EPC 675MF: SUBSTANCE ABUSE MFT
California State University, Northridge
Prerequisite: Admission to CSUN's master's program in Marriage and Family Therapy. Major approaches for identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating persons with alcohol and substance abuse or dependency, co-occurring disorders, and behavioral addictions in family therapy. Topics include the effects of psychoactive drug use, neurobiology of addiction, theories of the etiology of addiction, systemic dynamics of alcoholic and substance abusing families, legal requirements, community resources for individual teens, adults, and their families, prevention of addiction, harm reduction models, evidence-based models for couple and family treatment, recovery models, peer support models, medication-assisted treatment, and motivational interviewing.
Average GPA: 3.95
Grade distribution records: 177 students across 4 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 161 | 91.0% |
| A- | 12 | 6.8% |
| B+ | 2 | 1.1% |
| B- | 1 | 0.6% |
| C | 1 | 0.6% |
Based on 177 student grade records across 4 terms and 3 professors.
Instructors
- Pamela Georgette 68 students, Average GPA 3.90
- Michael Charles Pierce 37 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Louis D Willoughby 19 students, Average GPA 4.00