Chapter 13: Treatment of Psychological Disorders - Module 43: Biomedical Therapy

Question 1

What was the first game-changing antipsychotic introduced int he 1950s?

Answer 1

Chloroprozamine (p. 503)

Question 2

What page can you find the drug treatments chart in the textbook?

Answer 2

p. 504

Question 3

How do most antipsychotic drugs work?

Answer 3

Block dopamine (p. 504)

Question 4

How do most antidepressants work?

Answer 4

Changing the concentration of particular neurotransmitters (p. 505)

Question 5

T/F: Lithium can often be used to treat depression in individuals with bipolar disorder.

Answer 5

False. It is more often good for preventing mania, antidepressants might be used for depressed phase. (p. 506)

Question 6

Xanax and Valium are both examples of what kind of drug?

Answer 6

Antianxiety (p. 506)

Question 7

When was electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) first introduced, and with how many volts?

Answer 7

The 1930s, with 70-150 volts briefly to a patient’s head (p. 506)

Question 8

T/F: Electroconvulsive therapy produces long-term improvements.

Answer 8

False. It’s more to bring people away from the brink of suicide when nothing else will be quick enough (p. 507)

Question 9

TMS, or transcranial magnetic stimulation, is a promising-looking alternative for what?

Answer 9

Electroconvulsive therapy (ETC) (p. 507)

Question 10

What is a very rare case when psychosurgery is sometimes used?

Answer 10

In treatments like cingulotomy, or gamma knife surgery, as a very last resort for most extreme and dangerous cases of OCD (p. 507)

Question 11

What % of medications prescribed for psychological issues are prescribed by general physicians, not specialists in psychiatry?

Answer 11

80% (p. 508)

Question 12

T/F: Community psychology is preventative.

Answer 12

True (p. 509)

Question 13

What is deinstitutionalization?

Answer 13

Transfer of patients from medical facilities back into the community.
This is sought to be done with them receiving proper support and treatment, and seeing that their rights are maintained (p. 509)

Question 14

What proportion of homeless adults are thought to have major psychological disorder?

Answer 14

One third to one half (p. 510)

Question 15

Telephone hotlines are an example of the product of what?

Answer 15

The community psychology movement (p. 510)