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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PY 574 Clinical Psychopharmacology

This course is intended to provide counseling students and other students in the mental health professions with a basic understanding of how psychiatric medications work in the brain and modify behavior. Students learn about the relationship between DSM diagnoses and the choice of psychiatric medications that are prescribed by physicians. Finally, students are trained to use reference material to evaluate key characteristics of psychiatric medications and evaluate the clinical efficacy of medications.

Prerequisite: PY 572  or may be taken concurrently.