Mod 73

Question 1

What does Biomedical therapy do?

Answer 1

alters brain chemistry with drugs or affecting its circuitry with
electroconvulsive shock, magnetic impulses, or psychosurgery

Question 2

What is psychopharmacology?

Answer 2

study of drug effects on mind and behavior

Question 3

what is electroconvulsive therapy?

Answer 3

brief, controlled electrical current is sent to the brain under general anesthesia to induce a therapeutic seizure

Question 4

what is magnetic stimulation?

Answer 4

uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in specific brain regions

Question 5

what is deep brain stimulation?

Answer 5

a surgical treatment that uses a pacemaker-like device to send electrical impulses to specific brain areas, disrupting faulty signals that cause movement disorders and neurological conditions

Question 6

what is psychosurgery?

Answer 6

the treatment of severe, treatment-resistant mental disorders, it works by severing specific brain circuits

Question 7

what are antipsychotic drugs?

Answer 7

medications primarily used to treat psychosis by altering neurotransmitter activity in the brain, particularly dopamine and serotonin.

Question 8

what are antianxiety drugs?

Answer 8

They treated anxiety by relaxing the CNS

Question 9

what are antidepressant drugs?

Answer 9

treat depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and insomnia by balancing brain chemicals (dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine)

Question 10

what are mood stabilizers?

Answer 10

treat bipolar disorder by reducing the severity of, and protecting against, extreme highs (mania) and lows (depression

Question 11

Which neurotransmitter is affected by antipsychotic medications?

a) Epinephrine

b) Dopamine

c) Norepinephrine

d) Acetylcholine

e) Serotonin

Answer 11

b) Dopamine

Question 12

Which of the following is most effectively treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

a) Psychosis

b) Schizophrenia

c) Obsessive-compulsive disorder

d) Depression

e) Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 12

e) Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 13

Having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Patricia has been prescribed to level the highs and lows of the disorder.

a) Xanax

b) Lithium

c) Zoloft

d) Paxil

e) Ativan

Answer 13

a) Xanax

Question 14

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) psychosurgery

b) rTMS

c) ECT

d) CBT

e) REBT

Answer 14

d) CBT