Handbook - The Psychology of Addiction

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Overview

This course deals with transdisciplinary issues pertinent to the understanding and treatment of drug addiction. Topics include: historic origins of drugs; manufacture, global distribution and black market economics; epidemiology of population uptake; biomedical harms; neuropharmacological actions; effects on learning, motivation, cognition and behaviour; psychiatric comorbidity; individual differences in vulnerability; brain mechanisms of reward and impaired cognitive control; treatment by behavioural interventions and pharmacotherapy; prevention by education; prohibition by criminal justice; and the role of scientific evidence in government policy. The course will provide a broad understanding of drug use and the systems in place to counteract it.

Equivalent Courses

Course

GENS9004

GENS9004 - The Psychology of Addiction

Course Attributes

General Education

Introductory Course

Delivery

Fully online - Intensive

Fully online - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

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Course Outline

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PSYC1022 Course Outline

Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$1426
Domestic Students	$6090
International Students	$6090

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