Addiction is such a common problem today that people experiencing alcohol, nicotine or other drug problems present in many different healthcare settings. The challenge of linking people experiencing addiction to the right response is a serious one, and much depends on understanding addiction and recognising the role that we all play in the pathway to recovery.

This course is intended to help you meet this challenge by increasing your understanding of the biology of addiction and the available treatment options in the different stages of the recovery journey.

Take the course for free: www.edx.org/course/managing-addiction-framework-successful-adelaidex-addictionx-0#!

EdX course Managing Addiction; with video's from drs Femke Buisman-Pijlman, Linda Gowing, Robert Ali, Abdallah Salem and many clinicians, University of Adelaide, Australia.