Overview
A clinical paper addressing the use of medications in the treatment and management of people with addiction and co-existing disorders, with a particular focus on opioid substitution treatment.
PSME 424 is part of a postgraduate training programme offered by the National Addiction Centre at the University of Otago, Christchurch, intended for a broad range of health professionals and colleagues in allied sectors who wish to study at a higher academic level and develop advanced clinical knowledge and skills in the addiction area.
PSME 424 has not been taught since 2019 and is not currently offered until further notice.
About this paper
| Paper title | Addiction Pharmacotherapy |
|---|---|
| Subject | Psychological Medicine |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2026 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $3,486.75 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- MHealSc, PGCertHealSc, PGDipHealSc
- Notes
- Students must have worked clinically for at least two years before commencing this paper, and at the time of study must be working clinically in a therapeutic setting.
- Eligibility
This paper is suitable for senior practitioners working with people suffering addiction and coexisting mental health problems, including experienced case managers, general practitioners, practice nurses, pharmacists, and opioid substitution treatment clinicians.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
- This nationally accessible paper provides students with knowledge and clinical skills in the use of medications in the overall management and treatment of people with addiction and coexisting mental health disorders and medical problems. The treatment of opioid dependence is given some emphasis on this paper as it provides examples of the most complex clinical cases in the field. It also deals with the range of new pharmacotherapies, both substitution and non-substitution treatments, that are becoming available in New Zealand.
- Teaching Arrangements
PSME 424 has not been taught since 2019 and is not currently offered until further notice.
- Textbooks
- Required: Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Other Opioid Replacement Therapies, Eds J. Ward, R.P. Mattick, W. Hall, 1998.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Critical thinking, Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this paper students will be able to demonstrate:
- A thorough knowledge and understanding, together with effective clinical skills, in the use of pharmacotherapy when intervening with people who have addictive disorders
- Core knowledge and understanding of the phenomenology and aetiology of addictive disorders
- Core knowledge and understanding of psychopharmacology as it relates to people with addictive disorders
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of comprehensive assessment and management planning
- Knowledge and understanding about the principles of clinical case management for people with addictive disorders
Overview
A clinical paper addressing the use of medications in the treatment and management of people with addiction and co-existing disorders, with a particular focus on opioid substitution treatment.
PSME 424 is part of a postgraduate training programme offered by the National Addiction Centre at the University of Otago, Christchurch, intended for a broad range of health professionals and colleagues in allied sectors who wish to study at a higher academic level and develop advanced clinical knowledge and skills in the addiction area.
PSME 424 has not been taught since 2019 and is not currently offered until further notice.
About this paper
| Paper title | Addiction Pharmacotherapy |
|---|---|
| Subject | Psychological Medicine |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2027 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- MHealSc, PGCertHealSc, PGDipHealSc
- Notes
- Students must have worked clinically for at least two years before commencing this paper, and at the time of study must be working clinically in a therapeutic setting.
- Eligibility
This paper is suitable for senior practitioners working with people suffering addiction and coexisting mental health problems, including experienced case managers, general practitioners, practice nurses, pharmacists and opioid substitution treatment clinicians.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
- This nationally accessible paper provides students with knowledge and clinical skills in the use of medications in the overall management and treatment of people with addiction and coexisting mental health disorders and medical problems. The treatment of opioid dependence is given some emphasis on this paper as it provides examples of the most complex clinical cases in the field. It also deals with the range of new pharmacotherapies, both substitution and non-substitution treatments, that are becoming available in New Zealand.
- Teaching Arrangements
PSME 424 has not been taught since 2019 and is not currently offered until further notice.
- Textbooks
- Required: Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Other Opioid Replacement Therapies, Eds J. Ward, R.P. Mattick, W. Hall, 1998.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Critical thinking, Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this paper students will be able to demonstrate:
- A thorough knowledge and understanding, together with effective clinical skills, in the use of pharmacotherapy when intervening with people who have addictive disorders
- Core knowledge and understanding of the phenomenology and aetiology of addictive disorders
- Core knowledge and understanding of psychopharmacology as it relates to people with addictive disorders
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of comprehensive assessment and management planning
- Knowledge and understanding about the principles of clinical case management for people with addictive disorders