COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ADDICTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TOK 6044 DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ADDICTION ELECTIVE 1 0 0 5

Offered By

Toxicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUALLA AYLIN ARICI

Offered to

Toxicology

Course Objective

: To learn the neurobiology of addiction, to classificate the addiction types and general specialities, to determine the addiction potantials of substances, the individual specialities of addictive persons, to learn the harmfull effects of addiction, and to convey information about addiction systematically

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the addiction
2   To compare the addiction types by each other
3   To learn the treatment principles of addiction
4   To evaluate the harmfull effects of addiction
5   To predict the problems caused by addiction

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Entrance to drug and substance addiction
2 Factors that the addiction and neurobiological mechanisms
3 Phychic and physical addiction
4 Addiction of morphine (opioid)
5 Addiction of alcohol
6 Addiction of barbiturates
7 Addiction of nicotine
8 Addiction of amphetamine
9 Addiction of cocain
10 Addiction of marihuana
11 Addiction of hallusinogenes-presentation
12 Addiction of Khat and solvents
13 To determine the drugs addiction potantial
14 Treatment principles of drug addiction and the harmfull effects

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
POISINDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): POSINDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
2. DRUGDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Supplementary Book(s):
1. O Brian CP. Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse Içinde: editör. Hardman JG, Limbird LE. Goodman and Gilman s The Pharmacologic Basis of Therapeutics. 10. baskı. Mc Graw-Hill Companies; 2001. s. 621-643.
2. Luscher C. Drugs of Abuse: içinde: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Editör Katzung BG. 10. baskı. Mc Graw-Hill Companies; 2007. s. 511-527

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

All the strategies are located Assesment methods and Total work load

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PO * 0.40 + FN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PO * 0.40 + BUT*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be succesful in final exam and, to present a topic in course outline as a report

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be succesful in final exam and, to present a topic in course outline as a report

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aylin.akgun@deu.edu.tr, Tel: 4123909

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.151153511522113
LO.231453511522113
LO.331153511522113
LO.451153511522113
LO.551153511522113