Study-unit ELEMENTS OF PHARMACOLOGY FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS
| Course name | Assessment of individual functioning in clinical and health psychology |
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| Study-unit Code | A001620 |
| Curriculum | Curriculum i |
| Lecturer | Oxana Bereshchenko |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | BIO/14 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | General principles of drug action: Pharmacokinetics Pharmacodynamics Main classes of drugs that act on the central nervous system. |
| Reference texts | Meyer. Psychopharmacology. EDI_ERMES Karen Whalen. The basics of pharmacology. Zanichelli Carlo Faravelli. Farmacologia per I psicologi. Il Mulino Stephen M Stahl. Essential Psycopharmacology. EDI_ERMES |
| Educational objectives | The lessons are aimed at studying the psychotropic drugs and providing the psychologist-psychotherapist with tools that can be of help in managing the patient.¿The course provides the student with an overview of the psychoactive molecules, from the drugs used in the treatment of the main psychological-psychiatric disorders, to the substances of abuse including those used for recreative purposes and as innovative therapies. |
| Prerequisites | The course makes numerous connections with clinical psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and neuroanatomy, so good basic knowledge related to Physiology, Neurophysiology and Psychiatry is needed. |
| Teaching methods | 36 hours of frontal lectures with 6 hours of theoretical training |
| Other information | Attendance of the lectures is not obligatory but highly recommended as it allow more detailed discussion on the arguments treated in the program. |
| Learning verification modality | Written test. One open question and 24 Multiple choice questions.¿ Five possible answers of which only one is correct.¿ Exam duration 30 minutes.¿ The evaluation criteria will be based on the understanding of the topics covered, on the acquisition of the proposed concepts and methodologies and on the ability to apply them independently and consciously. Students with DSA/disabilities are invited to contact the teacher before the exam. For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa. International students will have a possibility to do the test in English. |
| Extended program | Principles of drug action, pharmacokinetics and toxicity.¿Definition of psychopharmacology.¿Elementary bases of the functioning of psychotropic drugs.¿Main classes of drugs of the central nervous system.¿Drugs depressing the central nervous system¿- barbiturates;¿- antiepileptics;¿- benzodiazepines;¿¿Drugs for the treatment of mood disorders, major depression and bipolar disorder.¿Antipsychotic drugs.¿Psychostimulant substances.¿Analgesic drugs.¿Psychedelic substances.¿Antiepileptic drugs.¿Pharmacology for Psychologists: limits and perspectives.¿What can we expect from drugs, what we can't expect from drugs.¿The main bases are given for each class of drugs in relation to:¿mechanism of action; therapeutic indications; interactions; adverse effects;¿how they help or interfere in the work of the psychologist. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | 3 |