PSYCHOLOGY 560 - Drugs Used to Treat Mental Disorders

Winter 1999 (1:30 to 2:50 MW Physics/Astronomy Bld B164)

Jaime Diaz, office: 335 Guthrie Hall, 543-2546
email : jaimed@u.washington.edu
office hours - 9:30 to 10:30 Mondays and Wednesday or by appointment

Assigned Texts:
1) "Listening to Prozac", by Peter Kramer
2) "Blaming the Brain", by Elliot Valenstein


Week

Date

Topic

Assignments

       
1

1-4
1-6

Organizational meeting

Introduction : basic pharmacology

 Kramer, chaps. 1 - 3
       
2

1-11
1-13

Introduction : basic neurophysiology
Introduction : drug schedules

 Kramer, chap. 3 and-------Valenstein chaps. 1 and 2
       
3

1-20

Drugs for Affective Disorders I  
       
4

1-25
1-27

Drugs for Affective Disorders II

Drugs for Affective Disorders III

  
       
5

2-1
2-3

Antipsychotic Medications I

Antipsychotic Medications II

  
       
6

2-8
2-10

Anxiolytic Medications I

Anxiolytic Medications II

  
       
7

2-17

Stimulants ­ Amphetamine Psychosis  
       
8

2-22
2-24

Drugs Used in Pediatrics I

Drugs Used in Pediatrics II

  
       
9

3-1
3-3

Hallucinogens and Entactogens


Sleeping Disorders Medications

  
       
10

3-8
3-10

Eating Disorders Medications
Pain Medications OR Drug Abuse Medications OR Anticonvulsant Medications OR Geriatric Medications OR "Natural"/Herbal Medications