Course Details

1. Recognize causes of addiction
2. Use different therapeutic approaches
3. Acknowledge the operation of the therapeutic community
4. Apply issues related to organizing the therapeutic intervention
5. Justify the necessity of different professionals in the treatment of addiction
6. Assess the effectiveness of treatment
7. Acknowledge issues emerging after the treatment of addiction

�     Fundamental approaches for explaining substance abuse

�     Establish the causes of addiction

�     Principal methods for dealing with addictions

�      Rehabilitation interventions using the psychosocial approach, comparison of policies and methods

�     Operation of therapeutic communities

�     Comprehension of the fields that social work may be applied to, and the role of the social worker on issues of addiction and the way in which the required skills and knowledge may be developed to allow for effective intervention on issues of addiction. 

• Poulopoulos, Ch. (2005), Addictions: Therapeutic Communities, Athens, Ellinika Grammata (In Greek).

• Harold E. Doweiko, H.E. (2006), Concepts of Chemical Dependency, Thomson Brook/Cole.
• De Leon, G. The Therapeutic Community. Theory, Model, and Method, New York, Springer Publishing Company.

�     The course is modular, thus gradually adding to the student’s knowledge by displaying, in theory and practice, the way in which the social worker can reinforce rehabilitation within therapeutic communities.  The experiential nature of many of the examples reinforce the assimilation of the theory.

�     The above modules are taught within one semester in thirteen weekly sessions of three hours each (a total of 39 hours).

�     Given the above time limitations and depending on the availability of service networks in the city, visits to agencies that deal with addictions are organized.  These agencies deal both with prevention, and rehabilitation and reintegration interventions.  The students are encouraged to participate in seminars, conferences or scientific and social events which are relevant to the subject of legal and illegal substance abuse.