Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Trauma

Catalog description

This course will identify the symptoms, stages and cycles of substance use and relational addictions manifesting from trauma and the correlated treatment strategies of delivering trauma informed care (evidence-based treatment practices). Students will learn to recognize the triggers and symptoms of post traumatic stress and destructive high-risk relational bonds noted in victims, offenders and others suffering from addictive, obsessive and compulsive behaviors. Effective treatment methods and modalities supporting trauma informed care for addicted trauma survivors will also be covered.