ADDICTIONS AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS (CHILDREN, PRISONERS, MENTAL PATIENTS)
| Title | ΕΞΑΡΤΗΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΔΙΚΟΙ ΠΛΗΘΥΣΜΟΙ (ΑΝΗΛΙΚΟΙ, ΦΥΛΑΚΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ, ΨΥΧΙΚΑ ΑΣΘΕΝΕΙΣ) / ADDICTIONS AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS (CHILDREN, PRISONERS, MENTAL PATIENTS) |
| Code | ΠΙΙΕ02 |
| Interdepartmental Programme | Criminal Law and Addictions |
| Collaborating Schools | Law University of Nicosia (Cyprus) |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600003033 |
Programme of Study: Criminal Law and Addictions
Registered students: 14
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POINIKO DIKAIO TŌN EXARTĪSEŌN | Elective Course belonging to the selected specialization (Elective Specialization Course) | 2 | 1 | 7.5 |
| NOMIKĪ KAI THERAPEUTIKĪ DIACΗEIRISĪ TŌN EXARTĪSEŌN | Elective Course belonging to the selected specialization (Elective Specialization Course) | 2 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2020 – 2021 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
|
| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Class ID | 600179586
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600179586
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
The course has no formal prerequisites.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successfull completion of the course the students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge on the specifics of the onset and course of substance use disorders in a variety of groups with special clinical needs
2. Understand screening and assessment methods and tools to differentiate groups with specific clinical needs, such as adolescents, clients with SUDs under criminal justice supervisoon, clients with traumatic experiences, clients with co-occurring mental and physical health disorders.
3. Understand treatment matching process to provide clients with specifical clinical needs with the most appropriate treatment
4. Understand and apply treatment interventions specifically designed to address the unique needs of clients wth specific clinical needs.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
In this course students will address specific addiction issues, such as the extent of addiction and the diversity of addicts' needs with specific references to multiculturalism, dual diagnosis, adolescence and addiction, pregnancy and addiction, attitudes, assumptions, etc.).
Keywords
substance use disorders, clients with special needs, substance involved offenders
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Video simulation of clinical encounters
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Contact via e-mail
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 187.5 | 7.5 | |||
| Total | 187.5 | 7.5 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students will be assessed at the end of the course with multiple choice written exams.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
1. Reducing Criminal Recidivism for Justice-Involved Persons with Mental
Illness: Risk/Needs/Responsivity and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions-
SOURCE: GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation
(Delmar, NY). Authored by Rotter, Merrill; Carr, W. Amory
2. Racial Disproportionality in Prison- SOURCE: Chapter 12 Racial
Disproportionality in Prison, Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University
3. Abuse in Childhood and Psychopathic Traits in a Sample of Violent
Offenders SOURCE: Adriano Schimmenti, Giovanbattista Di Carlo, Alessia
Passanisi, Vincenzo Caretti
Psychol Trauma. 2015 July; 7(4): 340¬347. Published online 2014 December
22. doi: 10.1037/tra0000023
4. The Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as an Anti-Depressive
Treatment is Falling: A Meta-analysis SOURCE:Psychol Bull.
2015 Jul;141(4):747-68.
doi: 10.1037/bul0000015. Epub 2015 May 11.
5. The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review of Meta-analyses
SOURCE: Cognit Ther Res. 2012 Oct 1; 36(5): 427¬440. Published online 2012
Jul 31. doi: 10.1007/s10608-012-9476-1
6. Starting Over: Many Katrina Victims Left New Orleans for Good. What can
we Learn from Them? SOURCE:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/24/starting-over-dept-of-social-s
tudies-malcolm-gladwell
7. Reentry Fact Sheet SOURCE:
http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-ndga/legacy/2014/12/12/Reen
try%20Fact%20Sheet%20_FINAL.pdf
8. In-Custody Therapeutic Community Substance Abuse Treatment: Does it
Have an Impact on Custody Personnel? SOURCE: Criminal Justice Policy
Review
03/2004; 15(1):61-83. DOI: 10.1177/0887403403255065
9. Did Prop. 47 cause state crime boost? SOURCE:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/nov/30/did-prop-47-cause-stat
es-crime-boost/
Last Update
18-04-2021
