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2018-19 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PY 420 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 will learn about the relationship between DSM IV diagnoses and the choice of psychiatric medications that are prescribed by physicians. Finally, students will be trained to use reference material to evaluate key characteristics of psychiatric medications and evaluate the clinical efficacy of medications.

Prerequisite: Senior status or students who have completed PY 205  and PY 221 -PY 222  with permission of the instructor.