PSYC62H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 and 2
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Pharmacology: the discipline that attempts to systematically study the effects of drugs on behaviour, cognitive functioning, and emotions. Three ingredients of drug experience (1) set psychological makeup and the expectations of the individual taking the drug (2) setting social and physical environment in which the drug is taken (3) unique biochemical makeup genetic factors. A historial overview of psychopharmacology y drugs were used to alter mood and behaviour via ancestors curiosity for mystical experiences ; even nonhuman animals have been observed to seek out substances with mood-altering properties. 1800s investigations of the formal relationships between drug variables and psychological processes (especially those involved in mental illnesses) began. The psychopharmacological revolution y discovery of chlorpromazine reduced the core symptoms of schizophrenia and improved patients thought process and their y relationships with others besides just putting the patients to sleep or in a drowsy state (e. g. via promethazine) Trade names of chlorpromazine: largactil (europe) and thorazine (us)
