When, as a psychologist will you ever need to use chemistry? Are there certain kinds of psychology that you will have to use it more? Or certain times as a psychologist?
2007-02-25 07:32:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Some disorders (e.g: bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc.) are due to chemical imbalance. Even though psychologists cannot prescribe medication, knowing what causes these disorders and knowing the chemical composition of the various drugs these patients take makes you aware of how to handle these patients, especially if you need to deal with the side-effects of their imbalance and/or medication.
2007-02-25 08:08:31 · answer #1 · answered by sphocas 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think they would relate in the matters of hormonal balance and imbalance, and from the chemicals, say, in chocolate, that influence moods. Smells too. These all affect a persons personality, and that is where the psychologist comes in.
2007-02-25 07:38:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never had to take a chemistry class as an undergraduate or graduate student. However, knowledge of chemistry was helpful when I studied psychopharmacology and had to understand the chemical make-up of medications and how they are broken down in the body.
2007-02-25 07:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by psychgrad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know - no psychologists use chemistry as such. There is research into orafactory processes which needs some chemical prosessing.
2007-02-25 07:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
through psychiatry
2007-02-25 07:45:58 · answer #5 · answered by nouryture 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
neurology (my dream job), psychiatry...at least i think so
2007-02-25 07:49:25 · answer #6 · answered by cognition 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋