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Integrated pharmacotherapy: Psychiatry

Course Description: This course aims to study the causes of mental illnesses and link them with the concepts of pharmacotherapy, including mechanisms of action in the body, chemical structure, and pharmaceutical formulation. The course will also focus on selecting a treatment plan for patients with mental illnesses, which includes choosing the appropriate medication, designing dosage regimens, addressing drug-disease and drug-drug interactions, and monitoring drug concentrations to ensure therapeutic efficacy and avoid side effects.

Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: 251 PHP

Objectives of the course :

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Description of the pathophysiological processes of psychiatric disorders.
2. Explanation of the action of medications used to treat mental illnesses.
Clarifying the relationships between the structure and activity of drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders.
4. Describe the treatment plan, including appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for individuals with mental illnesses.
5. Discuss the logical foundations, reasonable solutions, and practical approaches to problems related to the treatment plan.
6. Describe the desired outcomes of pharmacotherapy.
7. Develop a plan to monitor drug efficacy, side effects, treatment adherence, and drug interactions.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1. Description of the pathophysiology, risk factors, complications, and clinical symptoms of mental illnesses.
2. Clarification of the relationship between metabolism, synthesis, and activity of drugs used to treat mental illnesses.
3. Description of drug delivery methods within the body, their pharmaceutical formulations, and their use in treating psychiatric illnesses.
4. Explanation of how medications used to treat mental illnesses work.
5. Identifying the role of pharmacists according to legal, ethical, and professional standards in health promotion, prevention, and treatment.

Skills:
1. Identify therapeutic alternatives and prioritize them to tailor individualized treatment plans for each patient.
2. Identifying drug-related problems associated with managing individuals with mental illnesses.
3. Monitoring treatment outcomes and side effects of drug therapy used in managing psychiatric conditions.

Values, autonomy and responsibility:
Demonstrate the ability to work within a team.
2- Designing an appropriate care plan for managing patients with various mental illnesses.
3. Demonstrate the ability to self-learn.

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Last updated: 2026-05-17