Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists

Year
4
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01741180
Subject Area
Psychology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Other Languages of Instruction
English
Spanish
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Videos are used, practices and group discussions with review of practices, texts or other material, and exposition by the teacher. Emphasis is given to the presentation of clinical cases.

Learning Outcomes

Introducing Psychology students in the context of prescription and therapeutic use of psychotropic drugs, emphasizing the aspects of psychological profession.

Moreover, they should acquire the necessary knowledge about the different types of drugs and drug groups used in the handling of psychological disorders, its complexity of action, therapeutic indications, psychological mechanisms associated with its action, adverse reactions, and other hangover symptoms, of potentially interest in the practice of psychology. The contents of this course are reported in the context of an integrated psychological model. It uses a model-based psychopharmacology drugs (Moncrieff & Cohen, 2005).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

HISTORY OF MODERN Psychopharmacology

BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO Pharmacokinetics And Pharmacodynamics

Central Nervous System Depressants

barbiturates

Benzodiazepines and anxiolytics of SECOND-GENERATION

OTHER

STIMULATING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

ULITIZADAS DRUGS IN THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Antidepressants

THE STABILIZATION OF HUMOR

The ANTIPSYCHOTICS

Psychopharmacology CHILDREN AND YOUTH

psychopharmacology GERIÁTICA

OS herbal treatments

INTEGRATING THE TREATMENT CLINICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS

MODEL FOCUSED ON THE DISEASE MODEL FOCUSED ON DRUGS

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Manuel Lopes Pires

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Breggin, P. (2016). Rational Principles of Psychopharmacology for Therapists, Healthcare Providers and Clients. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 46:1–13. DOI 10.1007/s10879-015-9307-2

Field, M. & Cartwrigth-Hatton, S. (2015). Essential Abnormal & Clinical Psychology. SAGE Publications, Inc.

Greenberg, G. (2013). The book of woe: the DSM and the unmaking of psychiatry. Penguin Books Ltd.

Kirsch, I., Moore, T. J., Scoboria, A., & Nicholls, S. S. (2002a). The emporer's new drugs: An analysis of antidepressant medication data submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Prevention & Treatment, 5, Article 23. Disponível na internet: http://www.journals.apa.org/prevention/volume5/pre0050023a.html

 Moncrief, J. & Cohen, D. (2004). RETHINKING MODELS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ACTION. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2005;74:145-153

Oliveira, I., Schwartz, T. & Stahl, S. (2014). Integrating Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology: a handbook for clinicians. Routledge.