SOWK 640 Addictions

This course teaches engagement, assessment, and intervention strategies for social work practice with individuals with addictions including substance misuse, eating disorders, and gambling. Students are invited to understand and ethically apply evidence-informed, clinical and interprofessional interventions and collaborations for individuals with addictions and with co-occurring mental and addictive disorders, as well as recognize the connection between policy and treatment. Topics covered in this course include treatment types and levels, stages of change, psychopathology, psychopharmacology, and the role of bias, power, privilege, and spirituality.