Counseling & Psychopharmacology

Catalog description

This course will enable students to develop an understanding of how drugs impact the body and influence the individual user's experience with the drug. Familiarization with key concepts relating to pharmacological, biological, psychological, and social factors regarding drug and alcohol use will be a focus of learning. Concepts such as route of administration and drug distribution through the body to organs, tissues, and cells via body fluids, as well as site of action, drug metabolism, drug elimination, tolerance, psychological dependency, physical dependency, cross dependency, cross tolerance, drug combinations, and drug potentiality and the rebound effect regarding the ingestion of drugs and alcohol, will be highlighted throughout the course. Candidates will also learn to identify and drug use, abuse, and addiction. This course is aligned with the standards and practices of the Council for Accreditation in Counseling and Related Programs (CACREP)