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One Is Not Enough: Understanding and Modeling Polysubstance Use

About the Course

This article reviews the current state of the field in understanding the behavioral and neural circuitry in the context of co-use with common pairings of alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, and other addictive substances. This course focuses heavily on the neurobiology of addiction.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, One Is Not Enough: Understanding and Modeling Polysubstance Use, created by Elizabeth A Crummy, PhD. et al. in 2020.

Publication Date

Front. Neurosci., 16 June 2020 Jun 2020

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Elizabeth A Crummy, PhD.

Dr. Crummy is a postdoctoral researcher at the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Center for Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Her research interests and projects include behavioral investigation of differences in substance use phenotypes between single vs. poly-drug use history in rat models, as well as elucidating the role of glutamatergic cortical projection neuron subtypes in behavioral outputs. She has had multiple works published in peer reviewed journals.

Timothy Joseph O'Neal, PhD (student)

Timothy is enrolled in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. His research focuses on motivation, behavior, and decision-making. He has had multiple works published in peer reviewed journals.

Recommended For

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Summarize existing literature on the behavioral and neural circuitry in the context of co-use with common pairings of alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, and other addictive substances.
  2. Outline effects of polydrug use on addictive behaviors.
  3. Review mechanisms of acute and long term action on the brain.

Availability

This course is available starting May 20th, 2024 and expires May 19th, 2034

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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Course Number 103482
2 CE credit hours
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  • Reading-Based Online
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