PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Benzodiazepine, Agkistrodon Piscivorus, Atypical Antipsychotic

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Psych 101 treatments monday april 3, 2017. Trephining: cutting a circular hole in the skull. Prefrontal leucotomy: disconecting or destroying the prefrontal lobe. Cingulotomy: sever connection between cingulate gyrus and frontal lobe. Destroying a part of the brain in general is called a lobotomy. Trephining is not used for psychological treatments today. They thought it was some sort of supernatural thing, they were possessed by demons and so drilling a hole to let the demons out. Once pfc are gone, the person is no longer blatant and outgoing they are suppressed. Difference between the drug name and the brand name. In response to anxiety, physicians recommend benzodiazepines () but are fast acting and short lived. Tachycardia is that heart rate is increasing (heart is beating faster), palpitations is your thinking of it. It is slow and it builds up and then helps after for a few weeks. Reduce hyperactivity, mental disorganization, delusions, & hallucinations in 70% of patients.