Exam 13: Psychotherapeutic Medications

Which of the following are effects of barbiturates?

The therapeutic effects of cyclics and MAOIs usually occur within hours of administration.

Among the side effects encountered with MAOI use are impaired sexual functioning and dizziness.

Benzodiazepines are not associated with tolerance.

One unusual feature of the withdrawal symptoms from benzodiazepines is that .

Manic patients are most commonly prescribed to stabilize their moods.

Unlike barbiturates, benzodiazepines do not produce dependence.

The effects of antipsychotic medications on the generally moderate spontaneous activity and decrease reactivity to stimuli.

Distortions of reality, profoundly blunted mood, and hallucinations are all symptoms of .

The roots of psychopharmacology began in the century.

The term is used to describe those drugs which have a special or unique effect on the mind or mental functioning.

The man who discovered that nitrous oxide could be used in anesthesia was .

Benzodiazepines produce in animals.

Although barbiturates induce sleep, they also .

Research has demonstrated a link between depression and atrophy and cell loss in the .

Since 1955, there has been a significant increase in the number of hospitalized psychiatric patients in the U.S.

A common name for flunitrazepam is .