Chapter 13: Treatments for Depression and Bipolar Disorder
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Q1) A common treatment for bipolar disorder consisting of combining a(n)____________ drug with an antidepressant drug.
A) antipsychotic
B) proconvulsant.
C) anticholinergic.
D) anxiolytic
Q2) The term multimodal is used for atypical antipsychotic drugs because A) the drugs act on a single neurotransmitter through more than one modality. B) the antidepressant drug has multiple pharmacological actions.
C) the drug is likely to be used in combination with another antidepressant drug. D) the drug comes in a variety of different administration forms.
Q3) Which monoamine oxidase enzyme is found mostly in the brain?
A) MAOA
B) MAOB
C) MAOC
D) MAOD
Q4) Name and describe two types of adverse effects associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Q5) Depressive symptoms caused by poor blood flow is called ________ depression.
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Chapter 14: Treatments for Anxiety Disorders
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Q1) All of the following disorders involving anxiety are at least partly mediated by amygdala except
A) panic disorder.
B) social phobia.
C) obsessive compulsive disorder.
D) posttraumatic stress disorder.
Q2) Extended release tablets have been developed for buspirone because
A) buspirone acts too quickly for anxiolytic effects to occur.
B) buspirone otherwise degrades rapidly in the stomach.
C) users become impatient and fail to take subsequent administrations of the drug.
D) buspirone's active metabolites are ineffective for treating anxiety symptoms.
Q3) Combining a 5-HT A receptor antagonist with an SSRI would likely
A) increase the risk of adverse effects.
B) shorten the response time for an anxiolytic effect.
C) improve anxiolytic effects but worsen depressive effects.
D) diminish an antidepressant's ability to reduce anxiety.
Q4) List and explain the effects derived from three structures that mediate the effects of benzodiazepines.
Q5) A downer is a colloquial term for a _____________ drug.
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Chapter 15: Antipsychotic Drugs
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Q1) Describe the following adverse effects for antipsychotic drugs: extrapyramidal side effects,tardive dyskinesia,neuroleptic malignant syndrome,and hyperprolactinemia.
Q2) Giving a substantial dose of a dissociative anesthetic drug phencyclidine to a healthy human would exhibit
A) schizophrenia-like effects if also treated with an antipsychtoic drug.
B) effects similar to the negative and positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
C) effects similar to the negative symptoms but not the positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
D) only cognitive impairment similar to that seen in schizophrenia.
Q3) Typical antipsychotic drugs produce extrapyramidal side effects.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Schizohprenia consists of positive symptoms and ________ symptoms.
Q5) Risperidone is FDA-approved for the treatment of ________ spectrum disorder.
Q6) Most evidence for a genetic basis of schizophrenia points to the A) Finnish schizophrenia gene.
B) disrupted schizophrenia 1 gene.
C) dopamine transporter gene.
D) serotonin transporter gene.
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