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LP10556: Alcohol & drug problems and societal responses

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department for Health (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office)
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Academic Year at Action on Addiction
Assessment Summary: ES 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Essay (2500 words) (ES 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
The main aim of this unit is to enable students to understand the range of alcohol and drug related harms and problems. The unit will explore the history of drug and alcohol misuse and present a historical perspective on societal responses to drug and alcohol use. It will introduce students to the concepts and classifications of substance misuse and dependence, look at legal, social, political and medical responses and introduce students to the current Drug and Alcohol Strategies and the NTA 'Models of Care'. Students will be encouraged to explore their own beliefs for the reasons for drug and alcohol misuse.

Learning Outcomes:
Having completed this unit, students will be able to:
* Define the types of harms associated with substance use.
* Construct an effective opinion of addiction/dependence
* Understand the application of biological, psychological and sociological models to substance misuse.
* Describe current legal and political frameworks to manage substance misuse.

Skills:
Intellectual skills:
* Analyse and understand concepts
Professional skills:
* Classify types of substance misuse and dependence[T/A]
* Interpret and apply drug and alcohol strategies [T/A]
Practical skills:
* Understand how legislation is applied [T,A]
Key skills:
* written communication [F/A]
* essay research, preparation and writing [T/A]
* the use of IT to communicate and manage information [F].

Content:
This unit is concerned with:
* Substance Use and Misuse: history, reasons and types of problem
* The Concept of Dependence
* Models of Addiction: overview of biological, psychological and social models - the bio-psycho-social integration.
* National and International Responses to substance misuse.
Programme availability:

LP10556 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
  • UHHL-KFF09 : FdSc Addictions Counselling (Full-time at Action on Addiction)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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