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This course is an introduction to psychopharmacology, the study of drugs that affect mood, sensation, thinking, and behavior, with an emphasis on substance-related disorders of the DSM and prescribed psychopharmacological medications. Special emphasis is placed on appropriate uses of medications, identification of effects and side effects, as well as acute and chronic observable signs and symptoms of substances. Attention will also be given to diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and prevention. Recent trends in psychoactive substance use, and the wide-ranging research addressing substance-related and addictive disorders is included.
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