PHAR6774

Course prepares future generalist pharmacists to be knowledgeable about common psychiatric and neurologic disorders and about the appropriate use of medications used to treat them. Course primarily focuses on the pharmacotherapies used to treat psychiatric and neurologic disorders. This course will additionally provide an overview of the presentation and pathophysiology of specific psychiatric and neurologic disorders, an overview of the differences between the practices of psychiatry and neurology and a discussion of stigmas associated with mental illness. An overview of non-pharmacologic therapies will be introduced to the extent relevant to the generalist pharmacists. At the conclusion of the course students will be expected to apply knowledge learned in the course in order to design and monitor a pharmacotherapeutic plan for specific patients and to appropriately counsel patients regarding proper use of the various psychiatric and neurologic medications covered in the course.

prereq: All required PharmD year two coursework