Unit information: Working with Addiction in 2013/14

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Unit name Working with Addiction
Unit code ACHS20008
Credit points 10
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Mr. Sidgwick
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department School of Applied Community and Health Studies
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

This unit looks at addiction $� what it is, why it happens and how it is treated. It will examine counselling approaches and other relevant therapies over a range of situations where addictive behaviour features.

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