Discussion of how some drugs are useful in treating disease of the mind and promoting recovery from brain damage, as well as examine the actions of other illicit and addictive drugs on the nervous system. Biological Basis of Psychiatric Disorders. BIBB 109 or permission of instructor. Important psychiatric disorders are discussed primarily from the viewpoint of their biological aspects. Newer approaches to treatment with pharmacological agents are considered.
Emphasis is placed on critical evaluation of research strategies and hypotheses.
Fundamentals of Behavioral Medicine concerns itself with the description of ideology, disease and treatment from the perspective of a functional analyses. It is the intent of this course to extend the traditional structural analysis that traditional medicine provides. Permission of the BIBB Director. Individual research of an experimental theoretical nature with a member of the standing faculty leading to a written paper. The grade is based primary on a serious term paper describing research.