Emeritus Director of Addictions of the Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions-Hospital del Mar, Professor of Psychiatry at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and at the Universitat de Vic-Central Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Biography
Marta Torrens, MD, PhD, Specialist in Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and at the Universitat de Vic-Central Catalunya, Coordinator of the Research Group on Addictions at IMIM-Hospital del Mar Research Institut, Barcelona, coordinator of the Research Network for Primary Care in Addictions (RIAPAd) supported by the Carlos III Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), and elected member of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) and the Informal Scientific Network of UNODC and WHO. She is working in the drug abuse field in clinical, teaching and research. Her main experience is the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders (opioid, cocaine, cannabis, alcohol…), in medical (HIV, VHC) and psychiatric comorbidity among substance users (dual disorders), evaluation of new psychoactive substances and a transversal gender perspective in substance use disorders.