PSYC 430 - Psychopharmacology: Drugs and Behavior

This course explores how prescription and social drugs interact with the body and the brain, and covers sedative-hypnotic drugs, drugs used to treat psychological disorders, drugs that stimulate brain function, analgesic drugs and psychedelics, herbal medicines, and anabolic steroids. The course examines clinical decision making in prescribing drugs for psychiatric disorders.

Prerequisites: Grade of C, or better, in PSYC 166 - General Psychology and PSYC 266 - Experimental Psychology, or in BIOL 200 - Cell Biology.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.