We all have the prerequisite for the development of a dependency in us. But why does one person develop an addiction, but not the other?
Mag. Denise Mühlbacher, MSC, head of the Salzburg Clinic, speaks in her lecture on March 19, 2025 at 6 p.m. about which factors favor the development of addictions and which can save us from it.
The lecture takes place as part of the “Psychotherapy” in conversation at the Austrian Society of the Golden Cross, 1010 Vienna.
Addiction is an illness that has many faces. The forms range from so-called fabric-bound dependencies such as alcohol, tobacco, medication or illegal drugs to behavioral addictions such as play, internet, work or buying addiction.
The most common addiction in Austria is smoking – despite declining numbers, everyone smokes: r fifth a day – followed by alcohol.(1) Estimated 340,000 people in Austria are currently alcohol -dependent(2).
Most dependencies have massive negative effects on the sick themselves, but also on their surrounding area as well as society as a whole.
Especially in the case of legal substances such as alcohol or also with behavioral addictions, the ridge between a reasonable extent and a problematic handling can be narrow. The loss of control and the associated formation of addiction have been a highly complex thing that includes personal, biological and social components. We all have the prerequisite for this. Nevertheless, there are always surprising, sometimes even “unfair” examples in which one person develops an addiction, but the other does not.
What protective factors are there in terms of dependency development? Which measures, behaviors and environmental conditions can search for us from diagnosis and preserve the associated suffering?
Mag. Denise Mühlbacher clarifies these questions in her lecture for the Austrian society from the golden cross:
Psychotherapy in conversation: immune to addiction – is that possible?
With Mag. Denise Mühlbacher, MSC and Lara-Andrea Vranek
On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 6 p.m.
at the Austrian society from the golden cross
Kärntner Straße 26/Entrance Marco-d’aviano-Gasse 1, 1010 Vienna
Admission is free – please register: by phone at (01) 996 80 92, per
E-Mail an: gesellschaft@oeggk.at Or directly via the website: www.oeggk.at/veranstaltungen
Mag. Denise Mühlbacher, MSC is clinical and health psychologist as well as psychotherapist. She is the therapeutic director of the addiction aid clinic in Salzburg and works in free practice.
Psychotherapy in conversation
„The lecture series ‘Psychotherapy in Talks’ gives the topic of mental health a public space and wants to show the relevance of mental health and offer concrete information for interested parties“According to the person -centered psychotherapist Lara-Andrea Vranekwho initiated the series of events as a cooperation partner of the Austrian Society from the Golden Cross.
As part of these, high -ranking experts explain different approaches, perspectives and questions in the field of mental health. In addition to an impulse lecture, there is a public dialogue that offers the opportunity to ask questions about the topic.
(1) Gesundheit Österreich GmbH: “Epidemiology report is looking for 2024 illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco”
Psychotherapy in conversation: immune to addiction – is that possible?
Datum: 03/19/2025, 6:00 p.m.
Art: Lectures and discussions
Ort: Austrian society from the golden crosses
Marco-D’Aviano-Gasse 1
1010 Wien
URL: https://www.oeggk.at/veranstaltung/sucht/