Virversity Online Courses

The Psychology of Addiction is a comprehensive training course that deepens understanding of the neurological, psychological, and emotional factors driving addictive behavior. This certification equips students with essential knowledge and practical skills to support recovery and promote mental health professionally or personally.

Explore addiction through scientific and emotional lenses by learning about the brain’s reward system, neurotransmitters like dopamine, and neural pathways involved in addiction. Examine emotional triggers, stress, and environmental influences contributing to addictive behaviors. Understand psychological mechanisms, cognitive distortions, and the cycle of craving, use, and withdrawal.

Develop effective strategies for relapse prevention, emotional regulation, and resilience building. This structured diploma course integrates neurology and emotional aspects, enhancing expertise through a well-rounded online program.

Starting with foundations of compulsion and dependency, the course explains the brain’s role in addiction and how feelings and surroundings impact recovery. It covers memory, learning, and emotional regulation’s role in overcoming addiction, alongside practical intervention techniques for relapse management and support.

By combining neurological insights with emotional and psychological understanding, the program offers a multidimensional perspective on addiction. Graduates gain skills and empathy to address addictive behaviors effectively, contributing meaningfully to prevention, intervention, recovery, and mental health advocacy.

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