Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to the field of substance abuse and addiction. Systemic, post-modern, and linear perspectives will be presented. A variety of models to assist in understanding the complexity of substance use and process addiction will be explored. Attention is also paid to gender, socio-economic, and cultural factors that impact substance abuse and recovery. Assessment techniques, intervention strategies, and relapse prevention issues will be review from systemic, post-modern, and linear models. Throughout the course the participants will be asked to consider their own beliefs about substance use and process addictions and how those beliefs might impact their effectiveness as clinicians. The course will be heavily affective and require a great deal of personal involvement in understanding addictions.