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Skill Levelintermediate
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Lectures1 Video
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Enrolled 73 students enrolled
Key concepts covered include:
The course gives you a brief idea of drug abuse, how do they develop, the symptoms of a substance use disorder, and the best medication to treat and prevent.
What you'll learn
Addiction is defined as a complex condition, a brain disease of compulsive substance use despite harmful consequences. People with addiction have an intense focus on using a substance(s), such as alcohol or drugs, to the point that it takes over their life. Continued use even when they know it will cause problems. A chronic disease characterized by uncontrolled abuse and preoccupation with drugs. read more »»
Instructor
Dr Savita Date Menon, PhD, is a Psychologist having trained at Mumbai University, India. She is also a certified Health & Wellness Expert. She has worked in the field for almost 30 years. 10 years with Tata Steel Hospital, Jamshedpur, where she was responsible for setting up the Dept. of Psychiatry, and where she received several Quality Awards. And over 18 years with Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, where she helped set up Apollolife, the Wellness Company of the Apollo Hospitals Group, in which she pioneered the concept of Rehab & Rejuve, by setting up Holistic Spas in Chennai & Hyderabad, with Rehab, Chronic Disease Management, Wellness & Rejuvenation, all under one roof. Dr. Menon was co Faculty, Harvard Medical School (USA), for a series of Lifestyle Medicine seminars Conducted in India in 2006. She also lectured in Spaulding Hospitals (Harvard Medical School), Boston, USA. She is also Faculty, Apollo Medical College, Avanti Engg colleges and Mofukkam Jha Management College.
Curriculum
Instructor
Dr Savita Date Menon, PhD, is a Psychologist having trained at Mumbai University, India. She is also a certified Health & Wellness Expert. She has worked in the field for almost 30 years. 10 years with Tata Steel Hospital, Jamshedpur, where she was responsible for setting up the Dept. of Psychiatry, and where she received several Quality Awards. And over 18 years with Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, where she helped set up Apollolife, the Wellness Company of the Apollo Hospitals Group, in which she pioneered the concept of Rehab & Rejuve, by setting up Holistic Spas in Chennai & Hyderabad, with Rehab, Chronic Disease Management, Wellness & Rejuvenation, all under one roof. Dr. Menon was co Faculty, Harvard Medical School (USA), for a series of Lifestyle Medicine seminars Conducted in India in 2006. She also lectured in Spaulding Hospitals (Harvard Medical School), Boston, USA. She is also Faculty, Apollo Medical College, Avanti Engg colleges and Mofukkam Jha Management College.