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May 10, 2024
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PSYC 3085U – Drugs and Behaviour
In this course, students will gain an understanding of how drugs affect behaviour and cognition through consideration of the social, psychological and neurobiological factors influencing drug use and abuse. Students will learn to understand and differentiate the various stages of drug use/abuse, including tolerance, dependence, addiction and withdrawal, and will explore the psychological (i.e. learning, motivation) and psychobiological (ie. neuronal, neurotransmitter) mechanisms related to each of these drug‐related stages. Major classes of psychoactive drugs will be covered, ranging from the commonly used drugs, such as alcohol, to street drugs, such as cocaine, to legal drugs used in medicine, such as antipsychotics. For each, the specific mechanisms of action will be considered, and their relationship to abuse potential noted. The societal and cultural influences on drug use/abuse, treatment, prevention, history, laws, and ethics may also be covered in this course.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1000U and PSYC 2050U
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