psych u13 c73

Dual-action antidepressant drugs work by increasing the availability of a. norepinephrine and serotonin. b. acetylcholine and norepinephrine. c. dopamine and acetylcholine. d. serotonin and dopamine. e. Thorazine and dopamine.

a

Having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Patricia has been prescribed _____ to level the highs and lows of the disorder. a. Lithium b. Ativan c. Xanax d. Zoloft e. Paxil

a

Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are called a. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. b. lithium derivatives. c. mood-stabilizing drugs. d. antipsychotic drugs. e. antianxiety drugs.

a

Treating the mind and body as independent entities seems especially inappropriate to those who take a ________ approach to therapy. a. biopsychosocial b. client-centered c. cognitive-behavioral d. classical conditioning e. psychoanalytic

a

Which of the following individuals is most likely to benefit from Prozac? a. Marco, who experiences periods of mania and hallucinations b. Shannon, who feels helpless and apathetic and thinks her life is meaningless and worthless c. Andrea, who hears imaginary voices telling her that she will suffer a fatal accident d. Tami, who is so addicted to cigarettes that she doesn't want to quit smoking e. Jack, who has lost his sense of identity and wandered from his home to a distant city

a

Alex feels so hopeless and depressed that he has recently thought about taking his own life. The drug most likely to prove beneficial to him is a. Risperdal. b. Prozac. c. Ativan. d. Xanax. e. Thorazine.

b

Chlorpromazine is an antipsychotic drug that reduces paranoia and hallucinations by a. reducing involuntary muscle movements. b. dampening responsiveness to irrelevant stimuli. c. restoring the balance of serotonin. d. decreasing the availability of norepinephrine. e. elevating arousal and mood.

b

Dr. Judd is convinced that psychological disorders result largely from stressful social situations rather than from disturbances within the individual personality. Dr. Judd's belief is most consistent with the assumptions that underlie a. drug therapy. b. preventive mental health. c. psychoanalysis. d. psychosurgery. e. cognitive therapy.

b

Long-term use of certain antipsychotic drugs can produce involuntary movements of the facial muscles, tongue, and limbs. This menacing condition is known as a. neurogenesis. b. tardive dyskinesia. c. Parkinson's disease. d. serotonin reuptake inhibition. e. waxy flexibility.

b

MRI-guided precision surgery is occasionally done to cut the brain circuits involved in severe cases of a. bipolar disorder. b. obsessive-compulsive disorder. c. schizophrenia. d. depression. e. post-traumatic stress disorder.

b

Preventive mental health is based on the assumption that psychological disorders result from a. repressed impulses and conflicts. b. stressful social situations. c. regression toward the mean. d. abnormal personality traits. e. prenatal developmental factors.

b

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation shows greatest promise for the treatment of a.mschizophrenia. b. depression. c. alcohol dependency. d. phobias. e. bulimia.

b

Which drug has provided the most help to schizophrenia patients experiencing auditory hallucinations and paranoia? a. lithium b. Thorazine c. Prozac d. Xanax e. Ativan

b

Which of the following procedures has typically resulted in patients becoming permanently lethargic? a. EMDR b. a lobotomy c. rTMS d. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation e. electroconvulsive therapy

b

Xanax and Ativan are ________ drugs. a. antipsychotic b. antianxiety c. antidepressant d. mood-stabilizing e. psychodynamic

b

A possible explanation for the effectiveness of ________ is that it may reduce depression by triggering the long-term potentiation of frontal lobe nerve cells. a. EMDR b. tardive dyskinesia c. rTMS d. Xanax e. psychosurgery

c

Adelle's feelings of unhappiness, low self-esteem, and hopelessness have become so extreme that she has attempted suicide. Which of the following treatments is likely to provide her with the quickest relief from her misery? a. psychoanalysis b. drug therapy c. electroconvulsive therapy d. systematic desensitization e. cognitive therapy

c

Cognitive therapy works, top-down, by changing thought processes. Antidepressant drugs work, bottom-up, on the emotion-forming a. brainstem. b. medulla. c. limbic system. d. cerebellum. e. sensory cortex.

c

Depakote, a drug originally used to treat epilepsy, more recently has been found to be effective in the control of a. personality disorders. b. phobias. c. manic episodes. d. auditory hallucinations. e. tardive dyskinesia.

c

Juliette's depression is not responding to the normal biomedical treatments. Her therapist has suggested that she try several sessions of _____ to energize her left frontal lobe and reduce her symptoms. a. ECT b. psychosurgery c. rTMS d. CBT e. REBT

c

Mr. McCardle's excessive feelings of helplessness and despondency are periodically interrupted by episodes in which he experiences extreme feelings of personal power and a grandiose optimism about his future. Which drug would most likely be prescribed to alleviate his symptoms? a. Xanax b. Paxil c. Lithium d. Valium e. Thorazine

c

Prozac is an antidepressant drug that partially blocks the reabsorption and removal of ________ from synapses. a. Thorazine b. acetylcholine c. serotonin d. dopamine e. chlorpromazine

c

To help an adult client overcome fears of venturing out of his own home, Dr. Ricci plans to use behavior therapy in combination with drug therapy. Which of the following drugs would Dr. Ricci be most likely to prescribe? a. Thorazine b. Lithium c. Ativan d. Zoloft e. Clozaril

c

Deep-brain stimulation has been reported to provide relief from a. conversion disorders. b. dissociative disorders. c. phobias. d. depression. e. schizophrenia.

d

Lithium has been found to be especially effective in the treatment of a. personality disorders. b. schizophrenia. c. anxiety disorders. d. bipolar disorder. e. dissociative disorders.

d

Sluggishness, tremors, and twitches similar to those of Parkinson's disease are most likely to be associated with the excessive use of certain ________ drugs. a. mood-stabilizing b. antianxiety c. antidepressant d. antipsychotic e. psychodynamic

d

Using implanted electrodes to inhibit activity in an area of the cortex that triggers negative emotions is called a. EMDR. b. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. c. rTMS. d. deep-brain stimulation. e. electroconvulsive therapy.

d

Which drug dampens responsiveness to irrelevant stimuli in schizophrenia patients with positive symptoms? a. clozapine b. lithium c. Xanax d. chlorpromazine e. D-cycloserine

d

Which of the following biomedical treatments provides some of the benefits of ECT without triggering seizures or memory loss? a. systematic desensitization b. psychosurgery c. eye movement desensitization and reprocessing d. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation e. virtual reality exposure therapy

d

Lithium is often an effective ________ drug. a. dual-action b. antidepressant c. antianxiety d. antipsychotic e. mood-stabilizing

e

One possible explanation for the delayed effect of antidepressant drugs is that the increased availability of serotonin seems to promote a. increased metabolic rates. b. tardive dyskinesia. c. transference. d. decreased norepinephrine levels. e. neurogenesis.

e

Tardive dyskinesia is often associated with long-term use of drugs that occupy certain ________ receptor sites. a. norepinephrine b. serotonin c. acetylcholine d. endocrine e. dopamine

e

Which drugs are designed to depress central nervous system activity? a. antidepressant drugs b. antipsychotic drugs c. mood-stabilizing drugs d. dissociative drugs e. antianxiety drugs

e