Courses meeting Rhode Island Requirement: Prevention

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Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 6 - Health Care Systems and Substance Use Disorders 4 credits

This chapter describes the key components of health care systems; historical reasons substance use and its consequences have been addressed separately from other health problems; the key role that health...

Addictions, Substance Use

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Critique of the Brain Disease Model of Addiction 1.5 credits

The Office of the Surgeon General recently produced its first Report on the consequences of alcohol and drug abuse on health, making several very laudable policy recommendations, including characterizing addiction...

Addictions, Substance Use

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Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 4 - Early Intervention Treatment and Management and Chapter 5 - Recovery 2 credits

Substance misuse is one of the critical public health problems of our time. The most recent data on substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders reveal that the problem is...

Addictions, Substance Use

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Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 3 - Prevention Programs and Policies 2 credits

Substance misuse is one of the critical public health problems of our time. The most recent data on substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders reveal that the problem is...

Addictions, Substance Use

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Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 2 - The Neurobiology of Substance Use Misuse and Addiction 1.5 credits

This chapter describes the neurobiological framework underlying substance abuse and why clients transition from using or misusing to a substance use disorder. It also explains how these substances produce changes...

Addictions, Substance Use

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Facing Addiction in America: Chapter 1 - Introduction and Overview of the Report 2 credits

The Surgeon’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health

Substance misuse is one of the critical public health problems of our time. The most recent data on substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders reveal that the problem is...

Addictions, Substance Use

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The Opioid Epidemic: Crisis and Solutions 1 credit

This course provides a broad review of the opioid epidemic by outlining the scope and origins of the epidemic and addressing potential solutions and approaches to solve and, ultimately, eradicate...

Addictions, Substance Use

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