Master of Addictive Behaviours

The Master of Addictive Behaviours is offered in partnership with Turning Point, an internationally renowned clinical treatment and research centre. It is delivered by a team of national and international experts from Monash University, Turning Point, and other leading universities and addiction centres both nationally and internationally.

The course provides you with a comprehensive overview of addiction science, policy, and practice. It is a multidisciplinary, modular post-graduate course that is delivered online, but which retains a strongly interactive and dynamic focus. Covering key contemporary issues, such as problem drinking and gambling, and misuse of prescribed and illicit drugs.

This course is built on a strong conceptual and theoretical foundation and covers key topics in addiction science, epidemiology, public health and policy, prevention, assessment and treatment, sociocultural factors and research methods.  The course commences with an evaluation of current models and theories of addiction, including its aetiological and public health models. It explores the effective identification, management, and treatment of individuals with addictive behaviours.  Emphasis is placed on effectively critiquing research evidence on intervention approaches to apply the strategies in practice. The course develops expertise in professional or scholarly work that can contribute to a portfolio of professional development through a research stream or a coursework stream.

The research stream will enable you to develop skills in professional research in addictive behaviours This comprises a literature review and  designing and conducting an ethics approved research study for communication to a wider professional audience.  The coursework stream will enable you to develop an in-depth and broader understanding of specialised areas of the addiction field.  This comprises co-occurring disorders in mental health and addiction and current trends in gambling, gaming, and prevailing and emerging process addictions.

This course is designed for professionals currently employed as a Registered health professional (e.g., General Practitioner, Nurse, Psychologist) or in the Alcohol and Other Drug sector (AOD), but is also suitable for graduates in psychology, criminology, nursing, medicine, and social work, and for professionals engaged in criminal justice, mental health, community health and public policy. It enables you to enhance your career development, improve your academic skills, and gain a rewarding and satisfying educational experience.