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Midterm Flashcards

1
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When was the birth of modern psychopharmacology?

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1950s

NOT a medical specialty

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Psychoactive drugs available prior to that time (birth of modern psychopharm)?

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Morphine and Cocaine

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Why did it take so long for lithium to get FDA approval?

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Death due to toxicity (cardiac patients)

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What factors have helped reduce the factionalism between the pro-medication and anti-medication groups in mental health care?

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a. Research of efficacy of psychotropic drugs in therapy
b. Brain imaging
c. Development of new medication

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What are the roles of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)?

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a. FDA: Cannot regulate dietary supplements unless there is substantial harm to public
b. FDA: remove unsafe drugs from market, regulate safety, purity, and labeling of food drugs and cosmetics. They approve new drugs
c. DEA: Enforce laws regulating drugs with potential for abuse or addiction

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What influences what substances are “drugs”?

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a. Political
b. Legal
c. Financial

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What are the six appropriate uses of psychotropic medication (you only need to know 5)?

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a. Clearly diagnosed psych illness
b. Medication withdrawal, or discontinuation
c. Sedation during medical procedure
d. Address symptoms that have been resistant to other treatments
e. Interference of quality of life

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What are beliefs about psychotropic medication that create bias for therapists to not learn about them, or use it as part of their treatment?

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a. Medication should be last resort
b. Medications are addictive
c. Lacking training

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9
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Who prescribes medications the most?

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a. Non-psychiatric physicians

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What are appropriate functions of the nonmedical therapist in the management of medications?

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a. Non suggesting specific medications or doses to prescribing doctors
b. We DO: Monitoring, collecting history, providing psychoeducation

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Historically why has treatment of psychotropic medication failed?

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a. Psychiatrist only focusing on meds, not therapy
b. Non psychiatrist prescribing meds
c. Therapist having little training in psychopharmacology

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What can therapists do to improve communication with prescribing physicians?

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a. Be concise
b. Be organized
c. Use medical terminology during conversations
d. Ask observations, valuable information from psych

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How can a client participate in their own treatment when taking/prescribed medication?

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a. Name of medication
b. Dosage of medication
c. Their team (dr, us) are aware of any side effects

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What psychotropic drugs are considered to be the most addictive?

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a. Benzodiazepines
b. Psychostimulants
c. EX: Valium, Xanax, Ritalin, Dexedrine

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What is ethnopsychopharmacology?

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a. Investigates ethnic, cultural differences that influence the effectiveness of psychotropic drugs
b. Seeks to develop culturally sensitive treatment and prescribing practices with psychotropic meds

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What does the term “slow metabolizer” mean?

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a. (African Americans, Asians)
b. Slow metabolizers are at a risk of severe side effects because they are metabolizing drugs at slower rates than Caucasian counterparts
c. Drug toxicity when standard dosages are prescribed

17
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What are some barriers to treatment for BIPOC communities?

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a. Accessibility
b. Stigma
c. Mistrust
d. Cost
e. Cultural differences

18
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The PNS is divided into the SNS and ANS. The ANS is further divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic, which branch is responsible for the “fight or flight” response?

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a. Sympathetic

19
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Prolonged low level activation of the fight or flight response can cause what kind of long term issues?

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a. Cardiac

b. Digestive

20
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What do neurons, and glial cells do?

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a. Neurons – conduct action potentials through nervous system
b. Glial cells – provide support functions for neurons

21
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The CNS consists of what?

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a. Neurons inside the brain and spinal cord

22
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What does cortisol do in fight or flight?

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a. Suppresses reaction to stress, allowing body to engage in adaptive responses to danger

23
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  1. What is reuptake?
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a. Process in which a transmitter in a synapse is sucked into the axon terminal that released them

24
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On the neuron, what receives the action potential from other neurons?

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a. Dendrite

25
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what carries the electrical impulse to another neuron?

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a. Axon

26
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What do glial cells do/why are they so important?

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a. Provide physical support
b. Provide insulation
c. Assist with bringing nutrients to neurons

27
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What are neurotransmitters?

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a. Chemicals that act as chemical bridge in synapse to help move electrical impulse rapidly from one neuron to the next

28
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Are all anxiety disorders a result of inappropriate activation of the sympathetic nervous system response?

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a. YES

29
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The limbic system is responsible for what?

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a. Mood and behavior

30
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Route of neurotransmitter?

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a. Manufactured in cell body, goes down cell axon, stored in vesicle (axon terminal), waits to be released into the synapse

31
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Purpose of myelin sheath?

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a. Provide insulation for axon

b. Speeds up conduction of electrical impulse

32
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Neurotransmitters of significance in psychopharmacology or that we as therapists focus on are?

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a. Serotonin
b. Norepinephrine
c. Dopamine

33
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what percentage of the brain is our body weight and what percentage of the blood flow and oxygen supply does it consume?

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a. 2% of body weight

b. 20% of oxygen

34
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How long does it take for a drug to be absorbed into the bloodstream when orally administered?

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a. 2-3 hours

35
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What is the most common MH problem for which people seek treatment for?

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a. Depression

36
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What are some important facts about generic names of drugs?

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a. Never capitalized

b. Remain same wherever drug is manufactured throughout the world

37
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Facts about brand names?

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a. Usually short
b. Memorable to public
c. Capitalized

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