Ongoing research in CERA
On this page, we have listed research groups and research projects in the following areas: alcohol, drugs, tobacco, nicotine products, gambling, gaming and psychiatric comorbidity.
Addiction Biology Unit
Research on new pharmacological treatment for alcohol- and nicotine dependence.
Addiction Psychology: Experimental and Clinical research (APEC)
Different psychological processes in relation to use of alcohol and drugs.
Centre for Health Governance
Governance- and organizational issues and issues of cost-effectiveness of specific treatments.
GAMEPSY-9 (University West)
The relationships between mental health problems in adolescents and gaming.
Gaming and mental health in children and young people in Sweden (University West)
The links between gaming and mental health.
Integrative neuroscience
How exposure to nicotine and alcohol may produce long-term neuroadaptations that may promote drug seeking behavior.
Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology (EPINEP)
Health and mental well-being in the elderly.
Social Exclusion and Control
Alcohol- and drug problems, poverty, homelessness and crime.
The importance of the parent-child relationship for adolescent attitudes and play (University West)
Gambling with or without money and parent-child relationships (gaming and gambling).