Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Tardive Dyskinesia, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Next time: cogniive and group therapy, and the exam. Review: cingulectomy cuing the cingulum bundle which collects limbic system to the frontal lobe, seems to be useful for ocd for a psychosurgery. Drug therapy: useful psychoacive drugs introduced only about 50 years ago (1950s) o o o o o o. Benzodiazepine binds at speciic receptor site and increases the sensiivity of gaba. Chronic use not recommended (short-term use recommended not long-term) French drug company produced chlorpromazine dramaic efect on schizophrenia. Tricyclic (elavil) inhibit the re-uptake of serotonin and ne. Mao inhibiter (nardil) inhibits mao efecively leaving serotonin and ne in synapse. Issues with older anidepressants: need daily use, need 4-weeks for efeciveness, tricyclics prescribed more oten than mao inhibitor causes more side efects and needs special diet. Certain drugs efecive for other disorders (tricyclic clomipramine) for ocd obsessive compulsive disorder.