Psychopharmacology Flashcards
Anxiolytic medications treat what disorder?
Anti-anxiety
…oxide and …pam are indicative of what types of medication?
Anxiolytic
What medication is commonly used for Generalized Anxiety?
Buspar and contains no sedatives
_____________ Blockers can be used to deal with anticipatory anxiety.
Beta blockers, i.e. Klonopin
Tricyclic and Tettracyclic are medications used to treat what type of disorder.
Anti-depressants.
SSRI stands for what?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
- )Prozac
- )Paxil
- )Zoloft
- )Celexa
- )Lexapro
MAOI stands for what?
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
- )Nardil
- )Parate
Atypical Antidepressants are also knows as what?
SSNRI
Wellbutrin
Cymbalta
Pristiq
Antipsychotics are used to treat disorders like?
Schizophrenia
Phenothiazines describes the largest what?
The largest of the 5 main classes of neuroleptic antipsychotic drugs.
Common antipsychotics that are not Atypical antipsychotics include what?
Haldol
Thorazine
Navane
Orap
Zyprexia, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Ability, Seroquel, and Invega are all examples of what type of anti-psychotic medication?
Atypical Antipsychotics
Mood stabilizers have 6 sub-categories. True or False.
False, there are no sub-categories in mood-stabilizers.
Common mood stabilizers include lithium, Depakote, Neurontin, Lamictal, ___________, ___________, Geodon, and _____________.
Topomax, Zyprexia, Symbyax
Psychostimulants are used to treat what common disorder?
ADHD