PSYC 3590

Students explore selected pharmacological therapies used to treat anxiety, depression, and various psychotic disorders. They examine pharmacological treatments for diseases related to child and adolescent development and geriatric populations. They apply critical thinking skills to examine how genetic, developmental, and environmental factors influence, at the molecular level, cerebrum structure and function. Students investigate topics including neuropsychopharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, placebos, nocebos, antipsychotic drugs, antidepressant drugs, and sedative-hypnotic drugs.