Exam 15: Drugs for Treating Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders

Fluoxetine (brand name: Prozac) is an example of an antidepressant drug that works in the brain by reducing the activity level of norepinephrine.

Schizophrenia __________.

If you lived in a small town with a population of 3000, how many individuals in this population would be expected by chance alone to be schizophrenic?

Define the biomedical model and give three reasons why the biomedical model is a valid perspective on the causes of schizophrenia.

MAO inhibitors inhibit MAO in the brain only; MAO elsewhere in the body is unaffected.

Mania is the opposite of __________.

Zyprexa, Risperdal, and related drugs are associated with an increased risk of death due to heart-related problems or respiratory infections in __________.

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

Some schizophrenics experience __________.

While first-generation antipsychotic drugs are effective in treating delusional behaviour, they are less effective in treating social withdrawal.

Antipsychotic drugs have a high potential for abuse.

At one time, the only reasonably effective treatment for mania or bipolar disorder was __________.

Schizophrenia is more common in men than women.

Tardive dyskinesia often appears in the behaviour of medicated schizophrenics within a day or so.

Which of the following drugs are presently used to treat mania and bipolar disorder and were originally developed to treat epilepsy?

All typical antipsychotic drugs have which of the following effects on brain chemistry?

Health Canada now warns that Zyprexa, Risperdal, and related drugs should not be administered to __________.

Chlorpromazine (brand name: Largactil) is an example of a typical antipsychotic drug.

Tricyclic antidepressant drugs act on enzymes in the synapse.

Discuss the behavioural and medical differences between first-generation, second-generation, and third-generation antipsychotic drugs.