Lecture 01-02 Flashcards
What is Psychopharmacology?
Study of the effects of drugs on mood, sensation, thought and behavior.
Mind vs Body Duality, is this discussion relevant for the course?
No, for the course think of both psychology and psychopharmacology as mental and physical.
Why is it crucial to know psychopharmacology?
- understand drug/substances
*how treatments may help/effect clients
*understand how concurrent drugs may affect CBT
What is serotonin?
5-HT
most important transmitter for mood
main treatment for anxiety: prozac, zoloft, tofrnail
frontal Cortex (5-HT)
regulates cognitive and emotional functions, mood
Basal Ganglia (5-HT)
obsessive compulsions, movement
Limbic areas (5-HT)
anxiety
Hypothalamus (5-HT)
Appetite
Brainstem (5-HT)
insomnia, nausea, vomit, sexual dysfunction
What is Dopamine?
DA
Historically been most important treatment for schizophrenia
heavily implicated in drugs of abuse, reinforce our desire to engage in behaviors that stimulate “reward system”
DA main cell bodies
substantia nigra, tegmentum
DA Basal ganglia
movement disorders, parkisons
DA Nucleus Accumbens
overall feeling of well being, psychosis, beliefs that do not fit outside world
DA prefronal cortex
strongly affects higher cognitive function such as selective attention
Noradrenaline
NA
autonomic fight or flight activation
implicated in effects in anxiety, anger
sometimes too much arousal is a bad thing
