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WEEK 4: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Flashcards

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Pharmacokinetics

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How drugs move through the body

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Pharmacodynamics

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What drugs do

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Put the 4 main methods of drug administration in order of time to effect.

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  1. Inhalation
  2. Injection
  3. Snorting/snuffing
  4. Ingestion
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Therapeutic index

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Range of doses within which a drug is effective without having unacceptable adverse effects

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Give two examples of drugs with a small therapeutic index

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–Lithium
–Heroin

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Give an example of a drug with a large therapeutic index

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Weed

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What are the 4 types of drug, based on how they influence post-synaptic potential?

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  1. Neurotransmitter
  2. Agonist
  3. Antagonist
  4. Modulator
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What is GABA?

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An endogenous inhibitory neurotransmitter

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What does GABA do? (3)

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–Binds to a receptor
–Stimulates an inhibitory post-synaptic potential
–Makes next neurons less likely to fire

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What does musimol do? (2)

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–Agonist
–Replicates GABA

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Bicuculine (3)

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–Fits GABA receptor but DOESN’T produce an effect
–Blocks it
–Downstream neurons more likely to fire

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Give two examples of drugs that affect presynaptic neurons and how drugs are recycled

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–Cocaine
–MOAIs

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What does cocaine do? (3)

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  1. Stops dopamine from returning to synapse
  2. Dopamine stays in cleft
  3. More likely to keep binding to receptors
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What do MAOIs do?

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Stop neurotransmitters from being broken down by enzymes

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What do organophosphates do?

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Stop actylcholine from breaking down in the synaptic cleft

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16
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Tolerance

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More of drug required for same response

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Sensitisation

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Less drug required for same response

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Withdrawal (2)

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–State of stopping using a drug
–Typically opposite

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What methods can water-soluble drugs use to leave the body?

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–Lungs
–Sweat

20
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How do drugs that are processed by the liver leave the body?

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Urine

21
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How can you test for water-soluble drugs?

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Breathalyser

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Set (3)

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  1. Personality
  2. Expectation
  3. Intention
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Dependence

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Signs on physical dependence, e.g. tolerance or withdrawal

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Addiction

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Change in behaviour prioritising substance use despite adverse consequences

25
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How many “symptoms” of addiction are there in the DSM?

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11

26
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How many symptoms do you need for a “mild” addiction diagnosis?

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2-3

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How many symptoms do you need for a “moderate” addiction diagnosis?

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4-5

28
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How many symptoms do you need for a “severe” addiction diagnosis?

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6+

29
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What was one of the seminal papers arguing that addiction is a brain disease?

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“Addiction is a Brain Disease, and it Matters”
–Alan I. Lechner

30
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What was the main reason Lechner gave for treating addiction as a brain disease rather than a criminal issue?

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Treating and funding it like a medical issue

31
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What are the 4 steps in the relapsing cycle of addiction according to the iRISA model?

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  1. Intoxication
  2. Bingeing
  3. Withdrawal
  4. Craving
32
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iRISA Syndrome

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Impaired
Response
Inhibition
and
Salience
Attribution
Syndrome

33
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Who developed the iRISA model?

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–NIDU director
–Nora Volkow

34
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Which 6 brain networks show impairment in addicted people compared to controls, according to the iRISA model? (RHSESM)

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  1. Reward
  2. Habit
  3. Salience
  4. Executive
  5. Self-directed
  6. Memory
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What key addictive behaviour is the executive network associated with?

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Impulsivity

36
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What key addictive behaviour is the salience network associated with?

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Fixation

37
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What key addictive behaviour is the reward network associated with?

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Appraisal of subjective value

38
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What key addictive behaviour is the habit network associated with?

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Automatization

39
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What key addictive behaviour is the self-directed network associated with?

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Self-focused cognitive processes

40
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What key addictive behaviour is the memory network associated with?

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Flexible learning

41
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What kind of study design do most studies on addiction use?

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Correlational

42
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What study design does research on whether addiction is a brain disease use to gather causal evidence?

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Animal

43
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What are 3 issues with animal research on addiction?

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  1. Provide limited evidence for pharmacotherapies
  2. Alternative reinforcers
  3. Some symptoms uniquely human
44
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Why do Gooding et al, 2022 argue addiction is not a chronic, relapsing condition?

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People quit and maintain abstinence

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