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Module 55 Flashcards

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biomedical therapy

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prescribed meds or procedures that act directly on a person’s physiology

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lifestyle changes that can help with mental functioning

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sleep, social connection, aerobic exercise, light exposure, decreased rumination, outdoor activity in natural environment, nutritional supplements

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psychoactive drugs

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influence neurons

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agonists

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enhance neurotransmitters

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antagonists

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block neurotransmitter action

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therapeutic drugs

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drugs used to treat psych disorders

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drug treatment

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most widely used treatment; presumes neurotransmitter malfunction; low invasiveness; affects entire brain

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psychopharmacology

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study of effects of drugs on mind and behavior

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antipsychotics

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drugs used to treat pos symptoms of schizophrenia and severe thought disorders; decrease psychoses; chemically similar to dopamine and act as its antagonists; can cause sluggishness, tremors, twitches, obesity, and diabetes (last 2 with new gen drugs)

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tardive dyskinesia

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after long-term use of antipsychotics; involuntary movements of facial muscles, tongue, and limbs

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antianxiety drugs

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used to control anxiety, phobias, PSTD, OCD, agitation; GABA agonists; depress CNS activity; decrease symptoms without resolving problem; can be addictive

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antidepressants

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work bottom-up on limbic system; treat depression, anxiety, strokes, OCD, PSTD; may increase the availability of and agonists of norepinephrine and serotonin bc they increase mood and arousal; some block reabsorption and breaking down of the neurotransmitters - more side effects; improvement after a month; some are SSRIs

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ketamine

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anesthetic; party drug; blocks hyperactive receptors for glutamate and causes more synapses; relief within hours but disappears within a week

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SSRIs

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prolong the time serotonin remains in synapses, partially by blocking the normal reuptake process

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mood-stabilizing meds

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control mania and bipolar disorder; lithium, Depakote

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lithium

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salt; helps with bipolar disorder; decrease risk of suicide and crime; GABA agonist and glutamate antagonist

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electroconvulsion therapy (ECT)

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brief ele current is sent through brain to anesthetized patient; 30-60 sec seizure; treat severe depression who haven’t responded to drugs; sometimes only to R hemi; can cause memory loss; decrease suicidal thoughts; calm neural centers where overactivity = dep; may cause neurogenesis and new synaptic connections within hippocampus and amygdala; mod invasiveness; affects entire brain

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tDCS

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weak ele current; used for depression and personal cog benefits

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rTMS

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patients are awake; pulses via magnetic coil; can stim or suppress areas of cortex; works 30-40% of time; energizes L frontal lobe; with repeated stim, form new functioning circuits via long-term potentiation; low invasiveness; affects large region of brain

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DBS

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pinpoints a neural hub that bridges frontal lobes to limbic system (overactive w dep) and activates neurons that inhibit neg activity; 30-60% show improvement; sometimes used to treat Parkinson’s tremors; via electrodes; Mayberg; mod invasiveness; affects small area of brain

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psychosurgery

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surgery that removes/destroys brain tissue; most drastic so least used; used for mostly extreme stress disorders and brain malfunction; more precise surgeries are used in extreme cases now; MRI-guided precision surgery is used for extreme OCD

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lobotomy

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Moniz; calm uncontrollably emotional and violent patients; cuts nerves connecting frontal lobes to limbic system via eyes; intended to disconnect emotion from thought and decrease misery and tension; made person lethargic, immature, uncreative; extreme invasiveness; large area of brain affected

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preventative mental health

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seeks to prevent issues by identifying and alleviating conditions that cause them before mental issues arise; strengthening people’s meaning of life leads to increased meaningful social interactions and less loneliness

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community psychologists

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focus on creating environments that support psych health; aim to empower people and increase health, competence, and well-being

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resilience

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ability to cope with stress and recover from adversity; most adults exhibit; more common with those who have many close, supporting relationships and low additional stress

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posttraumatic growth

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positive psych changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances/life crises; making sense out of a situation leads to less distress; increased when people imagine new possibilities to come from the unwanted situation

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