PSYC62H3 Study Guide - Psychopharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacology
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Writing assignment can be in a group of 2-3 students. How drugs are safely used and administered. Drug means different things in diff contexts (medicine vs government regulations) Definitions 1 and 2 describe drugs used for disimal purposes/recreational. 3rd definition is still non-inclusive as it doesn"t include drugs not used for recreational uses. Grilly definition: any endogenous chemical can affect bodily functions made within body, brain, not drugs. Hormones, minerals can affect bodily functions and biological systems. Endogenous chemicals extracted and synthesized and administered in purified form to reverse neurological deficits considered as drugs. Insulin can be used as a treatment for diabetes l dopa a precursor of dopamine involved in movement and motivation in symptoms associated with parkinson"s disease. Last definition encompasses recreational and medicinal drugs: deliberate and purposeful administration foa substance to alter biological function. Chemicals that largely mimic effects of endogenous chemicals naturally produced in brain outside of normal physiological range.
