CPC 529 Psychology Of Addictions
This course seeks to comprehend the phenomenon predominantly described as "addiction," exploring and critically examining this phenomenon from multiple perspectives. This course places special emphasis on compassionate, collaborative, practices of engagement with what may be considered the clinically significant distress of others. This course explores, and critically evaluates, a range of frameworks, models, metaphors and theories seeking to make sense of the etiology of substance use, misuse and abuse within the context of the person’s life and relationships. This course critically examines predominant and conventional ways in which "addiction" is understood, proposing and examining alternative ways of understanding the meanings people attach to the phenomenon of the "addiction" experiences. The course presents a sociological overview of the history regarding the social construction of what makes a drug licit or illicit, and examines associated outcomes.