PSYCI 511 - Biological Aspects of Psychiatry

3 units (fi 6)(SECOND, 3-0-0)

Lectures and seminars on: classification, description and measurement of psychiatric disorders; sleep disorders; biochemical theories of psychiatric disorders, and discussions of how the actions of the drugs used to treat these disorders relate to these theories; practical aspects of drug treatment; biological markers; brain imaging; women's health issues; herbal products and psychiatry. Prerequisite: Permission of Department.