PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Teratology, Predictive Validity, Fetus

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC62H3
• Professor: Zachariah Campbell

Document Summary

Psychopharmacology: study of how drugs affect mood, perception, thinking, or behavior. Psychoactive drugs : drugs that affect mood, perception, thinking, or behavior by acting in the nervous system. 2 sub types: behavioural psychopharmacology (how drugs affect behavior) and neuropsychopharmacology (how drugs affect the nervous system & in turn behavior) > 100 million antidepressant drug prescriptions/ year, >80 million anxiolytic, sedative, and hypnotic drugs are prescribed every year, > 200 million pain-relieving drug prescriptions are written every year. Recreational: >114 million adults drink on a regular basis, >25 million individuals use marijuana, >15 million individuals misuse a prescription drug, >70 million individuals use tobacco products. Drug: administered substance that alters physiological functioning (ex. Even vitamins can be considered a drug because they7 alter physiological functioning) A person uses a drug instrumentally toward addressing a specific purpose. Therapeutic drugs: drug used to treat a physical or mental disorder. Recreational use refers to using a drug entirely to experience its effects.