瘾领域一直缺乏精神科医生的贡献。SIPDip旨在改进和实施关于药物滥用和成瘾行为的研究、临床、科研及教育课题。国家委员会的组成旨在使在国家卫生系统内的精神病院和成瘾治疗机构以及私立非营利机构工作的精神科医生得到平等分配。所有精神科医生以及意大利精神病学协会的成员都可以成为SIPDip的普通会员，而在精神病学和成瘾领域工作的其他卫生专业人员可以成为准会员。SIPDip每两年召开一次全国代表大会。2001年，它推动成立了一个名为成瘾疾病全国委员会的网络。该网络得到国家毒品政策部门的正式认可，并在总理的直接授权下成立。在这方面，SIPDip特别参与了与伦理问题、替代疗法和双重诊断相关的审查小组。此外，它在意大利精神病学协会的赞助下组织了第一次双重诊断共识会议。该会议于2003年6月举行，以实施相关的国家指南。SIPDip近期将探讨的主要课题包括：物质相关障碍中的精神科共病；干预效果评估；以及特殊人群和新型成瘾问题。2002年12月15日的国家委员会会议决定在2003年4月向大会提交一项动议，修改协会章程并将该组织更名为“意大利成瘾精神病学协会”。
