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| anxiolytics (anti anxiety and hypnotic drugs) |
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| diazepam/VALIUM, awesome- but turned out to be highly addictive |
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| you should use the lowest dose, shortest period for.. |
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| xanax is how many times stronger than valium? |
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| THREE TIMES, more addictive |
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| has a sedating effect, and is not addicting |
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| sleep, --takes a lot to get addicted |
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| psychosis! - can sometimes cause nightmares |
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| sublcasses of antidepressants |
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| Tricyclics (TCA), SSRIS, SNRI, MAOIS |
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| elavil (palpitations), tofranil, pamelor |
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| prozac (older) zoloft paxil celexa lexapro luvox... |
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| react with everything- foods- wine cheese processed meats- TERAMINE |
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| Lithium, anticonvulsant drugs |
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| depakote and depakene- valproate needs.. |
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| generally, anticonvulsants for mood stabilizing is used with.. |
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| mood stabilizers/antidepressants control mania.. |
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| tremors, confusion, nausea vomiting diarrhea, arryhtmias, polyuria polydipsia, edema, goiter and hypothyroidism |
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| norepinephrine and serotonin are thought to be involved in.. |
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| what is an MAO? what does it do? |
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| monoamine oxidase, destructive enzyme that destroys norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin. |
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| the neurotransmitter is either destroyed or reused |
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| the attachment of neurotransmitters to presynaptic receptors at the synapse does wat |
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| acts to inhibit further release of neurotransmitters |
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| skeletal muscle coordination, and equillibrium/balance |
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| mental activities and conscious sense of being. involves memory, emotional status |
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| receive and identify information, concept formation and abstraction, reading mathematics |
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| EYES, interprets visual images- also involved with language formation |
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| auditory, language comprehension, stores sound into memory, connects with limbic system to allow expression of emotions |
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| thought processes- formulate goals, plan, decision making, insight, motivation, social judgement |
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| involved in emotions learning memory and basic drives. |
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| lesions, abrasions, areas of infarct, aneurysm |
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| CT can identify diseases like |
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| schizophrenia, cortical atrophy, 3rd ventricle enlargement, cognitive disorders |
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| brain edema, ischemia, infection, neoplasm trauma |
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| schizophrenia, enlarged ventricles, reproduction in temporal love and prefrontal lobe |
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| o2 utilization, glucose metabolism, blood flow, neurotransmitter receptor interaction |
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| schizophrenia, increased D2, D3 receptors, abnormalities in limbic system, mood disorders, adult ADHD: decreased utilization of glucose |
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| "tags" such as glucose are used to trace brain activity and |
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| a deficiency of serotonin and norepinephrine is thought to be the cause for |
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| example of neurobiological basis of of mental disease? |
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| i like to sleep all day long |
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| neurons do which three things? |
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| respond to stimuli, conduct electrical impulses, release chemicals- neurotransmitters |
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