Anti-psychotic Drugs Flashcards
(28 cards)
Psychotic disorders
Persistent delusional disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Mania
Bipolar disorder
Presence of bizarre/non-bizarre delusions which have persisted for at least a month
Persistent delusional disorders
Loss of contact with reality and mood problems
Schizoaffective disorder
State of abnormally elevated or ireitable mood and/or energy levels
Mania
Periods of mania alternating with depression
Bipolar disorder
Most common psychotic disorder
Schizophrenia
Difficult to tell the diff bet real and unreal
Schizophrenia
One of the sx is BLUNTED AFFECT
Schizophrenia
Symptoms must persist for at least 6 months
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia symptoms
Positive:__________
Negative:__________
Cognitive
Affective
False beliefs
Delusions
False sensory perceptions
Hallucinations
Types of delusions
Grandiose Religious Somatic Nihilistic Sexual Persecutory
Fantastical beliefs
Grandiose delusion
Belief on having abnormality on his physical body
Somatic delusion
Not having any rules/laws
Nihilistic delusion
Everybody is working against me
Persecutory
Most common type of delusion
Persecutory
Most common type of hallucination
Auditory
Psychotic disorders are due to excessive __________ neurotransmission
Dopamine
Dopamine is found in
Brain and
Adrenal medulla in kidneys
Dopamine inhibits release of
Prolactin
Main receptor of antipsychotic drugs
D2
Dopaminergic pathways
Mesolimbic-mesocortical pathway
Nigrostriatal pathway
Tuberculoinfundibular system
Medullary-periventricular pathway
