PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychoactive Drug, Mental Disorder, Paracetamol
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Introduction to psychopharmacology: psychopharmacology the study of how drugs affect mood, perception, thinking, or behaviour, psychoactive drugs drugs that affect mood, perception, thinking, or behavior by acting in the nervous system. Psychoactive drugs: described by manner of use: the major distinction between these categories (instrumental and recreational) is a perso(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)te(cid:374)t or (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374) for usi(cid:374)g the su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Study designs and the assessment of psychoactive drugs: dependent variable a study variable measured by a researcher. Validity: addressing the quality and impact of a study. Researchers consider many ethical issues when conducting human research. Informed consent (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)t gai(cid:374)ed after parti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)t thoroughl(cid:455) u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)ds a stud(cid:455)"s procedures, possible gains, and potential risks. From actions to effects: therapeutic drug development: academic, government, and pharmaceutical company research contributes to the development of therapeutic drugs. Unfortunately, rare and incurable diseases usually stay incurable as there is a small market and relatively little scientific. Usually the focus goes to improving current treatments.
