Course Description

Social Work 430a/b Overview of Addictions

An examination of the addiction field with a focus on addiction as oppression. The use, misuse, and abuse of psychoactive substances will be examined from a biopsychosocial perspective. The course will review addiction-specific and general community resources as well as the range of addiction-specific models of intervention and counselling.

Antirequisites: Social Work 465a completed in 1998-99 and Social Work 465b in 1999-2000.
Prerequisite: Third-year Social Work courses.
3 lecture hours, half course.


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