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Psychopharmacology for Psychologists

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Course ID: 2500-EN-PS-CS5-07
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0313) Psychology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Psychopharmacology for Psychologists
Name in Polish: Psychopharmacology for Psychologists
Organizational unit: Faculty of Psychology
Course groups: (in Polish) Neuropsychology and Neuroscience specialization
WISP specialization courses for 5 year
WISP specialization courses: Psychotherapy
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Type of course:

elective courses
Prerequisites (description):

(in Polish) Completed course on Psychiatry.
Short description:

This is an introductory course designed to familiarize students with the fundamentals of psychotropic drugs.
Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the major classes of medications used to treat mental illness.

2. Explain the modes of action of psychotropic medications.

3. Appraise the evidence for the efficacy of psychotropics in the

treatment of various mental health disorders.

4. List the most commonly marketed psychotropic drugs in Europe and

the regulatory bodies governing their use.

5. Describe how to integrate psychopharmacology with psychotherapy

in treatment for psychological disorders.

6. Evaluate the role of psychotropic medications in society and culture.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16
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Type of class:
Seminar, 15 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: Bernice Marcopulos
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Examination: Course - Grading
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Full description:

This is an introductory course designed to familiarize students with the

fundamentals of medications used to treat mental disorders. Basic topics

in psychopharmacology such as neurotransmission, pharmacodynamics

and pharmacokinetics will be covered. Current psychotropic medications

used to treat depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar illness will be

reviewed. The material will be presented from a clinical lifespan

perspective using case examples. The psychological, social and cultural

implications of psychotropic drug use will be integrated throughout the

course.
Bibliography:

Required Text: Haddad, P. M. & Nutt, D. J. (2020). Seminars in clinical

psychopharmacology (3rd edition). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University

Press. ISBN: 978-1-911623-45-8

1. Chapter 3 - Neurotransmission and Mechanism of Drug Action

2. Chapter 4 – Pharmacodynamics & Pharmacokinetics

3. Chapter 7 – Drugs to Treat Depression

4. Chapter 8 – Drugs to Treat Anxiety & Insomnia

5. Chapter 9 – Drugs to Treat Schizophrenia and Psychosis

6. Chapters 11 & 12 – Lithium and Anticonvulsants as Mood stabilizers
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