Dual Disorder Heroin Addicts: Clinical and Therapeutical Aspects

Icro Maremmani, was born in Pietrasanta (Lucca) on May 18th, 1951. He graduated in Medicine at Pisa University in 1979, becoming a specialist in Psychiatry cum laude there in 1983. In 2014 he was officially recognised as a qualified Full Professor of Psychiatry. He has been professor of Addiction Medicine at Pisa University since 1994 and at the Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences in Rome since 2020. His main field of interest is opioid agonist treatment of opioid use disorder patients, especially in dual disorder patients. He has been a collaborator of the American Association for the treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) since 1988 (working on its Executive Committee); the Italian Society of Addiction Medicine (SITD) since 1990 (co-founder and past President); the European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association (EUROPAD) since 1994 (co-founder and President from its foundation). He is President of the World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (WFTOD), a non-governmental organisation recognised by the ECOSOC of the United Nations and in 2022 founded its department, - "Addiction Research Methods Institute"- in New York, NY, USA. The same year, he founded the PISA-School of Addiction Medicine at the De Lisio Institute of Behavioural Sciences in Pisa, Italy. He is a founding-member and vice-president of the World Association of Dual Disorders (WADD). He was the first non-American to be awarded the Dole and Nyswander prize, in Washington DC, in 1994. He was given the Chimera career award in 2004 in Paris and became an honorary member of the Spanish Society of Dual Pathology (SEPD) in 2015 in Barcelona. In 2016, in Montreal, he was recognised as an ISAM (International Society of Addiction Medicine) fellow (FISAM). He presented the Dole & Nyswander Award in 2019 in Orlando, FL, USA. He has published scientific papers in Italian (totalling over 400) and English (over 300). He has actively participated in more than 500 scientific seminars and congresses. He is Editor-in-Chief of Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, the Journal of Clinical Medicine (Section of Psychiatry), and the Italian Journal of the Addictions. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Frontiers in Psychiatry. He lives and works in Pietrasanta.

Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani was born in Pietrasanta (Lucca) on April 21st, 1984. He graduated in Medicine at Pisa University in 2009 and became a specialist in Psychiatry cum laude again in Pisa in 2015. He graduated from the Doctorate Programme in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Siena University in 2020. In 2017 he was officially recognised as possessing all the credentials required to become an Associate Professor of Psychiatry. He has been teaching Addiction Medicine at Pisa University since 2013. He is a Professor of Addiction Medicine at the Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences in Rome. He received the Chimera Award in Grenoble, France, in 2021. His field of interest is Addiction Medicine, particularly regarding opioid addiction and dual-disorder patients. He is a member of AU-CNS and is an active collaborator of EUROPAD and WFTOD. He is President of the Pisa School of Clinical and Experimental Psychiatry, founded in 2017 and a PISA-School of Addiction Medicine teacher member. He was a fellow at British Columbia University (Vancouver, Canada) in the spring and summer of 2014 and at Rockefeller University (NY, USA) in the fall of 2014. He has worked as a physician in charge at ASL Toscana Nord Occidentale (Versilia, North-Western Tuscany) since 2016. He has published papers in Italian (over 20) and English (over 90) and has actively contributed to more than 20 congresses and seminars. He is the Associate Director of Frontiers in Psychiatry, Addictive Disorders section, and is a member of the editorial board of Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems. He lives in Marina di Pietrasanta and works in Viareggio.

Matteo Pacini was born in Pisa on January 24th, 1975. He graduated in Medicine at Pisa University cum laude in 1999 and specialised in Psychiatry there in 2003. He has been professor of Addiction Medicine in university post-graduate courses since 2011. He is a Professor of Addiction Medicine at the Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences in Rome and a PISA-School of Addiction Medicine teaching member. His fields of interest are Addiction Medicine, Forensic Psychiatry and Dual Disorders. He collaborates with Europad, representing Italy on its international scientific committee. He received the Europad Chimera career award in Krakow in 2018 and won research prizes for one paper about QT prolongation during methadone maintenance (Europad, Pietrasanta, 2001) and then for another one on the long-term outcome of dual diagnosis heroin addicts in agonist treatment (SOPSI, Rome, 2002). He has published over 30works in Italian and over 90 in English. He has actively contributed to over 50 congresses and seminars. He is a member of the editorial board of Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems. He lives and works in Pisa.

Icro Maremmani於1951年5月18日出生於比特拉桑塔（盧卡）。他於1979年在比薩大學獲得醫學學位，並於1983年以優異成績成為精神醫學專家。2014年，他被正式認可為合格的精神醫學全職教授。自1994年以來，他一直擔任比薩大學的成癮醫學教授，並自2020年起在羅馬的聖卡米路斯國際健康科學大學任教。他的主要研究領域是對鴉片使用障礙患者的鴉片激動劑治療，特別是在雙重障礙患者中。自1988年以來，他一直是美國鴉片依賴治療協會（AATOD）的合作者（在其執行委員會工作）；自1990年以來是意大利成癮醫學學會（SITD）的成員（共同創辦人及前任會長）；自1994年以來是歐洲鴉片成癮治療協會（EUROPAD）的成員（共同創辦人及創會會長）。他是世界鴉片依賴治療聯合會（WFTOD）的會長，該組織是聯合國經濟及社會理事會認可的非政府組織，並於2022年在美國紐約成立了其部門——「成癮研究方法學院」。同年，他在意大利比薩的德利西奧行為科學研究所創立了PISA成癮醫學學校。他是世界雙重障礙協會（WADD）的創始成員及副會長。他是1994年在華盛頓特區獲得Dole和Nyswander獎的第一位非美國人。2004年，他在巴黎獲得了奇美拉職業獎，並於2015年在巴塞隆納成為西班牙雙重病理學會（SEPD）的榮譽會員。2016年，他在蒙特利爾被認可為國際成癮醫學學會（ISAM）研究員（FISAM）。2019年，他在美國佛羅里達州奧蘭多頒發了Dole & Nyswander獎。他已發表超過400篇意大利文和300篇英文的科學論文，並積極參加超過500場科學研討會和大會。他是《海洛因成癮與相關臨床問題》、臨床醫學期刊（精神醫學部分）及意大利成癮期刊的主編。他是《國際環境研究與公共衛生期刊》和《精神醫學前沿》的編輯委員會成員。他目前居住並在比特拉桑塔工作。

安傑洛·喬凡尼·伊克羅·馬雷馬尼於1984年4月21日出生於比特拉桑塔（盧卡）。他於2009年在比薩大學獲得醫學學位，並於2015年再次在比薩成為精神醫學專家。2020年，他在西耶那大學獲得生物化學與分子生物學博士學位。2017年，他被正式認可具備成為精神醫學副教授所需的所有資格。自2013年以來，他一直在比薩大學教授成癮醫學。他是羅馬聖卡米路斯國際健康科學大學的成癮醫學教授。他於2021年在法國格勒諾布爾獲得奇美拉獎。他的研究領域是成癮醫學，特別是關於鴉片成癮和雙重障礙患者。他是AU-CNS的成員，並積極參與EUROPAD和WFTOD的合作。他是2017年成立的比薩臨床與實驗精神醫學學校的會長，也是PISA成癮醫學學校的教師成員。他於2014年春季和夏季在加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞大學（溫哥華）及2014年秋季在美國洛克菲勒大學（紐約）擔任研究員。自2016年以來，他在托斯卡納北西部的ASL Toscana Nord Occidentale擔任負責醫生。他已發表超過20篇意大利文和90篇英文的論文，並積極參加超過20場大會和研討會。他是《精神醫學前沿》成癮障礙部分的副主任，並是《海洛因成癮與相關臨床問題》的編輯委員會成員。