Assessment and Management of Addictive Disorders

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the provision of evidence-informed bio-psychosocial assessment on alcohol and other drug use and other addictive behaviours.
  2. Identify and integrate risks associated with substance use and addictive disorders with evidence-informed management strategies.
  3. Assess the impact of current legislative requirements on the assessment and management of addictive disorders.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-ADS-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Addiction Studies for Health Professionals

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: You are expected to devote around 10 hours per week to the study materials, assessment tasks and self-directed learning. Online webinars (1 hour) x 3.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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