2019-2020 / PSYC1030-2

Experimental psychopharmacology

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in psychology and education : general3 crédits 

Lecturer

Ezio Tirelli

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

-Notion of psychoactive drug/substance -Principles of preclinical experimentation (typical variables). -Measures and measurement in psychopharmacology -Neurotransmitters et their receptors as a target for the psychoactive drugs -Classification of psychoactive drugs based on the psychological or the neurobiological effects of psychoactive drugs -Main categories of psychopharmacological investigations and experiments (subfields) -Particular topics (placebo/nocebo; ontogenesis; addicition, real scientific value of certain psychiatric drugs...)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Understanding the contribution of experimental psychopharmacology to the knowledge of the human behaviour

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Biopsychology, physiology, experimental psychology, cognitive psychology, psychostatistical analysis

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

See contents

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Ex cathedra OR Oral presentation performed by the students AND/OR Written report (essay)
To be decided with the students

Recommended or required readings

Meyer JS, Quenzer LF. (2005; 2013) Psychopharmacology: Drugs, the brain, and behavior. Sinauer.
Spiegel R. (2003) Psychopharmacology. An introduction. Fourth edition. John Wiley & Sons.
Irving Kirsch (2010) The emperor's new drugs. Exploding the antidepressant myth, New York: Basic Books.
Study notes and course outlines will be provided by the teacher

Assessment methods and criteria

-Oral or written examination OR written report and oral presentation

Work placement(s)

Laboratory work/internship is possible separately

Organizational remarks

None

Contacts

phone: 04 3662018 / 16 (building 32) ezio.tirelli@ulg.ac.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

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Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

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