EDCL 5525 - Applied Psychopharmacology for Counselors

(3 Units)

Course is designed to acquaint counseling students with the fundamentals of psychotropic drugs. Basics of pharmacology, adverse effects, indications, an drug interactions will be discussed. Course will provide information about psychopharmacology to the non-medical mental health care provider so that the student can be an informed member of the mental health care team. Substances of abuse and abuse potential are discussed, both legal and illegal. Mechanism of action and the relationship to chemical dependency as a primary disease is discussed throughout the course.

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