Biography

Professor Torrens works in drug abuse in clinical, teaching and research areas. Her main clinical experience is the assessment and treatment of addiction, psychiatric comorbidity in addiction (dual diagnosis) and new psychoactive substances. Her research has been published in the main journals of the field. She has participated in many national and international conferences and courses about good practices in the clinical treatment of drug abuse. She has collaborated with international organisations such as EMCDDA, WHO and UNODC and has been invited as an expert to scientific congresses and meetings.

Other affiliations: Head of Addiction Programme at the Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions-Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain; Member of the Clinical Commission of the National Plan on Drugs from the Spanish Ministry of Health and Executive member of the Section on Dual Disorders/Pathology of WPA.