Psychopharmacology (Archived)
Activity
Large Group Session
General pharmacology overview. Review the major groups of psychotropic medications: antipsychotics; antidepressants; mood stabilizers; anxiolytics. Introduce serotonin syndrome and neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

Curriculum Block

Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 3
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Objectives

Activity Objectives

Tags

Archived
Archived
Basic Sciences
Biochemistry Pharmacology Physiology Therapy
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour Medical Foundation 4 Part 4 Week 3
Curriculum Week
Part 4 Week 11
Discipline
Pharmacology Psychiatry
MCC Presentations
Anxiety Depressed Mood Psychosis
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
MeSH
Acetylcholine [D02.092.211.111] Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing [D12.644.360.024] Anti-Anxiety Agents [D27.505.696.277.950.015] Antidepressive Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.122] Antipsychotic Agents [D27.505.696.277.950.040] Drug Interactions [G07.690.773.968] Drug Therapy [E02.319] Drug Tolerance [G07.690.773.992] Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome [C10.720.737] Pharmacokinetics [G03.787] Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505] Physiological Effects of Drugs [D27.505.696] Psychopharmacology [F04.096.712] Receptors, GABA [D12.776.543.750.720.200.300] Receptors, Neurotransmitter [D12.776.543.750.720] Serotonin Syndrome [C25.100.875] Signal Transduction [G02.111.820] Synaptic Transmission [G02.111.820.850] Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]