PSY 351 Exam 1 - Chapter 2 Part 3/5

Biomedical Therapies and Biopsychosocial

psychopharmacology

field of study that examines the effects of therapeutic or psychiatric drugs

the major classes of psychotropic medications are?

anti anxiety, antidepressant, antipsychotic, mood stabilizers

anti anxiety medication

increase GABA, potentially addictive, not used long term

antidepressant medication

work to increase serotonin or norepinephrine, most commonly prescribed

antipsychotic medication

works to decrease dopamine

mood stabilizer medications

lithium used to target bipolar disorder or anticonvulsives

electroconvulsive therapy

electric shock is sent through the patient’s brain

con of electroconvulsive therapy

can produce permanent memory loss

psychosurgery

considered predominantly experimental today, can be done when the part of the brain is known, example parkinson

sociocultural perspective

importance of social and cultural factors, including ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status

according to the sociocultural perspective, abnormal behavior is a failure of what?

the society rather than the person

social causation model

social stressors, such as poverty, account for the greater risk of severe psychological disorders among people of lower SES

downward drift hypothesis

theory that states that behavior problems can lead people to drift downward into a lower social status

the biopsychosocial perspective

broad view that considers multiple factors representing biological, psychological and sociocultural domains in the development of psychological disorders

diathesis-stress model

abnormal behavior arises from the interaction of a vulnerability or predisposition and stressful life events or experiences - you need to have a biological risk and then life events may bring that out