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SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE (HSH 451)

Term: 2023-2024 Academic Year Fall

Faculty

Myra Summers-Woolfolk
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Schedule

Mon, 6:00 PM - 8:40 PM (8/2/2023 - 11/21/2023) Location: MAIN OLDM 211

Description

This course examines substance use and abuse. Its goals are to build a pharmacological knowledge of substances; to explore how society causes an increased use of substances; and to analyze systems designed to offer prevention and treatment. Special emphasis is placed on various theoretical models and concepts of addictions and counseling techniques currently used in substance abuses/addictions treatment. Three credit hours.