PS 4980 - Advanced Topics in Alcohol and Drug Use and Abuse

This seminar will address current trends in addiction habits and with assessment, treatment plans for both in patient and outpatients. Some of the issues that may be addressed include: special populations, dual diagnoses, addiction in teenagers, addictive competency’s, professional burnout, transgenerational addiction, current trends in usage, to name a few. The seminar is more topic and research based for the upper level student who is interested in a career in the field of addiction. (4 credits)