Gilad Dagan

Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Title: Clean Addict: A semantic warning sign and a bridge to an integrated recovery identity

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Biography

Gilad Dagan is a doctoral candidate in Social Work at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, with eight years of clinical experience in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. He earned his MSW from Bar-Ilan University in 2021, receiving the Rector's Excellence Award and subsequently being awarded the prestigious Presidential Scholarship for doctoral studies. Gilad currently serves as both clinician and instructor at the Israeli Center on Addiction (ICA), where he collaborates with leading psychiatrists as part of the ICA campus and clinic operations. Gilad’s’ research focuses on SUD recovery, with particular emphasis on the intersection of language, identity construction, and therapeutic practice in SUD treatment. This interdisciplinary work contributes to understanding how healthcare professionals navigate language choices in clinical practice, offering valuable insights for optimizing therapeutic communication while respecting cultural contexts.

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