Summer 2025 - PSYC 383 D100
Psychopharmacology (3)
Class Number: 2199
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Aug 16, 2025
Sat, 12:00–1:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Diana Lim
dhl19@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
PSYC 201 and 280.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A survey of how psychoactive drugs affect brain function to alter consciousness and behaviour. Topics will include cellular effects of drugs that affect the central nervous system and discussions of the psychological and social effects of those drug-induced changes in the brain. Research on drug abuse and addictions and means of treating them will be covered. Historical, social and legal aspects of non-medical drug use will be discussed, as will the use of medications for the treatment of anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, dementias and other psychological disorders.
Grading
- Assignments: 25%
- Exam 1: 25%
- Exam 2: 25%
- Exam 3: 25%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Meyer, J. S., Farrar, A. M., Biezonski, D. B. and Yates, J. R. (2022). Psychopharmacology: Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior (4th Edition). Oxford University Press, Incorporated.
ISBN: 9781605359878
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
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Registrar Notes:
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
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