This is a course about addiction to drugs and other behaviors. It will describe what happens in the brain and how this information helps us deal with and overcome addiction. It will also discuss other topics, such as government policy and our vulnerability to take drugs.
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The Addicted Brain
Emory UniversityAbout this Course
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
The Background & Overview of Drug Use
Drugs & How the Brain Works
Classes of Drugs
Classes of Drugs with Animal Models
Reviews
- 5 stars75.79%
- 4 stars17.30%
- 3 stars4.36%
- 2 stars1.31%
- 1 star1.21%
TOP REVIEWS FROM THE ADDICTED BRAIN
This course is truly wonderful, many intellectual mind-opening surprises... for example I almost fell out of my chair when I learned of vaccinations development effort to counter addiction.
This course covered a lot of fascinating topics such as how drugs affect the brain, why people become addicts, and how we can treat addiction. A very rewarding and fun course!
Well designed course. I have a couple of close family members who are addicts...pills and gambling. I highly recommend this class. The professor is excellent and I've benefited from his lectures.
This course was a perfect beginning to understand the basics of how drugs affect the brain and to elicit the interest in knowing more about about these drugs. Thank you
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