Students have the opportunity to develop individualized studies with their mentor in Addiction Studies (ADDS). Please contact your mentor/advisor for more details.

This course will focus on understanding of addictive disorders and the impact of addiction on the individual and the various social systems with which the person interacts. Topics will include categories of psychoactive substances and how these affect behavior, mood, and cognition. How addiction affects the individual, family, and community. The study will also examine the various models of addiction and the impact of addiction on specific populations. Substance use related addictions, gambling disorder, and process addictions will be examined. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Skills and Application and Integration. This course is aligned with the BS in Addiction Studies program guidelines for Skills and Application. This course was previously CHS-252184 Addiction and Dependency: Introduction. Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychology, Human Development, Introduction to Human Services, or equivalent.

This course examines how legal and illegal substances, including alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive drugs, affect the body, the brain, mood, cognition, and behavior. The varying actions of drug categories, including absorption, metabolism, elimination, and effects of psychoactive drug categories will be explored, including differences due to health, age, and gender. The rationale for medications in the treatment of substance use and related mental disorders will be examined. Current trends in the use of psychotropic medications, advantages, and limitations of medication use. This course meets the guideline of Knowledge in the Addiction Studies program. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None.

Attributes: Liberal

Students have the opportunity to develop individualized studies with their mentor in Addiction Studies (ADDS). Registration for this class must be approved by the student’s mentor.

This study will provide a deeper understanding of several models of practice in the addictions field. Students will understand various interventions, skills, and treatment modalities needed to design effective treatment interventions for working with the addicted populations. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Skills & Application. This course is aligned with the BS in Addiction Studies program guidelines for Skills and Application & Integration. This course was previously CHS-253484 Interventions for Addiction Disorders.

This course identifies the issues, factors, and realities of substance abuse in the workplace. The role of human services worker in addressing substance abuse in the workplace will be explored. Strategies for assessing substance abuse in the workplace, as well as an examination of policy, programs, and interventions will be examined. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Skills & Application. This course is aligned with the BS in Addiction Studies program guidelines for Skills and Application & Integration.

This course provides an overview of the unique problems and needs of diverse populations with substance use and abuse issues. The study focuses on the application of culturally sensitive social intervention strategies. Populations to be studied include but are not limited to, women, dually diagnosed clients, the LGBTQ community, and trauma survivors. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Skills & Application and Diversity. This course is aligned with the BS in Addiction Studies program guidelines for Diversity.

The Internet has afforded society many benefits such as instant communication with colleagues, family, and friends, shopping at the click of a button, and virtual reality simulations where you can communicate with others from across the globe from the comfort of your couch. This environment has created a host of new addictive behaviors like Internet addiction, online gambling, gaming addiction, and gambling within the gaming environment. Our daily consumption of our new digital culture has created environments in which we have adapted our educational systems, work environments, and our medical records to this digital way of life. While all of this technology has encouraged our creativity, expanded our ways of communicating, and fostered the development of new ways of thinking, it has also led to addiction to this virtual technology that can be rather debilitating for some. This course will examine these types of behavioral addictions, populations most at risk, warning signs that loved ones, teachers, and other professionals should take note of, and possible risk and protective factors. Students will also develop possible prevention and/or intervention strategies to combat these types of behavioral addictions. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Skills & Application.

Attributes: Liberal

Students have the opportunity to develop individualized studies with their mentor in Addiction Studies (ADDS). Registration for this class must be approved by the student’s mentor.

This course explores the various substance use and addiction disorders affecting adolescents. Topics may include: developmental processes affected by substance use and addiction disorders; research about risk factors, influences, and trajectories of addiction disorders in adolescence; application of DSM-5 substance use and addiction disorder criteria to adolescents; gambling and gaming addiction, assessing addiction and substance use disorders in adolescents; and engagement and treatment of adolescents with addiction and substance use disorders. The interaction between substance use, addiction and mental health disorders will be explored. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Knowledge of Human Behavior and Skills & Application. This course is aligned with the BS in Addiction Studies program guidelines for Diversity. Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Human Development, Introduction to Human Services, or equivalent.

Attributes: Liberal

This study will explore the intersection of women and addiction by providing an overview of issues related to women with substance use disorders and appropriate and effective gender-responsive treatment. Additionally, this course will explore addiction issues related to trauma and differences in the physiological and neurobiology impact in women with substance use disorders. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Skills & Application.

This advanced examination of substance abuse treatment focuses on substance-abusing clients and their families, encouraging them to form a heterogeneous group that is treated from an individualized perspective. We will explore practical skills and treatment strategies and address substance abuse as a disability and a complex problem. The concept of recovery will be addressed as a process that is holistic, individualized and functionally based. Using an integrated approach, we will examine personalized assessment, behavior change strategies, and effective treatment modalities. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Skills & Application. This course is aligned with the BS in Addiction Studies program guidelines Skills and Application & Integration.

The purpose of this study is to provide evidence-based counseling strategies. The study will review and examine the work of the most prominent psychosocial treatment approaches. The basic assumptions, theories, and specific actions and strategies that can be utilized by the helper from start-to-finish will be reviewed. This course is aligned with the Community and Human Services Area of Study guidelines for Skills & Application. This course is aligned with the BS in Addiction Studies program guidelines for Skills and Application & Integration.

Students have the opportunity to develop individualized studies with their mentor in Addiction Studies (ADDS). Registration for this class must be approved by the student’s mentor.