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Sep 16, 2024
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PSY 520 - Psychopharmacology The study of the biological bases of major psychiatric disorders and the medications used to treat these disorders. Special attention will be paid to neurochemical and neurological mechanisms involved in the disorders and the neurochemical mechanisms affected by psychopharmacological medications. Not open to students with credit for PSY 420. Prerequisites: PSY 101 and six additional credit hours of psychology, preferably to include PSY 421. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the advanced pharmacological properties, including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, of abused substances and pharmacotherapeutic psychoactive drugs.
- Describe the stages of drug development and ethical considerations surrounding psychoactive drug research.
- Describe the complex actions of abused substances and pharmacotherapeutic psychoactive drugs on advanced nervous system functioning.
- Describe the higher-order effects of abused substances and pharmacotherapeutic psychoactive drugs on psychological functioning, particularly as these effects relate to complex nervous system actions.
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