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email: adrian.carter@uq.edu.au
Research Interests
Adrian Carter is an NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellow
in Public Health investigating the way in which a neurobiological
understanding of addiction affects how we think about and treat
individuals with an addiction. He completed his doctoral
dissertation on the ethical and public policy implications of
addiction neuroscience - "Addiction neuroethics: The promises
and perils of addiction neuroscience" http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:179596
- at the Queensland Brain Institute and Department of Philosophy,
The University of Queensland in 2009. Adrian is particularly
interested in the impact that neuroscience has upon our notions of
autonomy and responsibility in addiction, the use of coercion and
the capacity to consent in addiction treatment, as well as the use
of novel neurological technologies to treat, and possibly, prevent
addiction. He is also examining the impact that neurobiological
explanations have upon the public, affected individuals and other
stakeholders understanding of addiction, and their attitudes
towards the use of emerging technologies to treat addiction. Adrian
has published numerous articles on these issues, as well as reports
for the World Health Organization, the European Monitoring Centre
for Drugs and Drug Addiction, and the Australian Ministerial
Council on Drugs Strategy.
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Key publications
Carter, A. & Hall, W. (2010) The need for
more explanatory humility in addiction neurobiology.
Addiction, in press.
Carter, A., Capps, B., Nutt, D., ter Muelen,
R., Ashcroft, R. & Hall, W. (2009) Addiction Neurobiology:
Ethical and Social Implications, EMCDDA Monographs No. 9.
Lisbon, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/monographs/neurobiology
Carter, A. & Hall, W. (2008) Informed
consent to opioid agonist maintenance treatment: Recommended
ethical guidelines. International Journal of Drug Policy,
19, 79-89.
Carter, A. & Hall, W. (2008) The issue of
consent to research that administers drugs of addiction to addicted
persons. Accountability in Research, 15,
209-225.
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Collaborations
Assoc Prof Craig Fry, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Assit Prof Benjamin Capps, Centre for Biomedical Ethics,
National University of Singapore
Assoc Prof Dan Lubman, Director, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug
Centre
Dr Mark Daglish, Director, Addiction Psychiatry, UQ and Herston
Alcohol and Drugs Service
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