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Psychopharmacology; Focused on Chapter 7 & Module 6 Exam test preparation Questions and Must have marking scheme Updated version 2024/2025
Atypical Antipsychotics - correct answer act on receptors in addition to or other than D2 receptors and may relieve symptoms resistant to typical antipsychot...
Psychopharmacology; Focused on
Chapter 7 & Module 6 Exam test
preparation Questions and Must have
marking scheme Updated version
2024/2025
Atypical Antipsychotics - correct answer act on receptors in addition to or other than
D2 receptors and may relieve symptoms resistant to typical antipsychotics
Antidepressant Drugs - correct answer used to treat disturbances of mood called
affective disorders
Accumulation of transmitters, prolonging their activity, is a major feature
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) - correct answer inhibitors prevent the breakdown of
monoamines at the synapses
-Antidepressant
Tricyclic antidepressants - correct answer block reuptake of serotonin and
norepinephrine.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - correct answer like Prozac or Celexa,
act specifically at serotonergic synapses
Anxiolytics - correct answer Drugs that alleviate the symptoms of anxiety.
-depressants
-barbiturates
, -benzodiazaphines
Depressants - correct answer drugs that reduce nervous system activity
Barbiturates - correct answer early anxiolytics and sleep aids, depress nervous activity
—addictive and easy to overdose on.
Benzodiazepines - correct answer act as agonists on GABAA (subscript A) receptors
and enhance the inhibitory effects of GABA
Specific anxiolytics EX
Opiates - correct answer A category of psychoactive drugs that are chemically similar
to morphine and have strong pain-relieving properties.
bind to opioid receptors in the brain, especially in the periaqueductal gray
Analgesic - correct answer drug that relieves pain
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