1. Identify components of the cycle of addiction.

2. Understand the negative impact of addiction on self and others.

3. Understand the power of addiction and resistance to change.

4. Confront stigma and biases against persons with addiction.

5. Confront stigma and biases against obese persons.

6. Understand patients experience with weight loss diets.

7. Name cultural components that contribute to obesity.

8. Identify sources of physician frustration with eating disordered patients.

9. Know effects and efficacy of surgical approach to obesity.

10. Understand motivational approaches to behavior change.

11. Gain proficiency in talking to patients about substance abuse.

12. Learn barriers and techniques in starting conversations about substance abuse.

 

Unit 5 Overview

Section 1: Experience of addiction

Exercise 1: Alcoholism
-Music: Social Distortion's "Ball and Chain"
-Memoir: Nick Flynn's "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City"
-Memoir: Russell Sanders "Under the influence"

Exercise 2: Smoking
-Essay: Hadyn Carruth's "Notes on Emphysema"
-Essay: Richard Selzer's "Smoking"
-Novel: An excerpt of Italo Svevo's "Confessions of Zeno"

Exercise 3: Narcotics
-News: Steven Goff on Quaranta
-Memoir: Tom Andrew's "Codeine Diaries"

 

 

 

Section 2: Obesity

Exercise 4: Culture of Obesity
-Essay: Thomas Wictor's "Pork"
-Essay: Atul Gawande's "The man who couldn't stop eating"

Exercise 5: Experience of obesity
-Comic Skit: Jack Black
-Photo: Sumo Wrestler
-Painting: Botero

Exercise 6: Approach to obesity
-Video: Alec Anders
-Notes: Heike Bailin
-Essay: Atul Gawande's "The man who couldn't stop eating"

 

Section 3: Behavior change

Exercise 7: Quitters
-Vignettes: Sedaris & others
Exercise 8: Helping People Quit
-Video Interview: Jean Gearon
-Novel: Peter Selwyn's "After the Fall"
Exercise 9: Brief Interventions
-Video: Jean Gearon