PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

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This course will focus on how psychoactive drugs impact human behavior. Emphasis will be on how selected drugs interact with neurotransmitter systems and how neurotransmitter systems modulate behavior. Particular reference will be made to reactions in the central nervous system to chemically effective drugs such as the anti-psychotic, anti-depressant, and anti-anxiety drug classes. Indications for and contraindications to the use of these prescribed drugs will be stressed, as well as other management strategies.