Drugs and Alcohol Abuse

Drugs and Alcohol Abuse

Course Information:

Average time: 12 hours learning time to complete, spread over a period of 1 month.

Overview:

This course provides students with information about drug addiction and habit, the facts and its background. The most common drugs and the effects of drug abuse, substance and chemical dependency as well as alcoholism and how it can effect people, including problems and what can be done to help.

Subjects Covered:

• Addiction Definitions
• The body chemicals responsible
• Mechanisms of effect
• How drugs are taken
• Effects of caffeine
• Effects of volatile nitrites
• Effects of Volatile solvents
• Drug addiction is a disease
• Effect of drugs on the body
• Hepatitis / Liver damage
• Lung complications
• Drug addiction, substance dependence or chemical dependency
• Recovery from drug addiction
• The Biological mechanism of alcoholism
• Physiological effects of alcohol
• Screening
• Urine and blood tests
• Causes
• Social problems of alcoholics
• Suicide
• Alcohol withdrawal
• Treatments
• Detoxification
• Group therapy and psychotherapy
• Medications
• Nutritional therapy
• Return to normal drinking
• Information and Support