Pharmacological Aspects of Alcohol and Other Drugs

COM HLT X 470.1

The course provides historical, cultural, psychological, and neurological perspectives to get a basic understanding of alcohol and drug addiction symptoms and various treatment approaches.

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Fall
Remote
Starting at $705.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0

What you can learn.

  • Explore alcohol and other drug dependencies through multidisciplinary lectures, discussions, films, exercises, and readings
  • Understand the complicated nature of dependencies as a disease and different substances of abuse
  • Comprehend the current genetic and environmental research in the development of substance use disorders
  • Identify symptoms of addictive disorders and various behavioral and medication-assisted intervention strategies
  • Evaluate the prevalence of dependencies across the life span among adolescents, seniors, families, and those exposed to trauma

About this course:

This course provides students with a basic level of understanding of addiction from a historical, cultural, psychological, and neurobiological perspective. This course examines alcohol and other drug dependencies through a multidisciplinary approach with lectures, discussions, film, exercises, and readings. To understand its complicated nature as a disease, the course focuses on different substances of abuse and the current genetic and environmental research in the development of substance use disorders. Specific topics to be covered include the biological, developmental, psychological, environmental, and social factors that lead to vulnerability to addictions; symptoms of addictive disorders; prevalence across the life span among target populations, including adolescents, seniors, families, and those with trauma exposure; and various treatment approaches, including both behavioral and medication-assisted intervention strategies.

Spring 2024 Schedule

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Thursday 6:30PM - 9:30PM PT
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Instructor: Michael Washco
398034
Fee:
$705.00
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Location: Remote Classroom
ENROLL BY: Apr 4, 2024
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Notes

Required course in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Certificate. Restricted course; call (310) 825-7093 for permission to enroll. Web enrollments automatically generate a "Permission to Enroll" request.

Visitors not permitted. Enrollment deadline: April 10, 2024. Materials required.

Enrollment is typically reserved for adult students 18 years of age and older. Students under 18 years of age may receive consent to enroll based on special academic competence and approval by the instructor. If you are a student under 18 years of age, you must submit a request to enroll in the course 8 weeks before the course start date to hss@uclaextension.edu for your request to be considered.

 

Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 17, 2024
Course Requirements
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Thu Apr 4, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu Apr 11, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu Apr 18, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu Apr 25, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu May 2, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu May 9, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu May 16, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu May 23, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu May 30, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu Jun 6, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu Jun 13, 2024
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom

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