Exam 12: Psychotherapeutic Medications

Barbiturates were introduced into general medical practice in 1903,and they were marketed under the brand name Veronal.

Gail committed suicide.As a Canadian,what was the likelihood that she also had a diagnosed mental illness?

Mary has been presenting with a number of symptoms that might lead one to think she is suffering from depression.If she does not seek help,according to Canadian statistics she represents what percentage of people who would respond similarly?

What do antipsychotic medications act on to generally moderate spontaneous activity and decrease reactivity to stimuli?

Over 90 percent of the patients receiving antipsychotic medication experience extrapyramidal side effects.

Although benzodiazepines induce sleep,what do they also do?

What is one side effect of benzodiazepine use?

Which of the following is a barbiturate?

Which drug has effects similar to those of barbiturates?

In 2008,psychotherapeutic medications were the highest class of drugs dispensed in Canada.

Who is the most likely user of psychotherapeutic drugs?

The effects of psychotherapeutic drugs on the fetus are well established.

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

The first depressant used was the gas nitrous oxide,discovered by Joseph Priestley and synthesized by Humphry Davy in 1776.

Greater use of psychotherapeutics is found in those with more education and higher income levels.

Who was NOT involved in the development of a classification system of mental illnesses in the 1800s?

Kelly woke up after having been out celebrating a friend's birthday to see the sunlight shining in through a window in a room she did not recognize,and she could not remember how she got there.What drug could Kelly have possibly been given?

Increased levels of what type of activity induces psychosis,according to the predominant theory regarding the action of antipsychotics?

Describe the dopamine hypothesis of the action of antipsychotics.What findings support or fail to support this hypothesis?

Dr.Heinz E.Lehmann wrote about his work with psychiatric patients and electroshock therapy while he was working in the province of Alberta.