Exam 13: Mental Illness

Name three ways bipolar disorder differs from major depression.

The antidepressant iproniazid belongs to the class of drugs known as ________.

________ Therapy for depression focuses on how the patient interacts with the environment with the objective of identifying behaviors that keep the patient from achieving his or her goals.

________ directly targets the prefrontal cortex to treat depression.

Individuals with depression often show elevated levels of _________.

Research suggests that lithium's mechanism of action in treating bipolar disorder is through ________ in the serotonergic system.

According to the effort-based reward theory, why are depression rates increasing in Western societies?

_________ said that, "from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency and lamentations."

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations and delusions.

___________ channel inhibitors present a novel therapeutic approach for schizophrenia.

The identical quadruplet Genain sisters experienced almost identical symptoms of schizophrenia.

High doses of the glutamate receptor antagonist ___________ produce symptoms of schizophrenia.

________ is characterized by profound sadness, diminished pleasure, decreased motivation, cognitive slowing, lethargy, and thoughts of suicide.

The transorbital lobotomy was developed by ___________ as a treatment for psychiatric symptoms.

Misaligned neurons in the ___________ have been observed in individuals with schizophrenia.

________ instructs patients on effective tools and strategies to help them compensate for the cognitive impairment accompanying schizophrenia.

The clinical efficacy of a ___________ drug correlates with how effectively it blocks dopamine receptors.

________ is the drug of choice for bipolar disorder.

___________ instructs patients on effective tools and strategies to help them compensate for the cognitive impairment accompanying schizophrenia.

There is a higher risk of schizophrenia associated with vulnerable individuals living in urban areas.