Overview
Description
Overview of how involvement with alcohol, tobacco and other drugs can affect health, personal and social development. Related social, philosophical, cultural, prevention and treatment issues.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain the historical perspective of the use of alcohol and other drugs, current drug trends, and major theories of addiction.
- demonstrate general knowledge of the major American based drug classifications and the general effects of psychoactive substances upon the brain and body.
- understand and articulate the current theories of addiction prevention and recovery.
- identify treatment, prevention, and intervention strategies and services including the needs of special populations.
- define the characteristics of effective relapse prevention and self?help support groups.
- articulate a personal understanding of the issues inherent in individuals’ efforts to abstain from a substance and/or behavioral addiction.