Program Overview

DU Pratiques Addictives

The DU Pratiques Addictives is a university diploma program offered by the Université de Toulouse. This program aims to train professionals in the field of addictive behaviors, providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills to identify, evaluate, and manage addictive disorders.

Presentation of the Formation

The objective of this diploma is to form professionals who can:

• Identify and evaluate addictive behaviors
• Provide comprehensive care (medical, psychological, socio-educational) to patients
• Promote information, prevention, and therapeutic education
• Collaborate with complementary actors according to the patient's needs
• Manage families and the patient's environment

Admission

Prerequisites

The program is open to students in their third cycle of medical studies, including those in psychiatry, general medicine, hepato-gastroenterology, pneumology, and other relevant fields. It is also open to foreign students enrolled in a French university and to professionals with a diploma in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, or other related fields.

Candidature

To apply, candidates must submit a letter of motivation, a CV, and copies of their diplomas by mail. The calendar for depositing applications is from July 15 to September 19.

Program

The program consists of 7 sessions of 2 days each, from November to May, totaling 85 hours. The curriculum includes:

• Generalities on addictions
• Pharmacology of the main addictive substances
• Management of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and opiate use disorders
• Dual pathologies and somatic pathologies of addictions
• Principal medical treatments indicated in addictions
• Main therapeutic approaches (psycho-behavioral therapies, ACT) in addictions
• Addictions and specific populations (adolescents, pregnant women)
• Medical-legal aspects of addictions
• The network of care in addictology
• Peer interveners
• Directed teaching of synthesis: study of complex cases in groups during the seminar

Team

The pedagogical team includes professors, doctors, and specialists in addictology, psychiatry, pharmacology, and other relevant fields.

Evaluation

The evaluation methods include:

• Attendance
• Written exams
• Analysis of case studies

After the Program

Competences

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Identify addictive behaviors in patients
• Evaluate and manage addictive disorders
• Provide therapeutic and socio-educational interventions
• Inform and educate patients and their environment
• Realize actions of prevention and risk reduction

Inscriptions

Cost of the Formation

The cost of the program includes university registration fees and formation fees. A reduction in tariffs may be considered based on the student's status.

Modalities of Inscription

To enroll, students must first deposit a candidacy application, which, if accepted, will be followed by administrative inscription procedures. Students must be administratively enrolled before the start of the teachings.