Assignment Instructions

Imagine you are trying to help a colleague understand some basic concepts about psychopharmacology. Provide e a brief paper to address the following:

• Explain the concept of half-life for a drug.
• Differentiate between half-life and steady state.
• Explain the difference between potency and effectiveness of a drug.
• Be sure to cite articles to support.
• Respond to the following scenario:
  • If a drug has a half-life of six hours, how long will it take for the drug to be eliminated from the body after administration of a single dose? Explain how you arrived at thatparticular cutoff score for complete elimination. Show your calculations on a timeline or graphs to illustrate the changes from100 percent of the initial dose to your end point for complete elimination.

Additional Requirements

• Length: 2-3 pages of content plus title, abstract, and reference pages.