36 Overview & Objectives
Overview
Substance Abuse and Addictions covers five topics:
- Drugs
- Alcohol
- Tobacco
- Misuse of Prescription Drugs
- Drug Abuse and Addiction
Objectives
- understand a set of fundamentals about neurobiology and how drugs of abuse change the brain
- recognize that drug addiction is a treatable, chronic brain disease
- experience the process of scientific inquiry and develop an enhanced understanding of the nature and methods of science
- appreciate the role of science in society and the relationship between basic science and human health. understand that drug abuse initially is a voluntary behavior
- to define drug addiction as the continued compulsive drug abuse despite known adverse health or social consequences
- understand that drug abuse and addiction are associated with long-term physical and functional changes in the brain
- recognize that addiction is influenced by biological factors (for example, genetics and age) and by the social and behavioral context of drug use.