Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in psychology (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits | |||
| University certificate in clinical psychology with a focus on psychopathology | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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 learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
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@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Due to the covi-19 pandemic, oral presentations of the seminar were canceled. The students will receive the slides by electronic means.
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
The evaluation is based on the slides of the presentation that the students must provide and on the final written report.
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
The evaluation is based on the slides of the presentation that the students must provide and on the final written report.