Annotation
This course is divided into two parts, clinical addictology and public health. Both of these parts are mutually interconnected and cover important areas of clinical and research interest of the department of addictology. In the first part the student is informed about the relevant addiction theories and is encouraged to think about its own theory of addiction, which may serve as an inherent part of its contemplations about the issues connected with addictions. Special attention is paid on the problematic of dual diagnoses, especially the perspective of relationship between maladaptations in the development of human personality and addictive behavior.
Illustrations of possible research in this field is also provided in the second part the public health approach is introduced with the special attenion to alcohol, tobacco and other substances as well as behavioral addictions both above mentioned parts of the course contain several home study tasks followed by the 4 hours of in-person seminar teaching in the end of each part