The Power of Addiction (NL0609)

Course Format

This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage. Certificate of Completion is available immediately upon passing the exam.

Course Overview

Outline:

• Stats and Facts
• Article #1: Losing the War on Drugs
  
  
• Causes and Assessment
• Article #2: Assessing Addiction: Concepts and Instruments
• Article #3: The Science of Addiction
• Article #4: Imaging the Addicted Human Brain
  
  
• Types of Addictions
• Article #5: Wealth Addiction
• Article #6: Addicted to Violence: Has the American Dream Become a Nightmare?
• Article #7: Is nicotine addictive?
• Article #8: How Addictive is Cigarette Smoking?
  
  
• Treatment(s), Rahab, and Recovery
• Article #9: Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment – A Research-based Guide
  
  
• Co-Morbidities - Dual Diagnosis
• Article #10: Mood Disorders and Substance Use Disorder: A Complex Comorbidity
  

Course Objectives

1. Describe methods for improving and winning the "war on drugs".


2. Discuss the basic concepts of formalized assessment for substance abuse and addiction and describe six widely used structures assessment instruments.


3. Explain how science has revolutionized the understanding of drug addiction.


4. Describe how the five most commonly used imaging techniques facilitate our knowledge of the neurobiological basis of drug abuse and addiction and address potential clinical and therapeutic applications.


5. Discuss the principles of drug addiction treatment.


6. Discuss the prevalence/relationship of co-occurring mood disorders and substance use disorders and describe a methodical approach to assessment and treatment.