Chap. 19 Quiz 2 Flashcards
What is the most widely used biological treatment?
Drug therapy
What are the four major types of medication?
- Antianxiety drugs
- Antidepressant drugs
- Lithium
- Antipsychotic drugs
What is the use of antianxiety drugs?
Help people with panic attacks and serious distress or tension
What is the use of antidepressant drugs?
Treat major depression eating disorders and panic disorder
What is the use of lithium?
Help people with bipolar disorder
What are antipsychotic drugs used for?
Prescribed to people with schizophrenia
What are the side effects of anti-anxiety drugs?
- Depresses activity in the nervous system
- Lowers heart rate and respiration
- major: fatigue and addiction
What are the side effects of antidepressant drugs?
- Increases neurotransmitters: non adrenaline and serotonin
- Increases activity level
- Overdose is lethal
- Increase in heart rate and weight gain
What are the side effects of lithium?
- Shakiness
- Memory impairment
- Excessive thirst
What are the effects of antipsychotic drugs?
Reduces:
- Agitation
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
/Blocks high levels of dopamine that people w/ schizophrenia have in the brain/
EST=?
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electric-Shock Therapy
When was EST developed?
1930s
What was given to render the person and unconscious during EST?
Anesthesia
Used to reduce the agitation and violence of people with psychological disorders
Prefrontal lobotomy
What are the side effects of psychosurgery?
- Distractibility
- Reduced learning ability
- Overeating
- Apathy
- Social withdrawal
- Seizures
- Reduced creativity
- Death
