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In a culture that often pushes us to strive for more — look better, perform better, and achieve more — this final episode in our unique webinar series examines the growing role of image-enhancing drugs. Throughout this series, we’ve explored drugs that enhance sexual performance, cognition, and now physical appearance. We explored the motivations behind their use, the substances involved, and the implications for mental health and clinical care.

This session will focus on semaglutide and tirzepatide—drugs developed for diabetes and obesity, now increasingly used for body image enhancement. Professor Fabrizio Schifano will explore their clinical and psychopharmacological aspects, particularly in relation to addiction. Professor Gian Paolo Fadini will discuss their medical use in treating diabetes and obesity, while Professor Giovanni Martinotti will highlight the risks linked to unlicensed online sales.

The session will end with a live panel discussion with all speakers.

Professor Fabrizio Schifano; MD, FRCPsych, Dip Psychiatry, Dip Clin Pharmacology

• Full Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Head of the ‘Psychopharmacology, Drugs of Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances’ Research Unit Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire (UK)
• World Health Organization (WHO) member of the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD; 2023-4)
• European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA): nominated expert (2024-2028)
• ‘Future Pharmacology’ journal; Editor-in-Chief
• Lead Consultant Psychiatrist (drug and alcohol; locum); West Sussex

Professor Schifano is one of the very few physicians in Europe with training and specialist qualifications in both (clinical) pharmacology and psychiatry. Outstanding contributions have been made to several (e.g. mainly clinical) areas, including the identification of those physiopathological alterations which are making the individuals prone to developing either a substance or a behavioural addiction.

This knowledge is of crucial relevance in identifying possible treatment and management approaches which are properly tailored to these very vulnerable clients’ needs. Over the years, he has developed skills in a range of areas, including treatment and management of substance-based and non-substance-based addiction in both clinical and neurobiological terms. 

Professor Gian Paolo Fadini, Full Professor of Endocrinology, University of Padova, Italy

Gian Paolo Fadini is Full Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Padova and Director of the Division of Metabolic Diseases and Diabetology of the University Hospital of Padova. Dr Fadini is also the PI of the Laboratory of Experimental Diabetology at the Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine.

His research activities are devoted to the basic and clinical study of chronic diabetic complications, stem cells in diabetes, and immune-inflammatory process in diabetes pathophysiology. In the field of clinical diabetes, Dr Fadini runs studies using routinely accumulated clinical data on long-term outcomes and real-world effectiveness of glucose-lowering medications.

He served as the chair of the research center of the Italian Diabetes Society, is Associate Editor for Diabetologia, the official EASD journal. Dr RCPsych London Division Fadini has published more than 380 articles in peer-reviewed journals, with an H-index of 70.

Please kindly note, all sessions will be recorded and the recording made available within two weeks of the event.

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