Ioana Alina Cristea

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy

Ioana Alina Cristea is associate professor of clinical psychology at the Department of General Psychology at the University of Padova in Italy. Her work applies meta-research – methods investigating how research is planned, conducted and reported – to clinically important questions, such as how to develop, improve or more robustly evaluate mental health treatments.

Written by Ioana Alina Cristea

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Does it still make sense to call addiction a ‘brain disease’?

The popular brain-disease model was meant to reduce stigma and explain addiction. It’s time to check whether it’s delivered

by Chrysanthi Blithikioti & Ioana Alina Cristea