Unit PHARMACOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Course
- Assessment of individual functioning in clinical and health psychology
- Study-unit Code
- A003057
- Curriculum
- Curriculum ii
- Teacher
- Oxana Bereshchenko
- Teachers
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- Oxana Bereshchenko
- Hours
- 36 ore - Oxana Bereshchenko
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- 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 used f the treatment of major psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. - Reference texts
- Meyer. Psicofarmacologia. EDI_ERMES
Robert Julien. Droghe e farmaci psicoattivi. Zanichelli
Derek Waller, Andrew Renwick, Keith Hillier. Farmacologia medica ed elementi di terapia. Elsevier.
Carlo Faravelli. Farmacologia per I psicologi. Il Mulino - Educational objectives
- General principles of drug action:
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Main classes of drugs that act on the central nervous system.
Meyer. Psicofarmacologia. EDI_ERMES
Carlo Faravelli. Farmacologia per I psicologi. Il Mulino
Karen Whalen. Le basi della farmacologia. Zanichelli
Robert Julien. Droghe e farmaci psicoattivi. Zanichelli
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 and neurodegenerative diseases, to the substances use to cure pain, or of abuse including those used for recreative purposes and used 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 theoric training
- 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.
- Extended program
- Principles of drug action, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics 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.
Drugs used to treat major neurodegenerative diseases: Multipole sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Motor neutrons disease.
¿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
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