ASMH 5505 – Psychopharmacology (formerly ASHM 4405)

(3 credits) Distance Delivery

The course provides the learner with opportunities to master psychopharmacology. Students will examine the neurobiology of the brain systems with which psychotropic drugs interact. The course offers an in-depth review of chemical neurotransmission as a mediator of disease action; and explores how drugs interact with the body and the brain across the life-span related to pharmacokinetics (how drugs are handled by the body) and pharmodynamics (how drugs act).