ISCI-667: Science of Addiction

This course provides a foundational understanding of addiction from an integrated science perspective. The biological effects of drugs, neurobiological changes in addiction, and challenges in achieving and maintaining drug abstinence are discussed. The evidence for conventional and CAM approaches to treatment are reviewed and students learn clinical strategies for working with addiction. Prerequisites: Take one of the following: ICSCI-547A or ISCI-548. [3 credit]