Research reports on addictions
Here a list of research reports on the topic “Addiction” that have been funded by the Federal Office of Public Health.
Addictions in general
Addiction in the economy and society
in French, summary in French and German
Florian Labhart, Etienne Maffli, Luca Notari
Addiction Suisse, 2021in French, summary in German
Marina Delgrande Jordan et al.
Addiction Switzerland (Sucht Schweiz), 2021en allemand, résumé en français et en italien
Barbara Fischer, Beatrice Mäder, Harry Telser
Polynomics AG, 2021Dario Spini, Annahita Ehsan, Hannah Sophie Klaas
Université de Lausanne, Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research, 2020en allemand, résumé en français
Oliver Hümbelin, Jodok Läser, Dorian Kessler
Berner Fachhochschule, 2020Rapport en allemand, résumé en français
Gerhard Gmel et al.
Addiction Suisse, 2018Rapport en allemand, résumé en français
Barbara Fischer, Beatrice Mäder, Harry Telser
Polynomics AG, 2017en allemand
Anna Schmid, Dwight Rodrick, Marc Marthaler
Addiction Suisse, 2015en allemand, résumé en français et en anglais
Sandra Kuntsche, Marina Delgrande Jordan
Addiction Suisse, 2014en allemand
Thomas Widmer, Thomas De Rocchi, Mirjam Stutz
Université de Zurich, 2015en allemand
Jonas Wenger et al.
Université de Zurich, 2014
Consumption of alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs in Switzerland
in French, summary in English, German and French
Marina Delgrande Jordan, Nora Balsiger, Valentine Schmidhauser
Addiction Suisse, 2023Office fédéral de la santé publique, 2021
en allemand, résumé en français
Gerhard Gmel, Luca Notari, Christiane Gmel
Addiction Suisse, 2018Stéphanie Lociciro et al.
Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive – IUMSP, Centre d'évaluation et d'expertise en santé publique - CEESAN, 2018
Therapy and counselling
Report in English and in French
Sophia Achab et al.
WHO Collaborating Center for Training and Research in Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, 2025in French, summary in French, German and Italian
Jean Clot, GREA
Facia Marta Gamez, Fachverband Sucht
Isabella Palomba, Ticino Addiction
2023In German, Summary in German, French and Italian
Ivo Krizic
Sucht Schweiz, 2022en allemand, résumé en français et en italien
Severin Haug et al.
Schweizer Institut für Sucht- und Gesundheitsforschung - ISGF, Zürich
Zentrum für digitale Gesundheitsinterventionen - CDHI, Zürich/St. Gallen
2021en allemand, bilan et recommandations en français
Helen Amberg, Mélanie Stamm, Oliver Bieri
INTERFACE, 2020en allemand, résumé en français
Kilian Künzi, Roman Liesch, Jolanda Jäggi
Büro für Arbeits- und sozialpolitische Studien BASS AG, 2019en allemand, résumé en français
Martina Schlapbach et al.
socialdesign, 2018
Further information
Further topics
Research on addictions
The FOPH launches research projects on the theme of alcohol, tobacco, drugs and behavioral addictions (eg Internet, gambling). The Tobacco Prevention Fund supports projects related to tobacco. The lines of research are regularly examined and, if necessary, modified.
13 February 2025
Addiction & health
Addictions and dependencies pose a risk to individuals and society at large. For this reason we promote people’s health literacy and encourage them to take responsibility for themselves. Here you’ll find information about the various addictions and about addiction prevention, regulation, damage limitation, counselling and therapies.
National Strategy on Addiction
The National Strategy on Addiction aims to prevent the development of addiction, provide help to people with an addiction and reduce the negative impact on health and society.
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