Advanced Clinical Psychopharmacology   [Archived Catalog]
2011-2012 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Revised Addendum
   

PP 635 - Advanced Clinical Psychopharmacology


This course involves studying the effects of pharmacological agents on behavior, emotion, and cognition.  The goal of this course is to provide a background in contemporary theory and practice of psychopharmacology so that by the end, students understand the nature of medication treatment and the rationale for treatment selection.  Effects of age, gender, ethnicity, and racial/genetic characteristics on the efficacy and safety of medications are discussed.   (2 credits)