Papers and Conferences

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Conference

Psychonaut International Conference
18 September
Ancona, Italy

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This is the complete list of papers published or presented at major conferences and of specific reports commissioned.

Articles


Mustata, C., Torrens, M., Pardo, R., Perez, C., The Psychonaut Web Mapping Group, & Farre, M. (2009). Spice drugs: Cannabinoids as a new designer drugs. Adicciones, 21(3), 181-186
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Schifano, F., Corazza, O., Deluca, P., Davey, Z. and the Psychonaut Web Mapping Group (2009). Psychoactive drug or mystical incense? Overview of the online available information on Spice products. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 2(2), 137-144
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Deluca, P., & Schifano, F. for the Psychonaut 2002 Research Group (2007). Searching the Internet for drug-related web sites: Analysis of online available information on ecstasy (MDMA). American Journal on Addicitions, 16, 479-483
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Schifano, F., Deluca, P., & Baldacchino, A.  (2006). Online availbility of Dextropropoxyphene over time, 2003-2005. Cyber Psychology & Behavior, 9(4), 404-409
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Schifano, F., Deluca, P., and the Psychonaut 2002 research group  (2006). Drugs on the web; the Psychonaut 2002 EU project preliminary results. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 30(4), 640-646
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Siemann, H., Specka, M., Schifano, F., Deluca, P., Scherbaum, N. (2006). Salvia divinorum – Präsenz einer neuen Droge im Internet [Salvia divinorum on the web].  Das Gesundheitswesen, 68(5), 323-7
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Littlejohn, C., Baldacchino, A., Schifano, F., & Deluca, P. (2005). Internet pharmacies and online prescription drug sales: A cross-sectional study. Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 12 (1), 75-80.
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Schifano, F., Deluca, P., Agosti, L., Martinotti, G., Corkery, J., and the Psychonaut 2002 research group (2005). Hallucinogenic phenethylamines on the web; the case of 2C-T-7 (“Blue Mystic”)  Journal of Psychopharmacology, 19 (6), 675-679.
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Schifano, F., Leoni, M., Martinotti, G., Rawaf, S., and Rovetto, F. (2003). Importance of Cyberspace for the Assessment of the Drug Abuse Market: Preliminary Results from the Psychonaut 2002 Project. CyberPsychology, 6 (4), 405-410
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Salman, R. & Schifano, F. (2000). The Internet, children, young people and substance misuse: Co-ordinated approaches are needed to minimise the use of E-commerce to obtain drugs and prevent substance misuse.  Public Health Medicine, 2 (3), 96
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Conference papers


Peltoniemi, T. (2009). ICT-services for media addiction, prevention, and treatment in Finland Paper presented at 2 Berliner Mediensuch-Konferenz - Beratung und Behandlung fur mediengefahrdete und - geschadigte Menschen, Berlin, Germany, 6-7 March
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Peltoniemi, T. (2009). Cyber services for drug prevention and treatment. "Good Practice in Cyberspace tools for information, education, prevention and treatment", 52 CND Side Events.  Paper presented at Vienna NGO Policy Forum, Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 17 March
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Deluca, P. (2009). Expert meeting: Spice and related synthetic cannabinoids. Paper presented at the EMCDDA, Lisbon, Portugal, 6 March
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Davey, Z., Corazza, O., Deluca, P., & Schifano, F. (2009). Can novel compounds induce psychosis? Poster presented at the Psychosis Workshop, University of Birmingham, UK, 9 ? 10 July
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Corazza, O., Schifano, F., Davey, Z., & Deluca, P. (2009). Consciousness, drugs, and the Internet. Paper presented at Towards the Science of Consciousness 2009, Investigating Inner Esperience Brain, Mind, Technology, China, June 11-14
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Deluca, P., & Schifano, F. (2008). Mapping the web for new recreational drugs: the Psychonaut project. Paper presented at the 20th Elisad Annual Meeting, Turin, Italy, 9-10 October
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Peltoniemi, T. (2008). New information and communication technologies especially for drug prevention and treatment. Paper presented at the EXASS Net 4th Meeting, Moscow, 30-31 October
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Peltoniemi, T. (2008). Digital services for drug prevention and treatment. Paper presented at the 51st ICAA Conference on Dependencies, Limassol, Cyprus, 2-6 November
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Peltoniemi, T. (2008). How to use Internet and SMS in drug prevention and treatment. Paper presented at the 'Strengthening the integrated system of medical, psychological and social care for drug users in Romania' EU Twinning Project, Bucharest, Romania, 10-12 November
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Peltoniemi, T. (2008). ICT services for alcohol and drug prevention and treatment. Paper presented at the 9th Meeting of the Pompidou Treatment Platform, Strasbourg, France, 11-12 December
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Scherbaum, N., & Siemann, H. (2008). The internet as a window on drug abuse. Paper presented at the IX World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Quebec, Canada, 27 July - 1 August
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Deluca, P., & Schifano, F. (2007). Alert on new recreational drugs on the web: Building up the Psychonaut European-wide, digital Early Warning Sysytem. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference and Training Day: Old Addicitions...New Addicitions, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust Substance Misuse & Offender Care Services, London, UK, 30 November.
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Schifano, F., Leoni, M., Deluca, P., & Rovetto, F. (2003). Surfing the net whilst wandering around for drugs: The Psychonaut 2002 preliminary results. Paper presented at the European Association for Behaviour Analysis Conference, Parma, Italy, 23-25 July
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Schifano, F., & Deluca, P.  (2003). The quest for drugs: New tools, old habit. Paper presented at the 2nd PrevNet Conference of Telematics in Addiction Prevention, Dublin, Ireland, 23-25 October
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