Topics

The overall theme of the ISAM 2026 Congress is: “Improving addiction treatment outcome: tackling old and new challenges.”
Abstracts are welcome in any of the following conference topics and must be selected upon submission.

List of topics

  1. Recovery Management & Relapse Prevention
  2. Rehabilitation
  3. Behavioral Addiction
  4. Trauma and Addiction
  5. Prevention and Mitigation (Harm Reduction)
  6. Women and Addiction
  7. Populations with Special Clinical Needs (Children, LGBT, elderly, refugees, minorities, prisoners, homeless)
  8. Common Co-occuring mental problems (e.g. intellectual disability, psychiatric disorders)
  9. Somatic co-morbidity (e.g. hepatic, nervous system, infectious diseases)
  10. Legal Aspects of Addiction & Compulsory Treatment
  11. Innovations in Addiction (Prevention, Diagnosis, (new)Treatments & Rehabilitation)
  12. Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders
  13. Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders
  14. Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders
  15. International Partnership & Opportunities for Future Generation
  16. Ethics for Addiction Professionals (e.g. ending treatment, assisted dying)
  17. New Research: medication, other therapies,
  18. Stigma: reduction
  19. Sleeping disorders
  20. Epidemiology: developments
  21. Chronic pain and substance use disorder
  22. Sexuality
  23. New Psychoactive Substances: treatment options, risks
  24. impulsiveness
  25. Explanatory models of addiction (e.g. [epi]genetics)

 

An abstract can be submitted for presentation at the Conference as:

1) Oral Presentation
2) Poster Presentation
3) Workshop
4) Symposium

Please read the guidelines by submission type carefully.

Important Dates

  • Abstract submitting deadline – Tuesday 31 March 2026
  • Confirmation participation with your abstract – July 2026
  • The presenting author of the abstract must be registered for the meeting before – XXX