This compelling course, offered by Emory University, provides a deep understanding of addiction to drugs and other behaviors. It covers the brain's response to addiction, government policies, and more, offering insights into overcoming addiction.
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The course modules cover a wide range of topics including drug use overview, brain dynamics, drug classifications, neurotransmission, vulnerability, treatment strategies, and societal impact.
The Background & Overview of Drug Use module offers a comprehensive understanding of drug use, historical evidence, classes of drugs, behavioral addictions, and their impact on individuals.
The Drugs & How the Brain Works module delves into drug dynamics, synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters, and the effects of drugs like cocaine and nicotine on the brain. It also explores animal models in drug addiction research.
The Classes of Drugs module provides insights into alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, psychostimulants, hallucinogens, opiate drugs, and sedatives, and their effects on individuals. It also discusses the impact of these drugs on animal models.
The Classes of Drugs with Animal Models module explores inhalants, caffeine, new substances, and reviews the ten classes of drugs. It also discusses the role of animals in drug addiction research and conditioned place preference.
The Neurotransmission & Brain Imaging module delves into dopamine, reward, survival, brain imaging, dopamine receptors, neuroplasticity, and how drugs alter gene expression. It also discusses vulnerability and healing.
The Vulnerability: Drug Use, Abuse, & Prevention module explores risk factors, self-medication, co-morbidity, environmental and personality risk factors, protective factors, and prevention strategies, offering a comprehensive understanding of vulnerability and prevention.
The Treatment, Policy, & Decriminalization module offers insights into treatment strategies, government drug policy, the relationship between drugs and criminality, and the societal impact of drug policies, providing a comprehensive understanding of treatment and policy formulation.
The Drugs & Society module provides a comprehensive understanding of the societal impact of drugs, causes of the opioid epidemic, medical marijuana, legalization, opioid peptides, cannabinoids in the brain, and the role of the FDA in drug regulation.
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