Chapter 5: Psychopharmacology
5.6: Discussion Questions and Resources
Discussion Questions
- What are some of the issues surrounding prescribing medications for children and adolescents? How might this be improved?
- What are some of the factors that can affect relapse to an addictive drug?
- How might prescribing medications for depression be improved in the future to increase the likelihood that a drug would work and minimize side effects?
Outside Resources
Video: Neurotransmission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR4S1BqdFG4
Web: Description of how some drugs work and the brain areas involved – 1
http://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2007/10/impacts-drugs-neurotransmission
Web: Description of how some drugs work and the brain areas involved-2
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse/
Web: Information about how neurons communicate and the reward pathways
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/rewardbehavior/
Web: National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Web: National Institute of Drug Abuse
Web: National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
Web: Report of the Working Group on Psychotropic Medications for Children and Adolescents: Psychopharmacological, Psychosocial, and Combined Interventions for Childhood Disorders: Evidence Base, Contextual Factors, and Future Directions (2008)
http://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/child-medications.pdf
Web: Ways drugs can alter neurotransmission
https://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_03/i_03_m/i_03_m_par/i_03_m_par .html
