CoursePSY505

Week1 of 16

SemesterII

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This week’s topics

The concept of addiction: DSM-5, abuse and dependence in ICD-11

The concept of addiction: DSM-5, abuse and dependence in ICD-11
The addicted brain (Nestler and Malenka 2004)

What you will be able to do

1.1 Define addiction.
1.2 Evaluate the usefulness of the concept of addiction.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: define addiction.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: The concept of addiction: DSM-5, abuse and dependence in IC…
Week 2: Drug classification (stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens…
Week 3: Legal and illegal drugs; changing usage and acceptance over…
Week 4: The disease model of alcohol dependence and the brain disea…
Week 5: Weighing the scientific evidence on the nature of addictive…
Week 6: Socio-cultural risk factors: family, peers, environment, av…
Week 7: Stress, peer influence, age and personality (Griffiths 2013)
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Treatment approaches: detoxification, aversion therapy, con…
Week 10: Therapies for chemical dependence: CBT, relapse prevention,…
Week 11: Therapies for non-chemical dependence (e.g. gambling): anti…
Week 12: Assessment workshop: drafting against the assessment criter…
Week 13: Supervised completion and submission
Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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