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Required Readings
DSM-V Changes (required reading)
Week 2- Free Will , autonomy and drug use
Psyc441/Readings/FreeWill Black Swan and Addiction
Psyc441/Readings/Hyman-The_Neurobiology_of_Addiction_Implications_.pdf
Week 3 - Genetics
Week 4 - The Addiction Industry
Forbes - The 35 Billion Addiction Industry
Week 5 - Harm Reduction & Smart
Week 6 - What is going on in Nanaimo
Disease or Developmental Disorder
Liking, Wanting and the Incentive-Sensitization theory of Addiction
Addiction and the Brain: Development, Not Disease
Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addiction
Week 8 - Starting to look at the Environment
Alexander - Myths of Addiction
Szazs - War Against Drugs
Peele - Nature of Addiction
Bruce Alexander Video - Current View of Addiction
Bruce Alexander Video - Alternative View of Addiction
Week 9 - Trauma
Khantzian - Self Medication Hypothesis
Response from a Trauma Counsellor
Week 10- Co-Morbidity/Dual Diagnosis
Week 11 - Gambling
Week 12 - Mindfulness