Program Overview

Program Overview

The PSYCHIAT932 Psychiatry Addiction Clinical Elective is a university program that offers 1-12 credits. The program focuses on the etiology, assessment, and treatment of substance use disorders and psychiatric co-morbidity.

Program Details

• Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement
• Repeatable for Credit: No
• Last Taught: Fall 2024

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate awareness of epidemiology of substance use disorders and biopsychosocial risk factors and determents.
• Demonstrate awareness of the prevalence and treatment of psychiatric comorbidities.
• Demonstrate awareness of pharmacologic and psychosocial treatment modalities important to detoxification, maintenance, and relapse prevention in substance use disorders.
• Demonstrate awareness of family dynamic factors, self-help recovery, community treatment resources, and primary care integration of substance abuse treatment.
• Demonstrate proficiency in interviewing patients with substance abuse and psychiatric disorders and formulating a treatment plan within the context of a multidisciplinary treatment plan.

Audience

The program is designed for graduate students.

Requisites

• Graduate/professional standing