«The Challenge of Addiction». An addiction policy that focuses exclusively on dependence on tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs does not go far enough for present-day needs – and it misses the most urgent problems. To address both the current and the future...
Forum François van der Linde. The task was an ambitious one: to draw up a policy framework that would include not only addictive substances but also potentially addictive forms of behaviour (gambling, for instance). The way it was addressed was also ambitious: the...
Editorial Andrea Arz de Falco. In discussions of policies on addiction, Switzerland is often praised as a pioneer. However, Swiss policy on addiction is facing new questions and challenges that are not only a result of changing social realities (the 24/7 society,...
Migration and Health. As part of the «Migrant Friendly Hospitals» project, five centres of excellence for migrant friendly medical care are to be developed in Switzerland.
Behavioural addictions. Online sex addiction is regarded as the m ost common form of Internet overuse. Its consequences for users, their partners and families, young people and society as a whole are hard to estimate. It poses new challenges in many...