PY 360 (PSY 360) - Psychopharmacology, Addiction, and Substance Abuse
This course provides an overview of commonly prescribed psychotropic medications with the field of professional counseling and will prepare students for more advanced counseling courses in the chemical dependency field. It discusses causes and theories of addiction, addictive thinking, post-acute withdrawal syndrome, and adjuncts to substance abuse and alcohol treatment recovery; it also addresses medications and drugs of abuse included in the substance-use disorders section of the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Semester hours: 4.0
Prerequisites:
- BI 110 (BIO 110) - Fundamentals of Biology I - Lecture and Lab
- BI 211 (BIO 211) - Human Anatomy - Lecture and Lab
- BI 213 (BIO 213) - Human Physiology - Lecture and Lab
- CH 150 (CHM 150) - General Chemistry - Lecture and Lab
- CH 270 (CHM 270) - Biochemistry - Lecture and Lab (revised 9/22/2023)
- PY 101 (PSY 101) - Introduction to Psychology
- PY 230 (PSY 230) - Professional Seminar in Psychology
- PY 320 (PSY 320) - Health Psychology
Last updated:
06/05/2023