3-3-0

This course is designed to introduce students in psychology and the natural sciences to the field of psychopharmacology. Emphasis will be placed on the relationships between psychoactive drugs, their mechanisms of action in the nervous system, and human behaviour. Following an analysis of the principles of pharmacology and pharmamacokinetics, as well as the mechanisms of drug tolerance and dependence, the cognitive, emotional and behavioural aspects of specific classes of drugs will be examined. These classes of drugs will include sedatives, hypnotics; stimulants; narcotics; psychotomimetics, psychedelics and hallucinogens.

Prerequisite: PBI288b or permission of the instructor

Professor Drumheller

Students who have taken PBI280 or BIO280 (Psychopharmacology) may not take this course for credit