Which neurotransmitter is affected by light and activity? - ANS ✓Melatonin
What condition does this describe a. worry, anxiety, arousal, fatigue,
sleeplessness, muscle tension? - ANS ✓GAD
What condition does this describe anticipatory anxiety, worry about panic,
unexpected panic attacks, trying to avoid future attacks? - ANS ✓Panic
disorder
What condition does this describe anxiety/fear over social performance? -
ANS ✓social anxiety disorder
What condition does this describe anxiety while re-experiencing, increased
arousal and startle responses, nightmares? - ANS ✓PTSD
What part of the body produces a substance that helps promote jet lag? -
ANS ✓pineal glad
The patient has been recently dx with hypothalamus tumor experiencing
trouble sleeping and staying awake. What neurotransmitters are being
affected in the hypothalamus. What is more activating and what is more
sedating. - ANS ✓GABA vs HISTAMINE
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What meds are used to treat narcolepsy? - ANS ✓Methylphenidate Pemoline
Modafinil
What would be the two things you suggest who needs something to help
them relax to fall asleep and what would promote waking up in the
morning? - ANS ✓evening melatonin, morning sunlight
There is a woman who has terrible anxiety who has had for a long time. She
has fears her children will be harmed when they are not with her. What
circuitry in the brain is in charge of this type of thinking scenario? - ANS
✓cortico thalmic striatal circuits
What is a potential therapeutic mechanism to promote wakefulness - ANS
✓enhance tonic dopamine firing
What pain is so debilitating that even if you have mild pressure such as a
toddler's hug, the pain is unbearable? - ANS ✓allodynia
What causes diabetic peripheral neuropathy? How is that pain processed in
the body? - ANS ✓inflammation in the periphery. Disrupted central processing
What are the withdrawal symptoms of Paxil? - ANS ✓muscle aches, nausea,
insomnia, anxiety, dizziness
During an initial eval with someone with panic disorder and you start them
on an SSRI. Which med is FDA approved until the SSRI effects are shown? -
ANS ✓Benzodiazepines
Which medications are short acting benzodiazepines? - ANS ✓alprazolam,
triazolam, oxazepam, midazolam
Which medications are long acting benzodiazepines? - ANS ✓flurazepam,
clorazepate, diazepam, Librium
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