BASIC ASPECTS AND RESEARCH 1. Is addiction a chronic relapsingdisease? 2. In it for the long haul: recovery capital, addictiontheory and the inter-generational transmission of addictive behaviour3. Self-Medication and addictions 4. Promoting Best Practice in thedrug addiction field: the EMCDDA experience 5. Chronobiology andaddiction: implications for treatment and prevention SEX DIFFERENCES6. Biological bases of sex diff erences in drug addiction 7. Femalepolydrug abuse and psychopathology - Gender differences: an overview8. Th e impact of motherhood on recovery - Lessons we can learn fromthe treatment journeys of mothers with problematic substance misuseissues THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES 9. Quality of life in therapeuticcommunities for substance abuse 10. The essential elements oftreatment: a European therapeutic communities perspective 11. MECETT,the journeymen model transferred to staff training in TC's 12. Thereasons for the rise and fall of the Bremberg empire SOCIAL ANDPOLITIC FACTORS 13. The United Nations and drug demand reductionpolicies
