Online Courses Handbook 2003

5941 (v.6) Addiction Studies 501

Area:	School of Psychology
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Foundation descriptive, theoretical and empirical information underlying addiction studies. Drugs and their effects. Processes of drug use Australian and international data and examples. Pharmacological, psychological, familial and social models of explanation for the acquisition of addictive behaviour patterns. The production and supply of alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs and illicit substances. Age, race, class and gender differentials in drug utilisation. Prohibition and harm reduction.