Module code: PSY5009-B
This module examines the psychobiological control of functions such as consciousness, locomotion, emotion, pain, eating and sleep. You will investigate the role of biology in a number of different pathologies including eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, substance abuse and other neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. The module explores how knowledge of the structure and function of the nervous system has given rise to current biological-pharmacological treatments of psychiatric and degenerative pathologies, and explanations of difference. Download the PDF for PSY5009-B_2024_5.pdf