SPDA010 Specialization - wider scientific basis - Addictology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Petr Kachlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
A successful graduate is able to:
• To develop understanding of problematics of the addictive substances and behaviour and its effect of the human organism
• Express the knowledge of types of addiction, diagnostics criteria and preventive treatment
• Develop the information about the first aid concerning the skills and providing
• Gain the relevant information about drug epidemiology and school primary prevention of social pathology
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will know the basic concepts of addictology and epidemiology, types and effects of addictive substances on the organism. Students will know basic types of addictive behavior, causes, symptoms and types of addiction, possibilities of its treatment and prevention. Student will know basic legislation related to addictology. They will be able to enumerate the risky and preventive factors of drug addiction, the possibilities of prevention and treatment. The student will know examples of good and bad preventive strategies and possibilities of preventive action in school and family.
Syllabus
  • Basic terminology
  • History of drug abuse
  • Drug addiction, factors participating on origin of drug addiction, high signs of originating drug addiction
  • The most important substances and groups of drugs
  • Drug epidemiology, development and current situation of the drug scene in the Czech Republic and around the world
  • Ways of intervention - counseling and cure of drug addiction
  • First aid for intoxication from addictive substances
  • Criminal liability and current legislation in the field of narcotic and psychotropic substances
  • Social and individual dangerousness of drugs.
Literature
    required literature
  • Substance abuse :a comprehensive textbook. Edited by Joyce H. Lowinson. Fourth edition. 1 online r. ISBN 9780781734745. info
  • Guidelines for the treatment of drug dependence : a European perspective. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2011, 23 s. ISBN 9789291684908. URL info
  • Addiction medicine. Edited by Noeline Latt. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, xxxi, 459. ISBN 9780199539338. info
  • Addictive behaviors : new readings on etiology, prevention, and treatment. Edited by G. Alan Marlatt - Katie Witkiewitz. 1st ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2009, xii, 778. ISBN 1433804026. URL info
  • Principles of addiction medicine. Edited by Richard K. Ries - David A. Fiellin - Shannon C. Miller - Richard Saitz. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009, xxix, 1570. ISBN 9780781774772. info
  • Introduction to addictive behaviors. Edited by Dennis L. Thombs. 3rd ed. New York: Guilford Press, 2006, xiii, 322. ISBN 1593852789. info
  • WASHTON, Arnold M. Cocaine addiction : treatment, recovery, and relapse prevention. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989, vii, 243. ISBN 0393307158. info
Teaching methods
Lecture with lots of difficult interpretation of the substance, theoretical preparation of the recommended print and electronic information sources. Feedback - the audience response during a lecture or in consultation hours.
Assessment methods
Type of teaching: lecture.
Type of exam: written test in the range of 30 questions from discussed issues (see circuit below). Answers are offered a closed form is just a good few of those. The successful completion of the course is to be achieved at least 50% correct answers.
Lessons are held weekly, the subject is taught 1 semester.
Themes for the written test:
1st Basic terminology.
2nd History of drug use.
3rd Drug Addiction (the concept, classification, examples, criteria, career addict, experimenter, user dependent, development of drug dependence in time).
4th Effects involved in the formation of drug dependence (four-member model: Starters, drug, personality, environment. The significance of individual components).
5th Warning signs of incipient drug addiction (what you may notice parents, teachers, friends, coworkers, possible, probable and certain signs of drug abuse).
6th The most important groups of abused substances and drug-occurrence, appearance, effects, risks, addiction (alcohol, tobacco, types of alcohol, stimulants, dance drugs, opiates, other means of silencing than opiates, hemp products, hallucinogens, sniffing volatile substances, addictive behavior, virtual drugs).
7th Epidemiology (methods of monitoring the drug problem, prevalence, incidence, describe, epidemiological studies, their significance and types).
8th The development and current state of the drug scene in the Czech Republic   and the world (the vulnerable population groups and regions, extended types of drugs, trends).
9th Options-intervention counseling and drug treatment (strategies and systems advice, treatment and prevention of pathological addiction, including alcoholism and tobacco smoking, state and non-governmental organizations dealing with treatment, prevention and rehabilitation).
10th First Aid for the addictive substance intoxication (acute drug intoxication, the main symptoms and procedures, resuscitation, shock).
11th Criminal responsibility and the current legislation in narcotic and psychotropic substances (production, possession, distribution, consumption, less than a small amount, penalties, legal standards and provisions, criminal and Construction Act).
12th Corporate and individual hazards of drugs).
13th Medical use of certain drugs (controlled drug use in medicine   lege artis, Drug addiction, dependence of everyday life).
14th Other sources of information about drugs (professional and nonfiction literature, electronic media, inc. Internet. Collection, sorting, evaluating and using information obtained).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/autumn2021/SPDA010