Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

 Studies of the genetics of autism spectrum disorders indicate that ____.

 What happens when schizophrenics stop taking neuroleptic drugs?

 Attempts to identify individual genes associated with addiction have found ____.

 Carly is considering becoming pregnant. To reduce the risk of her child having autism, doctors are urging her to increase her intake of _____.

 The ventricles are larger than normal in people with schizophrenia.

 Similar to depressed patients, bipolar patients may benefit from a change in their ____.

 Which symptoms are the most likely side effects of tricyclic antidepressants?

 Professor Travila tells his class that the part of the brain most often associated with drug addiction is the ____.

 The problems that schizophrenics have with memory and attention are most likely related to an increased tendency of having brain damage in the ____.

 Differentiate between the terms agonist, antagonist, affinity, and efficacy in terms of drug use/abuse.

 What Bleuler meant by schizophrenia was a split between ____ and ____ aspects of experience.

 Genetic studies of schizophrenia have found that ____.

 Another term for antipsychotic drugs is ____.

 ____ is a treatment for depression that electrically induces a seizure.

 What is the neurodevelopmental hypothesis?

 Electroconvulsive therapy was first introduced as a treatment for _____ although it didn't help. However, it did produce some relief for patients with _____.

 A first diagnosis of schizophrenia is usually made for a male in which age range?

 Hallucinations, delusions, and grossly disorganized behavior are classified as which kind of symptoms?

 William has schizophrenia. His doctors determined that he also has a mutation in the _____ gene that _____.

 Brain differences common to schizophrenia include ____.