Information Package / Course Catalogue
Alcohol-Substance Addıctıon And Mental Health And Psychıatry Nursıng
Course Code: HRS630
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 4
Credit: 4
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course is to ensure students to gain analyse skills and have information about issues like addiction, its etiology, epidemiology, substances causing addiction and their effects, preventing addiction, nursing approaches in addiction treatment and prevention, results of addiction.

Course Content

In this course; issues like diagnose criterias of addiction, theories related to addiction, substances causing addiction, treatment of addiction and role of nurses, nursing interventions, legal and forensic issues in addiction will be discussed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To learn addiction and related concepts
2.To learn etiology and epidemiology of addiction and related factors
3.To learn substances causing addiction, their characteristics and effects
4.To learn processes of gathering data, anamnesis and diagnosis in addiction
5.To learn treatment levels, applications and nursing interventions of addiction
6.To learn treatment approaches and nursing care in intoxications
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Updated article and books suggested by lecturer about each lecture. Updated article and books reached by the student via library and electronical sources.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definiton of addiction, addiction stages, diagnose criterias in addiction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Theories about addiction, its ethiology, reasons of addiciton, epidemiology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Comorbidity in addiction
Week 4 - Theoretical
Substances causing addiction, their effects, their deficiency I
Week 5 - Theoretical
Substances causing addiction, their effects, their deficiency II
Week 6 - Theoretical
Anamnesis, patient acceptation and assessment in addiction, diagnosing methods
Week 7 - Theoretical
Anamnesis, patient acceptation and assessment in addiction, diagnosing methods
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Treatment stages in addiction and role of nurses, nursing problems in addiction and interventions (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Nursing interventions in urgent cases, intoxication and deficiency
Week 10 - Theoretical
Psychotherapy and group therapy applications in addiction treatment, relapse prevention
Week 11 - Theoretical
Family role in treatment and family treatment, diminishing damages, prevention in addiction
Week 12 - Theoretical
Therapeutic milieu in addiction treatment, rehabilitation applications, self-help groups
Week 13 - Theoretical
Results of alcohol and substance use, their effects to public, legal and forensic issues in addiction
Week 14 - Theoretical
Watching movies ( Leaving Las Vegas/ Requem for a Dream/Candy) (Transpoting) (28 days) (Self Medicated)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory154290
Assignment212228
Midterm Examination112214
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)144
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026