Psychopharmacology

Subject PSYT90061 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 6.25
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

July, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 6 weeks x 3.5 hour seminars
Total Time Commitment: Not available
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Coordinator

Assoc Prof Trevor Norman

Contact

Ms Ros Hendy, roslynjh@unimelb.edu.au
Subject Overview: This selective will provide a brief revision of basic pharmacological principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics including the relevance of age, gender, ethnicity, common drug interactions, environmental influences, route of administration. The primary focus of the different seminars will be the major drug types commonly used in psychiatric practice including the underlying neurochemical basis for their use in specific disorders and specified primary target syndromes and symptoms.
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Assessment:

The unit is assessed through the students' written 1500 word essay (70%) that answers a clinical question and that requires integration of the course elements. Students will also be rostered to bring in illustrative case examples or clinical problems to discuss in the case illustration small group discussions and be able to draw up an appropriate drug management plan (30%)
Prescribed Texts:

Leonard B, Fundamentals of Psychopharmacology, 2nd edition, Wiley &Sons, Europe 1997

Stahl S M, Essential Psychopharmacology: neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Related Course(s): Master of Psychiatry

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