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Understanding Drugs and Addiction How do addictions develop? How are they best treated and prevented? Explore these key questions with this free online course. In this free online course, we’ll explore how addiction develops, looking at the environmental, genetic and personal risks involved. We’ll examine what happens when a drug enters your body and your brain, how your brain changes, and how this process can make recovering from addiction such a challenge. You’ll learn how we can best treat addiction, and how national and international policies help limit the harms from addiction. Meet experts in addiction science and treatment King’s College London<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/index.aspx> is a world leader in the science and treatment of addiction. Educators on this course are drawn from a variety of disciplines throughout the university, and work together to understand and respond to addiction. Each week, we’ll be joined by some of the world’s leading scientists, who will present cutting edge neuroscientific research - research that will lead to a greater understanding of how addiction develops and how we can treat it most effectively. By understanding addiction, we can shed light on the greater issues of self-control and choice. Indeed, we will develop a greater understanding of ourselves. This course will give you the opportunity to purchase a Statement of Participation<https://about.futurelearn.com/about/faq/?category=statements-of-participation> and will also give you the opportunity to pay to take an exam to qualify for a Statement of Attainment<https://about.futurelearn.com/about/faq/?category=exams-and-statements-of-attainment>. * JOIN NOW<https://www.futurelearn.com/register> FREE * Duration: 6 weeks * Start Date 9<x-apple-data-detectors://3>th<x-apple-data-detectors://3> March 2015<x-apple-data-detectors://3> Lead Educator [cid:image004.jpg@01D0355E.ADB96230]<https://www.futurelearn.com/profiles/1622> Kyle Dyer <https://www.futurelearn.com/profiles/1622> Twitter: @MahliD<https://twitter.com/MahliD> Requirements No specialist knowledge or previous experience is required. JOIN NOW<https://www.futurelearn.com/register> Gerry Kandler Programme Administrator (Mondays and Thursdays) International Programme In Addiction Studies Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience King’s College London Addiction Science Building 4 Windsor Walk<x-apple-data-detectors://4/0> Denmark Hill<x-apple-data-detectors://4/0> SE5 8AF<x-apple-data-detectors://4/0> +44 (0)20 7848 0682<tel:+44%20(0)20%207848%200682> http://www.ipas.vcu.edu/ApplicationPacket.html Rowdy Yates Senior Research Fellow Scottish Addiction Studies University of Stirling http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/sections/showsection.php?id=4 http://www.drugslibrary.stir.ac.uk<http://www.drugslibrary.stir.ac.uk/> http://roryyates.bandcamp.com<http://roryyates.bandcamp.com/> - Wrestling With Demons: Four Songs of Addiction & Recovery -- The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*. 94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation. *The Telegraph The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.