Exam 15: Drugs for Treating Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders

Some second-generation antipsychotic drugs have been shown to be useful in treating bipolar disorder.

What are the implications for the fact that the side effects of typical antipsychotic drugs are markedly similar to the symptoms of Parkinson's disease?

There is a low risk that large doses of antipsychotic drugs will lead to overdose.

In most cases,schizophrenic patients take their medication __________.

Taking too much L-dopa (anti-Parkinson's drug)can result in symptoms of schizophrenia in Parkinson's patients.

The incidence of Parkinson's-like symptoms as a side effect of typical antipsychotic drugs implies a dopamine connection in schizophrenia.

Depression is a mood disorder.

MAO patients need to avoid the buildup of ________ in their blood.

In 2006,the FDA approved which drug for use in treating behavioral problems in autistic children?

An example of a serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)is the following drug: __________.

Patients under treatment with fluoxetine (brand name: Prozac)run an increased risk of seizures.

Tricyclic antidepressant drugs act on enzymes in the synapse.

Lithium carbonate is effective for only _________ of patients with bipolar disorder.

Which of the following is an example of a monoamine?

Schizophrenic hallucinations are most frequently __________.

_________ is an antipsychotic drug approved for use by the FDA in treating irritability and aggressive behavior in autistic patients aged six to seventeen.

A major problem with the treatment of depression by the administration of MAO inhibitors is that __________.

After a deep period of depression,the likelihood of a suicide attempt is increased during the initial phase of an upswing in mood.

It has been estimated that ________ of homeless adults suffer from schizophrenia or a mood disorder.

Deinstitutionalization has resulted in __________.