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Managing Addiction: A Framework for Successful Treatment
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Framework for pathways to recovery
- How to identify people at risk of addiction
- Applied understanding of intervention and treatment options
Prerequisite
A background in healthcare may be helpful prior to taking this course, but there are no formal prerequisites.
Instructors
Andrea Gordon
Program Director Addictions Studies
University of Adelaide
Femke Buisman-Pijlman
Affiliate at University of Adelaide; Associate Professor and Academic Program Director (Health), University of Melbourne.
University of Melbourne
Linda Gowing
Associate Professor in the Discipline of Pharmacology (now retired)
University of Adelaide
Robert Ali
Associate Professor
University of Adelaide
Abdallah Salem
Head of the Discipline of Pharmacology in the Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Adelaide
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