Chapter 6

Question 1

Psychopharmacology

Answer 1

Study of how drugs affect the nervous system and behaviour

Question 2

Psychoactive Drug

Answer 2

Substance that acts to alter mood, thought, or behaviour

Used to manage neuropsychological illness.

Question 3

Agonists

Answer 3

Substance that enhances the function of a synapse

Question 4

Antagonist

Answer 4

Substance that blocks the function of a synapse.

Question 5

What are the three kinds of tolerance?

Answer 5

Metabolic, cellular and learned tolerance.

Question 6

What are the five categories of psychoactive drugs?

Answer 6

Antianxiety agents, antipsychotic agents, antidepressants/mood stabilizers, opioid analgesics, psychotropics.

Question 7

Antianxiety Agents

Answer 7

Drug that reduce anxiety.

Question 8

Barbiturate

Answer 8

Drug that produces sedation and sleep.

Question 9

Cross Tolerance

Answer 9

Reduction of response to a novel drug because of tolerance developed in response to chemically similar drug.