COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ADDICTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TOK 5015 DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ADDICTION ELECTIVE 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Toxicology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUALLA AYLIN ARICI

Offered to

Toxicology

Course Objective

To learn the neurobiology of addiction, to classificate the addiction types and general specialities, to determine the addiction potantials of substances, the individual specialities of addictive persons, to learn the harmfull effects of addiction, and to convey information about addiction systematically

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the addiction
2   To compare the addiction types by each other
3   To learn the treatment principles of addiction
4   To evaluate the harmfull effects of addiction
5   To predict the problems caused by addiction

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Entrance to drug and substance addiction
2 Factors that the addiction and neurobiological mechanisms
3 Phychic and physical addiction
4 Types of addiction and specialities
5 Addiction of morphine (opioid)
6 Addiction of alcohol
7 Addiction of barbiturates
8 Addiction of nicotine
9 Addiction of amphetamine
10 Addiction of cocain
11 Addiction of marihuana
12 Addiction of hallusinogenes-presentation
13 Addiction of Khat and solvents
14 To determine the drugs addiction potantial
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Goldfrank LR, Flomenbaum NE, Lewin NA, Howland MA, Hoffman RS, Nelson LS,eds. Goldfrank s Toxicology Emergencies. 7th ed. USA: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2006, pp 1469-1556.
Supplementary Book(s):
1. 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

All the strategies are located Assesment methods and Total work load

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

A topic of the course outline which is choose with course coordinator must be present as a report

Assessment Criteria

To be succesful in final exam and, to present a topic in course outline as a report

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 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15133531313
LO.25133531313
LO.35133531313
LO.45133531313
LO.53133531313