PHAR 835 IPC Neurology/Psychiatry

This course applies concepts of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapy in a sequential and integrative manner to manage patients with neurologic and psychiatric disorders The course expands on the pathophysiology of these diseases, followed by the respective drugs or drug classes emphasizing mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, effects on various organ systems, toxicity profiles, contraindications, and drug-drug interactions. The clinical presentation, course of illness, assessment of patients, monitoring, epidemiology of the disease as well as treatment, and preventative measures using pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches are reviewed. This enables students to integrate the knowledge from biomedical, pharmaceutical and clinical sciences to develop rational therapeutic recommendations.