Description
This course covers cross-disciplinary areas underlying the work of addiction professionals: understanding addiction, treatment knowledge, application to practice and professional readiness. It discusses models and theories of addiction, treatment and recovery, research-based methods for diagnosis, treatment and outcome-measurement, sociocultural and other factors that influence substance use and treatment and practice-setting differences.
Objectives
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe models and theories of addiction
- Describe models of treatment and recovery
- Describe research-based diagnostic and treatment criteria and measurement of treatment outcomes
- Explain how to tailor treatment based on factors such as stage of recovery, personal and cultural identity and treatment settings
- Cultivate personal, professional and cultural self-awareness
Syllabus
GMS6781 Foundations in Addiction and Substance Use Disorders