Substance Abuse and Dependence
     

Lectures:

The Neurobiology and Treatment of Substance Abuse
Dr. Robert Swift.

Substance Abuse: clinical.
Dr. Bob Boland

     

Syllabus

Substance Abuse

pages:
Neurobiology: 2-6
Clinical: 1-2, 7-11
Treatment : 11-14

 

Articles (require Adobe Acrobat)

Substance-Related Disorders

 

 

 

 

Slideshow

Dr. Boland's Powerpoints.

Dr. Swift's Powerpoints

 

 

 
 
Optional Content:
 
"A preview of the upcoming lectures: The Substance Abuse Lectures" (about 6 minutes)
you can preview it in the following formats: windows media, quicktime, ipod format, or embedded in a web page (the latter way is better if you want to navigate around--I think it only works in windows machines, however).
 
Video Examples of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
  An interview with Cat Power, talking about her alcoholism
   
  A middle aged woman talks about her struggle with alcoholism
   
  This one from Encyclopedia Britannica cracks me up.
   
  From an A&E series. Addition parts from this can be found on Youtube