University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
PSYC1114-1  Biopsychology of addictions

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 1st year3
Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 1st year3
Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1st year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 1st year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 2nd year3
Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 2nd year3
Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 1st year3
Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 1st year3
Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 2nd year3
Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 2nd year3
Certificat d'université en psychologie clinique à orientation psychopathologie 3
Lecturer :  Etienne Quertemont
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
The course « Biopsychology of addictions » covers the current explanatory theories of addiction together with an overview of the main classes of addictive drugs.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The main purpose of the course is to gain knowledge of the addiction syndrome and of the various abused drugs, in order to train the students to deal with all the problems linked with drug and alcohol consumptions in the various fields of psychology.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
The course is organized in the form of a seminar in which groups of students are invited to present one class of the main addictive drugs. The presentation will be based on a personnal bibliographic research. At the end of the seminar, the students will be asked to provide a brief written report summarizing the topic of their presentation.
Recommended or required readings :  
The required documents (scientific articles and book chapters) are to be found by the students in the scientific litterature.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The evaluation is based on the active participation in the seminar, on the oral presentation and on the final written report.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Teacher: E. Quertemont, Tel: 04/366.21.05, equertemont@ulg.ac.be

Assistant: V. Didone, Tel: 04/366.22.63, vdidone@ulg.ac.be



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