COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TOK 6067 DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Toxicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUALLA AYLIN ARICI

Offered to

Toxicology

Course Objective

In this course, students will learn addiction description, neurobiology of abuse. They will be able to classify addiction type and will know general characteristics of addiction.Personality of addictive persons, addiction treatment principles are the other topics of the lesson

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define addiction
2   To compare with other types of drug addiction
3   To understand the principles of treatment of drug addiction
4   To evaluate the harmful effects of substance abuse
5   Being able to anticipate problems that could result in drug addiction

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Neurobiology of Addiction
2 Dependence types and main features
3 Alcohol type addiction
4 Morphine (opioid) type addiction
5 Barbiturat type addiction
6 Nicotine type addiction
7 Amphetamine type addiction
8 Cocaine type addiction
9 Cannabis type of addiction
10 Hallucinogen type of addiction
11 Khat type of dependency and type of volatile solvent abuse
12 Medico-legal aspects of the use of substance 1 (the case)
13 Medico-legal aspects of the substance 2 (the case)
14 The principles of drug addiction treatment
15 How should we control what tobacco control To approach people who are addicted to tobacco

Recomended or Required Reading

POISINDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): POSINDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
2. DRUGDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
3. O Brian CP. Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse Içinde: editör. Hardman JG, Limbird LE. Goodman and Gilman s The Pharmacologic Basis of Therapeutics. 10. baskı. Mc Graw-Hill Companies; 2001. s. 621-643.
4. Luscher C. Drugs of Abuse: içinde: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Editör Katzung BG. 10. baskı. Mc Graw-Hill Companies; 2007. s. 511-527.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF * 0.40 + FIN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRF * 0.40 + FCGR*0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students must present a topic about "Substance Abuse" in accordance with the form of presentation techniques.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aylin.akgun@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 4123909

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.151153511522113
LO.231453511522113
LO.331153511522113
LO.451153511522113
LO.551153511522113

CONTACT INFORMATION
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