Chapter 8: Drug Use and Abuse

Modern antidepressants cure depression by treating the known underlying biological cause of the disorder

False

What is the average lag period for antidepressants to begin to be effective?

Two weeks

The most recent (2013) version of the American Psychiatric Association's classification system for mental disorders is called the

DSM-V

Both depressed and manic symptoms appear in the general classification of

Mood Disorders

A major disturbance of intellectual and social functioning in which there is a loss of contact with reality is called

Psychosis

The fastest, and probably the most effective, treatment for severe cases of depression is

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Each year, more mentally ill persons are _______ than are admitted to state mental hospitals.

Jailed

Bipolar I Disorder refers to

Manic episodes with possible alternating depression

The introduction of chlorpromazine in the U.S. in 1955 marked the last year in which

the population of mental hospitals increased

Phenothiazines and neuroleptics were terms used to describe the early forms of

Antipsychotics

Current theories of the antidepressant action of drugs focus less on the initial biochemical effects of the drugs and more on the

Delayed reaction of the neurons to repeated drug exposure

Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was first used to treat schizophrenia, it is now used primarily to treat

Severe depression

The antipsychotic drugs that have been marked in the past ten years, such as Zyprexa (olanzepine), are referred to as

atypical antipsychotics

One side effect common with the older antipsychotics, but less common with the newer ones, is

pseydoparkinsonism

Prozac was one of the early

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

People taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors for depression much avoid

foods high in tyramine, such as aged cheeses

Many of the new atypical antipsychotics are known to cause

significant weight gain and metabolic changes

The FDA now requires a printed warning on several selective reuptake inhibitors because they increase the risk of

suicide in children and adolescent

A recent study of the long-term effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs found that

Three-fourths of the patients stopped taking their medication within 18 months

The acceptance of the mood stabilzer _____ was slowed by a series of ovedose poisonings and used by the fact that the drug is one of the basic elements and could not be patented

Lithium

In the early part of the 20th century, a cure was found for a syphilitic infection that caused a psychosis called

General paresis

Tricyclic antidepressants work by

Inhibiting the reuptake of norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin