Addictions MSc

Our Addictions course provides postgraduate education in addictions, with a particular emphasis on recent biological, psychological and socio-environmental advances in the conceptualisation of drug use and addiction and its effective prevention. Your theoretical understanding of the subject will be positioned within the context of policy development, focusing on facilitating the transfer of knowledge and skills to the workplace.

Key benefits

• Provides advanced graduate education in the field of addictive behaviours, concentrating on supporting students to embark on further higher study or to translate their learning into their workplace.
• Provides students with access to the expertise of leading addictions researchers and senior clinicians.
• A broad range of modules covering science, practice, policy and management in the addictions.

“I enjoyed my time at the IoPPN. The site/grounds are lovely. I enjoyed having a small class of people and being surrounded by driven, curious, intellectual people. The course was well taught and I found the material interesting.”

Marianne , Past Student, Healthcare Assistant at a Priory rehabilitation hospital for addiction treatment and eating disorder treatmentShow more

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