Part 1 Principles of Psychopharmacology: Introduction to Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Signal Transduction and Second Messengers; Molecular Biology; Biochemical Anatomy - Insights into the Cell Biology and Pharmacology of the Dopamine and Serotonin Systems in the Brain; Electrophysiology; Animal Models of Depression and Schizophrenia; Animals Models of Anxiety Disorders; Animal Models of Alzheimer's Disease; Principles of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics; Neuroendocrine and Immune System Pathology in Psychiatric Disease. Part 2 Classes of Psychiatric Treatments - Animal and Human Pharmacology: Anxiolytics and Antidepressants - Tricyclics and Tetracyclics, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors, Trazodone, Nefazodone, Bupropion and Mirtazapine, Benzodiazepines, Nonbenzodiazepine Anxiolytics, Venlafaxine; Antipsychotics - Antipsychotic Medications, Atypical Antipsychotics, Drugs to Treat Extrapyramidal Side Effects; Drugs for Treatment of Bipolar Disorder - Lithium, Antiepileptic Drugs, Calcium Channel Antagonists as Novel Agents for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder; Other Agents - Cognitive Enhancers, Sedative-Hypnotics, Stimulants in Psychiatry, Electroconvulsive Therapy. Part 3 Clinical Psychobiology and Psychiatric Syndromes: Biology of Mood Disorders; Neurobiology of Schizophrenia; Biology of Anxiety Disorders; Biology of Alzheimer's Disease; Biology of Psychoactive Substance Dependence Disorders - Opiates, Cocaine and Ethanol; Biology of Eating Disorders; Biology of Personality Disorders. Part 4 Psychopharmacological Treatment: Treatment of Depression; Treatment of Bipolar Disorder; Treatment of Schizophrenia; Treatment of Anxiety Disorders; Treatment of Noncognitive Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Treatment og Childhood and Adolescent Disorders; Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders; Treatment of Eating Disorders; Treatment of Agitation and Aggression; Treatment of Personality Disorders; Treatment of Psychiatric Emergencies; Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill Patient; Geriatric Psychopharmacology; Psychopharmacology During Pregnancy and Lactation; Treatment of Insomnia; Appendix.
