psychotorpics

Question 1

prescription drugs designed to treat mental illnesses

Answer 1

psychotropics

Question 2

a person who has been clinically diagnosed with a mental illness and a psychoactive substance use disorder

Answer 2

dually diagnosed client

Question 3

the first generation of antidepressants that prevents the breakdown of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. there are often called _

Answer 3

MAOIs

Question 4

a generation of antidepressants that block the reuptake of serotonin and catecholame

Answer 4

tricyclics

Question 5

the most prescribed generation of antidepressants that block the reuptake of serotonin.

Answer 5

SSRIs

Question 6

a group of medications used to treat severe distortions in thought, perception and emotion that characterize psychosis; also called neuroleptics

Answer 6

antipsychotic

Question 7

a state of mind in which thinking becomes irrational and/or disturbed and can manifest as delusions, hallucinations and/or other severe thought

Answer 7

psychosis