Intervention in Addictive Behaviours

Code:

P721

Acronym:

ICA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	33	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of alcohol and drug use problems 


• Characterize the main theoretical models in drug prevention 


• Plan and develop drug prevention and other addictive behaviors strategies 


• Develop motivational interventions in accordance with the change stage of the individual 


• Describe the main objectives of relapse prevention strategies in addictive behaviors 


• Plan and develop brief interventions 


• Develop strategies oriented toward relapse prevention in addictive behaviors

Learning outcomes and competences

Students will devellop their knowledge on addictive behaviours, specially regarding drug use and misuse, and on different intervention dimensions: prevention, treatment and reintegration. They will also learn the main concepts and theoretical background of addictology and will develop skills in order to work as psychologists of addictive behaviours in the future.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Definitions, scope and trends in intervention on addictive behaviours
Description and critical analysis of concepts in addictive behaviours. Global intervention perspectives in addictive behaviours.

2. Assessment of addictive behaviors
Objectives of screening and assessment procedures in the field of drug abuse and addiction. Assessments relevant for understanding relapse. The DSM-V diagnoses. Screening and assessment tests.

3. Drug prevention
Evolution of drug prevention. Universal, selective and indicated programs. Main drug prevention approaches. Quality criteria for drug prevention programs.

4. Treatment approaches
Motivational interviewing. Cognitive therapy and cognitive-behavioural approaches. Brief interventions. The relapsing process and its prevention.

Mandatory literature

Coombs Robert Holman ed.; Handbook of addictive disorders. ISBN: ISBN 0-471-23502-4
ULL; Cognitive therapy of substance abuse. ISBN: ISBN 0-89862-115-1
Negreiros Jorge; Injecção de drogas, comportamento sexual e risco de VIH. ISBN: 972-8082-77-0
G. Alan Marlatt; Harm reduction:Pregmatic strategies for managing high risk behaviors, The Guilford Press, 1998. ISBN: 1-57230-825-7
Negreiros Jorge; Prevenção do abuso do álcool e drogas nos jovens. ISBN: 972-95896-1-5
Marlatt G. Alan 340; Relapse prevention. ISBN: 978-1-59385-641-0
Fonseca António Castro 070; Psicologia forense. ISBN: 972-40-2853-4
Miller William R.; Motivational interviewing. ISBN: 1-57230-563-0
Marlatt G. Alan co-aut.; Harm reducation. ISBN: ISBN 1-57230-397-2
Ken Winters; Brief Intervention: Clinician's manual, Hazelden, 2004. ISBN: 1-592285-170-3
Donovan Dennis M. 340; Assessment of addictive behaviors. ISBN: 978-1-59385-640-3
Denning Patt; Practicing harm reduction psychotherapy. ISBN: ISBN 1-57230-555-X

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures on contents by the teacher. Presentation and discussion of didactic videos about intervention strategies. Perform exercises and activities oriented. Teamworks. Debates about exposed content viewed on video or from the research done by the students.

keywords

Health sciences
General programmes > Basic programmes
General programmes > Basic programmes
Social sciences
General programmes > Basic programmes > Basic programmes
Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	75,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtaining attendance involves the participation of the students in at least 75% of the classes actually taught. 

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark (in a 0 to 20 points rating scale) is obtained through the following calculation:
- Two exams (75% weighing): These exams will take place during the semester according to a schedule to be fixed. In each of the exams the student must obtain a minimum score of 8 points.
- Work group (25% weighing): Consists of a group work to be developed during the semester and presented in one of the classes on a subjetc within the focus of the classes. In each of the evaluation components, the student must obtain a minimum score of 10 points. For successfully completing the course, students must achieve a final mark of 10.

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Do not exist.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who are exempted by law from attendance at classes must take the final exam (for their evaluation, the criterion of participation in the classes will not be taken into account).

Classification improvement

Students will be able to register for an exam in case of failure or lack of tests at the time of appeal in the year in which the student attended the curricular unit. As for the improvement of classification, this is foreseen only once, until the time of appeal of the school year subsequent to the one in which they obtained approval and in which the curricular unit has foreseen final examination.The final classification in the curricular unit is the highest, between the one that had been obtained initially and that which results from the improvement of classification made.