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| the current diagnostic tool used as a guideline for determing psychiatric disorders |
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| 45% concordance among idential twins. 1% of pop. overall. treated with chlorpromazine, hightens symptoms in blunted schizophrenics, and calmed agitated ones |
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| a treatment for schizophrenia that was discontinued due to declining blood pressures |
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| not high dopamine levels, but overactive dopamine receptors |
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| neuroleptics. bind to D2 receptors. spiroperidol has the best antischizophrenic effect |
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| losing the capacity to feel pleasure, associated with depression |
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| bipolar affect disorder(manic depression) |
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| depressive patients who experience patients of mania |
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1)reactive depression
2)endogenous depression |
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1)depression triggered by a negative experience
2)depression with no apparent causes |
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| seasonal affective disorder(SAD) |
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| attacks of depression and lethargy that are brought on by winter |
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| affective disorder treatments |
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1)monoamine oxidase inhibitors--
2)tricyclic antidepressants-- such as imipramine
3)lithium--john cade accidentally calmed pigs
4)selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors(SSRIs) such as prozac |
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| monoamine theory of depression |
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| depression is associated with underactivity at serotonergic and noradrenic synapses |
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| people inherit a certain predisposition to developing these disorders |
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| generalized anxiety disorder |
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| characterized by stress responses and extreme feelings of anxiety that occur in the absence of obvious precipitating stimulus |
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| triggered by exposure to particular objects or situations |
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| characterized by rapid-onset of extreme fear and extreme stress |
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| obsessive-compulsive disorders |
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| recurring, uncontrollable anxiety producing thoughts(obsessions) or impulses(compulsions) |
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| pathological fear of public or open spaces |
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| treatment for anxiety disorders |
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1)benzodiazepines(Librium, Valium)
2)serotonin agonists(raises serotonin)
3)antidepressant drugs. because they are often comorbid with affective disorders |
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| repitition of others words |
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| treatment for tourettes syndrome |
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