Class Neuropsychopharmacology

Curricular unit that seeks to provide students with knowledge about the mechanisms of action of the main psychoactive drugs.

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1. Neurotransmitter and information processing systems 2. Neurotransmitters and psychological and behavioural changes  3. Anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives 4. Mood stabilizers 5. Anti-psychotics 6. Psycho-stimulants 7. Depression and Antidepressants 8. Pharmacological intervention in dementias. 9. Alzheimer's disease 10. Parkinson's disease 11. Psychopharmacological treatment in the elderly population

Expository and demonstrative methodologies.

Splittgerber, R. (2018). Snell's Clinical Neuroanatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Braslow, J. T., & Marder, S. R. (2019). History of psychopharmacology. Annual review of clinical psychology, 15, 25-50. Stahl, S.M. (2013). Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications (4th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Stahl, S. M. (2018). Prescriber's Guide Children and Adolescents: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology. Cambridge University Press. Muse, M. (Ed.). (2017). Cognitive Behavioral Psychopharmacology: The Clinical Practice of Evidence-based Biopsychosocial Integration. John Wiley & Sons. Preston, J., O'Neal, J. H., & Talaga, M. C. (2010). Handbook of clinical psychopharmacology for therapists. New Harbinger Publications.