Intermediate
Understanding The Addicted Brain
A 10-hour intermediate-level course exploring the neuroscience of addiction across the lifespan. Covers the role of brain chemistry, gender differences, stress responses, mood disorders, and adolescent vulnerability, providing practitioners with a scientific foundation for understanding addictive behaviours and informing treatment approaches in Canadian recovery contexts.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion21 lessonsMobile & desktop
Pharmacology & NeuroscienceYouth & Adolescents
$100CAD
10 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Explain how dopamine and reward circuitry drive addictive behaviours
Describe gender-specific neurobiological differences in addiction development and treatment response
Analyze adolescent brain vulnerability to addiction and long-term consequences
Connect stress response systems (HPA axis) to addiction and comorbid mood disorders
Apply neuroscience knowledge to inform gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment approaches in Canadian settings
