Drugs and Addictive Behaviors

Catalog description

This elective course is designed to teach students advanced clinical skills in the following major content areas: (1) current scientific understanding of substance use disorders (SUDs), (2) diagnostic indicators of SUD(s) , (3) drug classifications, routes of drug administration, and intoxication effects for select commonly abused substances, (4) example evidence-supported screening and assessment instruments, (5) example evidence-supported interventions for treating SUDs, (6) the impact of factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, co-occurring disorders, and health disparities on treatment access and outcomes, and (7) the application of social work values and ethics in the delivery of SUD-related services.