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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CED 533 - Counseling and Psychopharmacology


Credits: 3
Prerequisites CED-502 and PSY-511
This course will cover all major groups of psychotropic medications and their use in treating mental and behavioral disorders.  The medications used to treat the full spectrum of emotional concerns from anxiety to schizophrenia and mood disorders will be investigated.  In addition, drugs used for substance abuse and childhood disorders of conduct will be examined.  Questions of ethics and safety, especially as related to the
use of medications for children, the elderly, and other at-risk populations will be discussed. Other issues important to drug use will also be covered as well as new medications and research.



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