Women’s Substance Use Treatment is the treatment of substance use and mental health disorders gender specific to women, including effective interventions with addicted women. InterCoast Colleges teaches it in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program.
What it covers
The goal of the course is to provide participants with current information on effective interventions with addicted women. The course provides an overview of substance use and its impact, as well as treatment services for women.
The catalog adds: “Aside from introducing theories and principles that provide a framework for effective treatment interventions that support recovery, it also includes a discussion on barriers for treatment of women with substance use disorder problems.”
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program, women’s substance use treatment is covered in the course AOD311, Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Treatment Gender Specific to Women.
The Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies outline lists AOD311 Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Treatment Gender Specific to Women at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
Prerequisites for AOD311: none.
Other subjects studied alongside it include co-occurring disorders, integrated care for co-occurring disorders, and substance abuse prevention, within the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program.
This topic is covered in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program at InterCoast Colleges.