Exam 9: Drugs for Anxiety, Daytime Sedation, and Insomnia

A patient complains that she is having problems sleeping. Which of the following would be good advice to give her concerning re-establishing a healthful sleep?

Sedatives-hypnotics are a class of drugs that sleep in low doses and calming effect in high doses.

Which drug is not an anxiolytic?

REM sleep is divided into 4 stages.

What does EEG stand for, what does it measure, and for which condition would a patient be having an EEG done for?

The class of drug of choice to treat nervous tension and anxiety would be a benzodiazepine.

A college student is having a panic attack. The drug class most likely to be prescribed to treat this type of anxiety will be barbiturate.

Name 3 physical effects of anxiety disorders.

Which stage of sleep is referred to as dreaming sleep?

Define the terms sedative, hypnotic and anxiolytic.

With OCD, a person may have a fear of being exposed to germs (the compulsion). This fear may eventually lead the person to wash his or her hands over and over (the obsession).

The mechanism of drug action of benzodiazepines and barbiturates is to decrease the effects of GABA.

A state of apprehension that stems from anticipation of danger from an unknown source is referred to as anxiety.

Nonpharmacological choices to treat anxiety include the following: (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

This drug would shorten the time it takes to fall asleep and increase your total sleep time: