Theories and Integrated Approaches to Mental Health and Addiction
| Course Code | AMHW-103 |
|---|---|
| Lecture hours per week | 3 |
| Lab hours per week | |
| Course Availability | Open |
| Description | In this foundation course, students will begin to link theory with practice in addiction and mental health work, demonstrating that how we understand addiction determines how we will respond to it. Students will reflect on their 'theories' of addiction and mental health, and will use this self-reflection as a starting point for discussion of key theoretical frameworks in the addiction and mental health field. Students will describe and contrast these theories through the lens of an anti-oppressive practice (AOP) framework. In the second half of the course, students will apply their self-reflection and learning to encompass a multidimensional theory of addiction and mental health that takes into account biological, psychological, social (which includes cultural and spiritual dimensions), and structural factors. By the end of the course, students will be able to position addiction and mental health problem within a number of intersecting causes and influences, with a range of individual, social and social-structural interventions and possible responses. |