In this seminar, we take a closer look at psychopharmacology by highlighting specific medications used to treat various mental health conditions and outlining their side effects, mechanisms, and common generic names. To help you memorize these concepts, we provide mnemonics and visuals to break tricker components into bite-sized pieces. We also discuss brain structures, including lobes, areas, function, and neurotransmitters.
Also covered:
- Differentiating between different types of medications, including:
o Antidepressants: SSRIs, SNRIs, NDRIs, TCA and MAOIs.
o Antipsychotics: traditional vs. atypical
- Similar sounding theories and concepts: How to tell these apart!
o Anterograde vs. retrograde amnesia
o Wernicke’s vs. Broca’s aphasias
o Weber’s Law vs. Steven’s Power Law
o James-Lange, Cannon-Bard and Schacter, and Singer’s theories
o Seizures: tonic-clonic, absence, simple partial and complex partial
