Drug and Substance Abuse

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2021-2022

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAE-DRO-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Elective modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OAP-GT2-T parallel

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 30

Topic

The course aimed to provide general terms of drug and substance abuse and present its physiological and biochemical background. We are going to review systematically the most important pharmacological features of the drugs of abuse, the symptoms, dangers and possible treatments of abuse. The drugs are discussed in the following sections: opioids, anxiolytics, sedatohypnotics, inhalants, alcohol, psychomotor stimulants (amphetamin and derivates, cocain, coffein, nicotin), psychedelics and hallucinogens (LSD, mescalin, phencyclidin), cannabis. After the discussion of pharmacology the participants can hear about the practical problems of drug abuse. At the end of the course the students should present 5-10 minute ppt presentations from different abuse-related topics.

Lectures

  • 1. General terms of drug abuse, definition of dependence and tolerance - Dr. Sánticsné Dr. Pintér Erika
  • 2. General terms of drug abuse, definition of dependence and tolerance - Dr. Sánticsné Dr. Pintér Erika
  • 3. Opioid abuse - Dr. Horváth Ádám István
  • 4. Abuse of anxiolytics and sedatohypnotics. Inhalants. - Dr. Horváth Ádám István
  • 5. Alcohol abuse - Dr. Horváth Ádám István
  • 6. Abuse of psychomotor stimulants - Dr. Horváth Ádám István
  • 7. Psychedelics, hallucinogens, cannabis - Dr. Sánticsné Dr. Pintér Erika
  • 8. Designer drugs - Dr. Sánticsné Dr. Pintér Erika
  • 9. Practical problems of drug abuse - Dr. Szemelyácz János
  • 10. Practical problems of drug abuse - Dr. Szemelyácz János
  • 11. Presentations of students - Dr. Sánticsné Dr. Pintér Erika
  • 12. Written exam - Dr. Sánticsné Dr. Pintér Erika

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Uploaded on the Neptun

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Mid-term exams

There is no possibility.

Making up for missed classes

There is no possibility.

Exam topics/questions

1. General terms of drug abuse, definition of dependence and tolerance
2. Opioid abuse
3. Abuse of anxiolytics and sedatohypnotics. Inhalants.
4. Alcohol abuse
5. Abuse of psychomotor stimulants
6. Psychedelics, hallucinogens, cannabis
7. Designer drugs

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars