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B020863 - PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
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Academic Year 2018-19
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Health Sciences (DSS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
BIO/14 - PHARMACOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
42
Teaching Term
04/03/2019 ⇒ 31/05/2019
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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- Last names A-K BLANDINA PATRIZIO
- Last names A-K CORRADETTI RENATO
- Last names L-Z CHIARUGI ALBERTO
- Last names L-Z GEPPETTI PIERANGELO
Teaching Language - Last names A-K
Italian
Course Content - Last names A-K
Major objective of the course is to provide the pharmacological basis of therapeutics in Psychiatry and the effects of drugs of abuse. Medicines representative of therapeutic classes are illustrated for their chemical nature, pharmacological action(s), mechanism(s) of action, therapeutic indication(s), pharmacokinetic characteristics, efficacy, safety, adverse reactions, toxicity, contraindications, drug interactions, doses and administration route.
Suggested readings - Last names A-K (Search our library's catalogue)
1) Govoni S. – Farmacologia - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
2) Goodman & Gilman: The pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13th Edition. 2017
2) Goodman & Gilman: The pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13th Edition. 2017
Learning Objectives - Last names A-K
During the lectures, the mechanism of action and the therapeutic use of the principal medicines active on the autonomic and central nervous systems, will be presented.
Prerequisites - Last names A-K
none
Teaching Methods - Last names A-K
Lectures
Type of Assessment - Last names A-K
Multiple choice test
Course program - Last names A-K
1) General pharmacology
2) Neurotransmission and mechanisms of action of drugs in cthe CNS
3) Autonomic system and specific drugs
4) Analgesics
5) Anxiolytics and hypnotics
6) Antidepressants
7) Antiepileptic drugs
8) Antiparkinson
9) Drugs in Alzheimer disease
10) Antipsychotics
11) Histamine as a neurotransmitter
12) Drugs of abuse
13) Endocannabinoids
2) Neurotransmission and mechanisms of action of drugs in cthe CNS
3) Autonomic system and specific drugs
4) Analgesics
5) Anxiolytics and hypnotics
6) Antidepressants
7) Antiepileptic drugs
8) Antiparkinson
9) Drugs in Alzheimer disease
10) Antipsychotics
11) Histamine as a neurotransmitter
12) Drugs of abuse
13) Endocannabinoids