Exam 13: Psychotherapeutic Medications

An anxiolytic drug is a drug that induces anxiety.

Which of the following is a short-acting benzodiazepine?

Benzodiazepines are not associated with tolerance.

Although barbiturates induce sleep,they also __________.

Which of the following is most likely to cause a lethal overdose?

One unusual feature of the withdrawal symptoms from benzodiazepines is that __________.

Symptoms of benzodiazepine withdrawal include __________.

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

Research has demonstrated a link between depression and atrophy and cell loss in the ___________.

The use of stimulants is particularly effective with severely depressed patients.

According to the predominant theory regarding the action of antipsychotics,psychosis is induced by increased levels of __________ activity.

The majority of individuals diagnosed with mental disorders first experience the symptoms in early middle age.

Researchers in the 1950s used __________ to create a "model psychosis" to study possible etiological factors contributing to mental illness.

The effects of barbiturates are similar to those of __________.

A common name for flunitrazepam is __________.

__________ is the only drug in psychiatry for which there is effective prophylaxis against disease recurrence.

Users of __________ must avoid most cheeses and some alcoholic beverages in their diets.

According to the __________ hypothesis,tricyclic antidepressants are believed to block the uptake of norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft.

A drug that induces sleep is called a(n)__________ drug.

Among the side effects encountered with MAOI use are impaired sexual functioning and dizziness.