Psychology 359PH - Seminar: Madness & Molecules

Charpentier, a French scientist of the 1940s, unwittingly discovered a chemical that was to alter dramatically our understanding of madness. The chemical, chlorpromazine, has been widely used for the treatment of psychosis. Of interest is neuropsychopharmacology--the science and the technology. The principles of pharmacology are discussed and precede the examination of applications of the technology to psychopathology (for example, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and violent behavior).

Prereq: Neuroscience 100 or Psychology 100 and Psychology 201 or Statistics 240.