Chapter 8

Question 1

mental disorders characterized by excessive fear, worries, and avoidance

Answer 1

anxiety disorder

Question 2

serious mental disorder involving loss of contact with reality

Answer 2

psychosis

Question 3

type of mood disorder known as manic depressive disorder

Answer 3

bipolar disorder

Question 4

major type of mood disorder

Answer 4

depression

Question 5

a group of drugs used to treat psychosis

Answer 5

phenothiazines

Question 6

a general term for antipsychotic drugs

Answer 6

neuroleptic

Question 7

drug used in treating mania and bipolar disorder

Answer 7

lithium

Question 8

fear of something definite

Answer 8

specific phobia

Question 9

fear of humiliation or embarrassment while being observed by others

Answer 9

social anxiety disorder

Question 10

sudden unexpected surges in anxiety

Answer 10

panic disorder

Question 11

reaction to future threats is worry

Answer 11

generalized anxiety disorder

Question 12

swinging between manic and depressive states

Answer 12

bipolar disorder

Question 13

positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 13

excess of distortions

Question 14

negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 14

loss of functions

Question 15

two groups of antipsychotics

Answer 15

conventional and atypical

Question 16

three types of antidepressants

Answer 16

monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclics, selective reuptake inhibitors

Question 17

most effective treatment for severe depression

Answer 17

electroconvulsive therapy

Question 18

pathway of anxiety low road

Answer 18

stimulus, thalamus, amygdala, hypothalamus

Question 19

pathway of anxiety high road

Answer 19

stimulus, thalamus, sensory cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus

Question 20

what is affected by depression

Answer 20

hippocampus

Question 21

anatomy of depression

Answer 21

low serotonin and dopamine, high corticosteroid

Question 22

what causes mania

Answer 22

dopamine

Question 23

what causes schizophrenia

Answer 23

dopamine activity increases

Question 24

mechanism of action for conventional anti psychotics

Answer 24

block D2 receptors, dopamine antagonist, produce pseudoparkinsonism

Question 25

mechanism of action for atypical antipscyhotics

Answer 25

serotonin dopamine antagonist, block D2 dopamine and serotonin in receptors

Question 26

side effects of antipsychotics

Answer 26

allergic reaction, pseudo parkinsonism, photosensitivity

Question 27

mechanism of action for MAO inhibitors

Answer 27

increases serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine by inhibiting enzymatic breakdown

Question 28

mechanism of action for tricyclic antidepressants

Answer 28

increases serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine by interfering with reuptake

Question 29

mechanism of action for SRI antidepressants

Answer 29

increased serotonin or norepinephrine by interfering with reuptake

Question 30

what do all anti depressants generally do?

Answer 30

increase serotonin or norepinephrine

Question 31

what is the main side effect of antidepressants

Answer 31

increase in suicidal thoughts

Question 32

mechanism of action for lithium

Answer 32

blocks dopamine receptors, modulate balance between GABA and glutamate