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mental health Flashcards

1
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what is the body

A

chemical based machine

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2
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what does mental illness have

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genetic component

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3
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mental illness history?

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thought tp be caused by demons = trepenation (treatment) and were often tortured with asylums and prisons

electrotherapy often used

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4
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when was psychotherapy made and by who

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freud 1896

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5
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what was lobotomy 1940s

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needle thru eye socket

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6
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when did lunatic asylums become mental hospitals

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1950s

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7
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schizophrenia?

A

loss of contact and reality

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8
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Sid effects of schizoprenia

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hallucinations and delusions of persecutions

auditory, confused thinking, magical thinking, false beliefs, anxiety and feelings of persecution and lack of emotion

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9
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what did they use to calm down patients with schizophrenia

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antihistamines and thorazine

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10
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side effects of thorazine (dopamine antagonist)

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similar to Parkinson’s disease, grimacing and dyskinesia and lip smacking

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11
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what is the theory of schizphrenia

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high dopamine causes it

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12
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what raises dopamine amounts in brain

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amphetamines

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13
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what are the 5 receptor types of dopamine antagonism

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d1 - d5 (d2 most important)

allows dopamine use in diff parts of brain and creates diff pathways for dopamine to transfer info

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14
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how was subsequent drugs found?

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in animal studies and found patterns of behaviour of drugs

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15
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what is chlozapine

A

weak d2 dopamine antagonist and strong serotonin agonist (less likely to cause motor control side effects)

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16
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what is depression

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loneliness and sadness

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17
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what is anhedonia

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inability to experience pleasure

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18
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what is tricyclic antidepressants

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discovered in 1951 and not effective for shizophrenia

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19
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what sends nerve signals

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physical transfer of neurotransmitters

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20
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what blocks serotonin reuptake

A

imipramine (side effect: designs new drugs effects to be more selective)

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21
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what is ipronazid

A

tuberculosis drug, antidepressant and has monoamine oxidase (MAO)

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22
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what is MAO

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helps regulated neurotransmitter amounts, body controls amount of chemicals by constantly making and destroying them

MAO blocks the enzyme (increase amount of serotonin in brain and reduces serotonin destruction)

23
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what does depression rise from

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arises from low serotonin amounts

24
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what is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)

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prozac was first and side effects: anxiety, sleep disturbances and sexual dysfunction and suicidal thoughts

25
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what is prozac

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no difference between placebo and prozac

26
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OCD affects ??

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2%

27
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what is OCD

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obsessive thoughts and unrealistic

28
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compulsions performed to gain relief

A

rituals

29
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helpful drugs for OCD?

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raising serotonin activity, prozac, MAO inhibitors

30
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theory of OCD

A

low serotonin function produces OCD

31
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bipolar disorder

A

alternate between high energy happy periods

32
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what calmed mani patients with manic depression

A

lithium calmed manic patients

33
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why is it hard to design new drugs

A

because of lithium structure

34
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difference between effective dose and dangerous dose is ???

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very small

35
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why is lithium mechanism of action not known?

A

no known lithium receptor

36
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what is valproic acid

A

anticholinergic drug

37
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anxiety disorders

A

fear without reason

38
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what are barbituates

A

GABA agonists (reduce neural activity)

39
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what do benzodiazepines do?

A

amplify GABA and increase sensitivity of receptors

40
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GABA activates a special receptor called?

A

ion channel (Valve)

41
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what are psychiatric drugs side effects

A

headaches, nausea, anxiety, sexual dysfunction and depresson

42
Q

drugs in 2016 same effectiveness as drugs in 1950s?

A

true

43
Q

modern drugs show fewer witch side effects?

A

anxiety, sleep disturbances and dysfunction

44
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why are human experiments hard to do

A

can’t fully control what people do and difficult to measure brain activity

45
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what did drugs used to develop?

A

pattern of behaviour

46
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what is swim despair test?

A

swimming, struggling or floating

47
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hotplate pain test??

A

puts feet up

48
Q

how is animal models used

A

alters brain and uses drugs to induce change

49
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me-too drugs

A

kinda copies of existing products

50
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what are effects of me too drugs

A

produced in animal models and use old drugs as a starting point

51
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what does prozac produce

A

immediate effects in brain

52
Q

patient’s noncompliance with treatment?

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20-80% non compliance, stops taking meds and takes them improperly

53
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why are patients noncooperative

A

takes them improperly, misunderstanding, side effects and resist treatment and false beliefs + financialdru

54
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drugs for mental health do work?

A

true

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