Addiction and Recovery: Etiology and Physiology

This course focuses on the disease of chemical dependency and corresponding symptoms. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand the disease concept of chemical dependency and drugs used to treat it; identify symptoms of different types of chemical dependency; classify and identify major drugs; describe the development and use of psychoactive drugs throughout history; recognize signs of cross-tolerant, addictive, and synergistic effects of drugs; and identify signs of drug toxicity.

Note: Requirement for the Professional Certificate in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling. To receive credit toward CCAPP certification, students must enroll for a letter grade.

Course Number: PSY-40214
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Substance Use Disorder Counseling

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10/21/2024 - 12/14/2024

$475

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• SECTION ID:

  183779

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:

  de Miranda, John, CEO of National Association on Alcohol, Drugs and Disability

  Until early 2018 John de Miranda was Associate Director of Door to Hope and addiction treatment and recovery program in Salinas, California, which specializes in family treatment including services for drug-exposed infants and children. Previously He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Stepping Stone of San Diego, an addiction treatment and recovery program that serves primarily, but not exclusively, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. He is also the pro bono Executive Director of the National Association on Alcohol, Drugs and Disabilities, Inc., a network of individuals and organizations dedicated to improving access to substance abuse prevention and treatment services for people with disabilities. Previous executive leadership positions have bee...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  The Taste of Cigarettes 1st
  by Jon Vreeland
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781925417685

  The Taste of Cigarettes 1st
  by Jon Vreeland
  ISBN / ASIN: 978925417685

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

• NOTE:

  ***STUDENTS MAY ENROLL ANYTIME IN QUARTER, until Novemb er 4, 2024. Students must complete course by December 1 4, 2024, regardless of date of enrollment*** Refund dea dline: one week after enrollment or start date of secti on, whichever is later.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  10/21/2024 - 12/14/2024
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.