Psychopharmacology

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The first antipsychotic medication

Thorazine (mid-fifties)

How do neuroleptics work?

By blocking a variety of CNS receptors.

Antipsychotics that primarily affect the positive symptoms of psychotic disorders.

Conventional anytipsychotics

What is the mechanism of action for conventional antipsychotics?

Non-selectively blocking the neurotransmitter dopamine D2 receptors in the brain.

Antipsychotics that have an affinity for serotonin receptors?

Newer antipsychotics

What is the difference between conventional antipsychotics and newer antipsychotics?

Conventional antipsychotics - treat positive effects

Newer antipsychotics - treat the negative effects + positive effects

4 classifications of antidepressants

TCAs, MAOIs, SSRIs, and SNRIs

What do all antidepressants do?

Make the neurotransmitters and 5-HT more available

Mech. of action for TCAs

Block NE & 5-HT reputake

Mech. of action for MAOs

interfere with enzyme responsible for breakdown

Side effects of MAOIs

Hepatic necrosis, Hypertensive crisis (watch for tyramine in food)

Mech of action for SSRIs

Inhibit reputake of 5-HT

Mech. of action for SNRIs

Inhibit erputake of 5-HT and NE

2 Mood stabilizer medications

carbamazepine & lithium

What do benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepines do?

Potentiate GABA, producing muscle relaxation

What is GABA?

An inhibitory neurotransmitter (aka a tranquilizer)

A behavior outside of the social norm.

deviance

7 Eras (history) of psychology

Era of magical-religious explanations

Era of organic explanations

Era of alienation

Era of confinement

Era of moral treatment

Era of psychoanalysis

Era of 'emphasis added to social dimensions' aka biologic revolution (science+technology)

What are the side effects of Clozapine (an atypical antipsychotic)

Agranulocytosis (decrease in WBCs) and potential for seizure (which is dose-related)

Which medication addresses the positive, negative, and affective symptoms of schizophrenia & is available in depot injection form?

Risperidone

Which theory views emotional and behavioral disturbances like any physical disease?

Medical Psychobiologic theory

Which theory believes in psychic determinism 9no behavior is accidental) and emphasizes the role of the unconscious.

Psychoanalytic Theory

Which theory focuses on the present rather than the past

Cognitive behavior theory

A destructive form of resistance in which the client puts into action emotional conflicts

Acting out

A family in which children are forced to join one or the other camp of 2 warring parents.

Schismatic families

A term to describe a family in which 1 mate is severely dysfunctional

A family in which itneractions are directed towards power, not affection

A term used to describe abandonment in a family (can be pseudomutual or pseudohostile)

Disengagement

Refers to the difficulites and responsibilities of family members who assume a caretaking function for relatives with a psychiatric disability

Family burden

Genogram

timeline

During their lifetimes, what percentile of Americans have an anxiety disorder?

25%

When anxiety is not related to a specific stimulus

Free-floating anxiety

Recurrent attacks of severe anxiety

Panic disorder

A fear of being in public places

Agoraphobia

When is panic disorder frequently noticed?

During adolescence or adulthood

Persistent, irrational fear

Phobia

Persistant anxiety for at least 6 months, person is unable to relax.

General anxiety disorder

A recurring thought that cannot be dismissed

Obsession

A persistent urge to perform certain acts or behaviors.

Compulsion

What is the 10th leading cause of disability?

OCD

What does PANDAS stand for?

Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychotic disorders associated with streptococci.

What ist he drug class of choise for treating anxiety that cuases very few side effects?

SSRIs

What is the difference between dissociative amnesia and fuge?

amnesia - aware

fugue - unaware

What is a disorder in which an individual has the presence of 2+ personalities

dissociative identity disorder

When an individual has 1+ episodes of feeling detached from oneself so that the usual sense of personal reality is temporarily lost/changed.

Depersonalization disorder

This word means "unacceptable to a person's sense of self"

Egodystonic

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