SWK (0404) 727 - Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Credits: 3.00

Students will learn biological, socio-cultural, behavioral, analytical, and transtheoretical approaches to understanding and treating substance use disorders. Prevention, assessment, and advanced intervention strategies are considered in work with individuals, groups, families, and the self-help network.

Prerequisite 1: SWK 521 or SWK 433

Course Learning Goals: •   identify the signs and symptoms of substance use disorders
•   discuss the biological, psychological, and social etiology of substance use disorders
•   describe the biopsychosocial assessment and treatment alternatives for substance use disorders
•   peruse the research regarding differing treatment models so as to critique, select and combine them appropriately
•   compare and contrast a spectrum of models of etiology and intervention, finding commonalities where they exist
•   understand substance use disorders and prevention from cross-cultural, developmental, gender-specific, and age-specific perspectives
•   recount the history of drug abuse legislation in the United States, and its influence on current policy
•   articulate the family and community ramifications of substance use disorders