COUN 7100 - Theories of Addiction

Credit Hours: 3

Description Introduction to the theoretical, philosophical, and historical premises upon which addiction, treatment, and prevention are based. Biological, psychological, and sociological etiologies of substance use and related addictive disorders are studied. Students will be introduced to the epidemiology and developmental course of addiction, risk and protective influences that act on the course of addiction and its adverse health consequences. Both genetic and environmental underpinnings will be discussed. The impact of policy and economics will be studied.