Your Brain on Drugs: Psychopharmacology

Harvard FAS

An introduction to how psychoactive drugs affect mood, sensation, consciousness, and other psychological and behavioral functions in both healthy people as well as individuals suffering from drug abuse or psychiatric disorders. Introduces concepts in the neuropharmacology and pharmacokinetics of drugs and blends psychology, neuroscience and pharmacology together to understand how drugs work and are used to treat disease states. The course covers the mechanism of action and treatment options…