PSYC359 Study Notes - Entire Semester

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A comprehensive summary of all the content from the lecture and elaboration from the textbook readings. I created these PSYC359 notes over the course of the entire subject and they were great for the final exam in covering everything and allowing me to receive a HD. Related textbook was Stephen M. Stahl (Ed). Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications, 2nd Edition Topics covered are listed by week (1 to 13). - Introduction to psychopharmacology - Basic principles 1 - Basic principles 2 - (neural communication) - Basic principles 3 - Basic principles 4 - Anxiety and early anxiolytics - Anxiety and contemporary anxiolytics - Depression and antidepressants - Theories of antidepressant effects - Dementia and cognitive enhancers - Pain and painkillers - Sleep disorders and treatment - Psychosis and antipsychotics - Psychopharmacology research: issues in research - Psychopharmacology research: research examples - Drugs of abuse (DoA): overview - DoA: Common drugs - Substance abuse treatment (1) - Substance abuse treatment (2) - DoA: Opioids & treatment (1) - DoA: Opioids & treatment (2) - DoA: Psychedelics