PSY 366

Question 1

What type of drug is used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Answer 1

antidepressants ( circuit cortico- straito-thalamo- cortical circuit is hyperactive (hard to turn off impulses)

Question 2

Studies have found that people who scored high on anxiety-sensitivity surveys are up to _____ times more likely than others to develop panic disorder.

Answer 2

5

Question 3

Controlled studies have typically found psychodynamic treatments to be of _____ help to persons with generalized anxiety disorder.

Answer 3

only modest

Question 4

Continuous use of barbiturates can lead to a(n)

Answer 4

Sedative-hypnotic use disorder

Question 5

In the United States, almost 6 percent of all persons over the age of 11 have used this stimulant, nicknamed “crank,” at least once.

Answer 5

methamphetamine

Question 6

Early research linked _____ and the locus coeruleus to panic attacks

Answer 6

norepinephrine

Question 7

Surveys suggest that, in any given year, around _____ percent of the U.S. population have symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder.

Answer 7

4