Table 2: National policy documents setting out research priorities reflecting the need for facilitating research in a particular scientific discipline Yes Belgium France Italy The Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom No Medical sciences Not formally made Biology (FGP, Neurosciences (IPA, Any scientific Biology (PR 46/99) Not formally explicit in the policy 2010-13) discipline formally made explicit in documents here made explicit in the the policy Pharmacology (PR examined (neither policy documents documents here Genetic (FGP, Neurosciences with 46/99) BFPN, 2001 nor here examined (DWP, examined in-depth analysis of BCD, 2010) 1996) Neurosciences (PR, aspects Neurosciences (FGP, 46/99) and changes during 2013-17) treatment (DPA, Toxicology (PR, 2011) 46/99) Neuroimaging (IPA, 2010-13) Epidemiology (BFPN, 2001 and (FGP, 2013-17) Not cited as such Any scientific Epidemiological towards “Work BCD, 2010) among the priority discipline formally surveys provision of areas of interest for made explicit in the studies, robust research identified policy documents prison-based comparative in the policy here examined but studies, problematic estimates of PDU documents here the policy of 1996 drug use) (PP, prevalence” examined calls for “comparable statistics” (DWP, (CGDRS, 2010) 1996)
Table 2: National policy documents setting out research priorities reflecting the need for facilitating research in a particular scientific discipline Yes No Belgium France Italy The Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom Medical sciences Not formally made explicit in the policy documents here examined (neither BFPN, 2001 nor BCD, 2010) Biology (FGP, Genetic (FGP, Neurosciences (FGP, 2013-17) Neurosciences (IPA, 2010-13) Neurosciences with in-depth analysis of aspects and changes during treatment (DPA, 2011) Neuroimaging (IPA, 2010-13) Any scientific discipline formally made explicit in the policy documents here examined (DWP, 1996) Biology (PR 46/99) Pharmacology (PR 46/99) Neurosciences (PR, 46/99) Toxicology (PR, 46/99) Not formally made explicit in the policy documents here examined Epidemiology (BFPN, 2001 and BCD, 2010) (FGP, 2013-17) Not cited as such among the priority areas of interest for research identified in the policy documents here examined Any scientific discipline formally made explicit in the policy documents here examined but the policy of 1996 calls for “comparable statistics” (DWP, 1996) Epidemiological surveys studies, prison-based studies, problematic drug use) (PP, “Work towards provision of robust comparative estimates of PDU prevalence” (CGDRS, 2010)
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