Research group Alcohol and Drug Research Network within Social Sciences (Sonad network)

The aim of the network is to increase the cooperation between different regions and research settings in Sweden and to form a national base and meeting place for young and more experienced researchers.

The national researcher network Sonad was initiated in 2004 by the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD).

The aim of the network is to increase the cooperation between different regions and research settings in Sweden and to form a national base and meeting place for young and more experienced researchers. The network meetings are primarily held in Swedish.

Sonad is financed by Forte – Swedish Research Council for Health, Working life and Welfare.

Group members

Group managers

Jessica Storbjörk

Associate professor

Department of Public Health Sciences

08-16 14 68

jessica.storbjork@su.se

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Research projects

Ongoing

Completed

Dilemmas of help-seeking

The responsibility to offer support and treatment for people with gambling problems and their significant others was clarified in Swedish legislation in 2018. The aim of this study was to explore barriers for and experiences of help-seeking among people with gambling and alcohol problems.

Why are young people drinking less than earlier?

Understanding the mechanisms leading to young people drinking less than the generations before holds implications for approaches to reducing alcohol consumption at the population level in an ongoing way. The project is focuses attention on individual, developmental and social factors of all adolescents, including light drinkers and those who do not drink.