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Level 5 Diploma in Psychology

Drug classification (stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, opiates) and effects

PSY505 · The Diversity of Addiction — Week 2 of 16

CoursePSY505
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Drug classification (stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, opiates) and effects

  1. Drug classification (stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, opiates) and effects
  2. Therapeutic vs recreational use

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Discuss how drugs are psychoactive substances, and how they may be used therapeutically or for pleasure.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss how drugs are psychoactive substances, and how they may be used therapeutically or for pleasure.

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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