This course presents advanced topics in interpersonal practice. The topics may include emerging practice methods, advanced application of methods covered in other required methods courses, and applications of methods in specific populations.
Priority is given to HRSA-sud Scholars. Others will need to submit a Course Enrollment Petition. Scholars will receive an electronic permission to enroll in this course prior to registration.
Perhaps now more than ever, social work scientists and practitioners alike affirm the need to fully understand the variability of substance use behaviors, including substance misuse, abuse and dependence, from a multidisciplinary approach. However, the literature and practice with regard to substance use and neuroscience in the context of social work remain in its infancy. Neuroscience is concerned with better understanding brain function and structure across the lifespan, including the use of innovative methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging. This mini-course will provide an introduction to substance use and neuroscience in the context of social work and cover topics such as the ethical and legal aspects in neuroscience, potential alterations in brain function (e.g., cognitive) and structure (e.g., D2 dopamine receptor) linked to substance use behaviors, gene x environment interaction (e.g., neurogenetics), and the developmental and cultural aspects of neuroscience. Developing a fuller understanding of the neuroscience-related mechanisms underlying substance use behaviors is promising with respect to advancing the etiology literature, which has the potential to lead to optimally efficacious and effective social work prevention and treatment programs
Semester: | Fall 2019 |
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Instructor: | David Córdova |
Topic: | Substance Use and Neuroscience: A Social Work Perspective |
U-M Class #: | 32610 |
Time: | Sat Saturdays, October 5 and 12, 2019 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Location: | B780 SSWB |
Program Type:
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Program Type describes the program in which you are pursuing, i.e., residential or online part-time. At this time, residential students may not enroll in online part-time courses and online part-time students may not enroll in residential courses.
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Residential |
Credits: | 1 Credit Hours |
University of Michigan
School of Social Work
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Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106