Cognition, Assessment and Mental Health

Question 1

action of glutamate?

Answer 1

acts on NMDA receptor

aids in learning and memory

Question 2

action of GABA?

Answer 2

supress mania, anxiety, seizures

Question 3

Actions of Dopamine?

Answer 3

initiates and coordinates movement: effects cognition, emotion, operant learning

Question 4

Actions of norepinephrine ?

Answer 4

regulates arousal, attention, perception, mood sleep/wake cycle, organ function, BP, cardiac function, adipose tissue, metabolism, bronchial contraction

Question 5

Actions of epinephrine?

Answer 5

affects peripheral neurotransmission

Question 6

Actions of serotonin?

Answer 6

suppresses arousal, sexual interest, aggression, pursuit of goal-directed tasks

regulates sleep, anxiety, OCbehaviours, depression

Question 7

Actions of Acetylcholine?

Answer 7

facilitates memory in frontal cortex, modulates sleep and arousal, coordinates movement

Question 8

Actions of enkephalin?

Answer 8

decreases pain perception

Question 9

actions of endorphin?

Answer 9

effects behaviour and pain perception

Question 10

Actions of Oxytoxin and Vasopressin?

Answer 10

affects attention/regulates mood

Question 11

Actions of Substance P?

Answer 11

Pain Perception

Question 12

Actions of Cholecystokinin?

Answer 12

Anxiety/Panic atacks

Question 13

forebrain is composed of what embryological origin?

Answer 13

diencephalon

Question 14

how are the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex connected?

Answer 14

the basal ganglia provides subcortical input to the cerebral cortex via the thalamus

Question 15

what is the parietal lobe responsible for?

Answer 15

sensation and perception

Question 16

What is the temporal lobe responsible for?

Answer 16

audition, memory, and language

Question 17

what is the frontal lobe responsible for?

Answer 17

movement, executive functions, planning, abstraction, language and personality

Question 18

what are executive functions?

Answer 18

set of processes that underlie goal directed behaviour

ie) planning, attential flexibility, working memory, ability to shift from one concept to another, ability to modify behaviour in light of new information

Question 19

how is cognition effected in schizophrenia?

Answer 19

broad range of cognitive deficits

• attention, working memory, social cognition and language

Question 20

describe the cognitive disruption in depression?

Answer 20

problems with decision making and initiating actions

diminished cognitive control of emotional processing

Question 21

Describe the cognitive disruption associated with anxiety

Answer 21

lack of fear extinction makes phobias/ social anxiety/PTSD

Question 22

What sort of cognitive disturbance do we see in generalized anxiety disorder?

Answer 22

relatively little cognitive disturbance