Shane O’Mahony
Biographic Data
| ID | 7448743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shane O’Mahony |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shane |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Mahony |
| SIGNATURE | O’MAHONY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bradford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8378-5100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The brain disease model of addiction and epistemic injustice
The area I’m from is very rough’
Over the last thirty-five years, academic researchers in Ireland have consistently demonstrated the relationship between social deprivation and the most severe instances of drug-related harm. More recently, researchers have begun to include the voices of drug users with lived experiences of harm in these discussions. However, these studies have more often tended to focus on drug users' views on alternative drug policy options, rather than their v…
From Shebeen’s to supervised injecting centres
The most commonly accepted view internationally is that addiction is an individualised brain-based disease or disorder. This view is buttressed by neuroscientific evidence, which is interpreted as demonstrating that the addicted brain undergoes long-term structural and functional changes as a result of substance use. Proponents of this model argue that such evidence is conclusive and that we have finally, over many decades, arrived at an enlighte…
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From Shebeen’s to supervised injecting centres
The most commonly accepted view internationally is that addiction is an individualised brain-based disease or disorder. This view is buttressed by neuroscientific evidence, which is interpreted as demonstrating that the addicted brain undergoes long-term structural and functional changes as a result of substance use. Proponents of this model argue that such evidence is conclusive and that we have finally, over many decades, arrived at an enlighte…
The area I’m from is very rough’
Over the last thirty-five years, academic researchers in Ireland have consistently demonstrated the relationship between social deprivation and the most severe instances of drug-related harm. More recently, researchers have begun to include the voices of drug users with lived experiences of harm in these discussions. However, these studies have more often tended to focus on drug users' views on alternative drug policy options, rather than their v…
The brain disease model of addiction and epistemic injustice
Addiction (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Harm (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (2 works) · Brain disease (1 works) · Community Health and Development (1 works) · Consciousness (1 works) · Disease (1 works)