PSY 0010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Long-Term Memory, Antidepressant, Mediterranean Diet
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This works best in treating the positive symptoms of schizophrenia: these drugs dampen responses to irrelevant stimuli by blocking the actions of dopamine d. There are also atypical antipsychotics that target dopamine and serotonin receptors d. i. One example is clozaril, which targets both negative and positive symptoms: these drugs work differently depending on the person e. i. Drug therapy is very individually based: the side effects of antipsychotics are sluggishness, tremors, and twitches f. i. A lack of dopamine can lead to parkinson"s disease, which resembles these symptoms f. ii. Lithium is just a simple salt and we are not really sure why it works a. ii. It reduces manic episodes in 7 of 10 patients a. iii. In large doses, it can be very poisonous to the system a. iv. It has a lesser effect on the depressive symptoms of bipolar disorder a. v. Some people feel they really need the drug to feel relaxed f. ii.
