PSY 2950 - Addictive Behaviors

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered annually.

This course is designed for students who plan a career in the helping professions (including education), or who wish to understand the cognitive, emotional, social and biological correlates of alcohol and other drug abuse, or other addictive behaviors. A framework is presented for viewing such compulsive behaviors as part of a continuum from normal to dysfunctional, and controversies in the field are discussed. Students will be exposed to models of addiction, a classification of drugs, prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse and information necessary to work with clients who are affected by addiction, including assessment and diagnosis, modalities of treatment, the role of support groups and relapse prevention. In addition to lectures and class discussion students are required to attend community support group meetings and to participate in a community prevention project such as the (Great American Smokeout). This course is cross-listed as HMSV 2950.

Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100 or
PSY 1200