Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Unit facilitates the development of powerful working groups who have had considerable success in gaining EU-based external funding, and producing high-impact research.
The Psychopharmacology, Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit has a close connection, some shared membership and interests with the Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry Group (MACG), particularly in respect of NPS and natural products.
Research areas
The Unit has carried out research projects in a range of areas, including:
- Epidemiology of drug misuse, including drug mortality and 'near misses', and associated indicators
- Pharmacovigilance/toxicovigilance approaches in assessing the abuse potential of prescription and 'over the counter' drugs
- Web-based studies of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and traditional drugs
- Deep web; dark net; and NPS trading
- NPS and preclinical pharmacological issues
- Analytical chemistry issues relating to NPS
- Performance- and Image-Enhancing (PIEDs; lifestyle drugs) drugs’ misuse
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Bootstrap: Boosting Societal Adaptation and Mental Health in a Rapidly Digitalising, Post-Pandemic Europe
Fineberg, N. (PI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Trivedi, D. (CoI), Jones, J. (CoI), Pellegrini, L. (CoI), Corazza, O. (CoI), Hall, N. (CoI) & Munro Wild, H. (CoI)
1/07/23 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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NPS.Finder®
Schifano, F. (CoPI), vento, A. (CoPI), Corkery, J. (Researcher), Guirguis, A. (Researcher), Napoletano, F. (Researcher) & Arillotta, D. (Researcher)
14/11/17 → …
Project: Research
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Ketamine and psilocybin for athletes: A therapeutic breakthrough or a slippery slope?
Zandonai, T., Venturini, S. & Corazza, O., 28 Feb 2026, In: Performance Enhancement and Health. 14, 1, 100386.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Research protocol for BootStRaP assessment phase: A nine-nation study on boosting societal adaptation and mental health in a rapidly digitalising, post-pandemic Europe
Fineberg, N., Brandtner, A., Lochner, N., Kannen, C., Smith, M., Foster, S., Meinke, A., Mosler, K., Fine, S., Carmi, L., Friedman, T., Demetrovics, Z., Sales, C. M., Jones, J., Oliveira, H., Chamberlain, S., Ioannidis, K., Felvinczi, K., Zohar, J. & Roman-Urrestarazu, A. & 23 others, , 28 Feb 2026, In: Comprehensive Psychiatry. 145, 17 p., 152653.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping policies related to problematic usage of the internet in seven European countries: Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Estonia and Switzerland
Larrain, B., Kessel, R. V., Mosler, K., Achab, S., Corazza, O., Stein, D. J., Ekhtari, H., Bowden-Jones, H., Ioannidis, K., Barbati, V., Penazzi, G., Demetrovics, Z., Chamberlain, S., Carmi, L., Zohar, J., Rumpf, H. J., Hall, N., Menchon, J. M., Sales, C. & Montag, C. & 14 others, , 21 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Comprehensive Psychiatry. 152674.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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