HUS 501 - History, Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders

3 CR

This course will examine various aspects of substance use and abuse including historical perspectives of addiction and contemporary issues related to prevention, treatment, state and federal healthcare policy. The course will review major classifications of drugs of abuse and the physiological and psychological impact as they relate to assessment, treatment and course of condition. Contemporary theories and practice models will be reviewed and then applied to clinical scenarios with attention to social-cultural, gender, developmental and embodied diversity.