Exam 15: Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia

List the four major categories of antidepressant drugs.

Prior to the 1950's, few schizophrenic patients who entered a mental hospital ever left. The discovery most responsible for alleviating that situation was the discovery of:

Repeated use of large doses of amphetamine or cocaine can lead to a behavioral condition similar to:

Atypical antipsychotic drugs differ from standard neuroleptics like chlorpromazine in terms of:

It is believed that a virus contracted by a pregnant woman might increase the incidence of schizophrenia in her child because:

Bipolar patients show an increased expression of genes associated with:

Define major depression.

St. John's wort acts by selectively inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin.

SSRIs work similarly to:

When ECT proved to be ineffective for schizophrenia, it was:

Lithium is most commonly prescribed for which disorder?

The areas with the most consistent signs of abnormality in schizophrenics include the:

A restless, impulsive person whose speech rambles from one idea to another may fit which of these categories?

On average, those with the short form of the ____ transporter gene and a history of stressful experiences reported more than average symptoms of depression.

Describe some of the alternate treatments for depression.

The highest correlation for bipolar disorder exists:

The differences between ordinary and major depression depend on:

Nancy Andreasen, one of the leading investigators of schizophrenia, considers the main problem to be:

What is one of the best treatments for seasonal affective disorder?

Which of the following classes of antidepressants is most likely to raise blood pressure when a person eats tyramine-rich foods such as cheese?