This course focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, and other forms of addiction. In this course, students will learn about the different causes of addiction, understanding addiction as both a disease and a behavioral phenomenon. Topics include the definitions of addiction, ethnocultural influences in addiction, effects of drug use, evidence-based treatment models and referral processes, legal aspects of substance abuse, community resources, and family/group support. Other important aspects of substance use and addiction will also be discussed, including, case management, public and private systems of care for substance use, advocacy, and collaborative treatment approaches. The emerging literature on non-substance addictive behaviors (pathological gambling, sexual addictions) will also be discussed.