BIOL 4220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Risky Sexual Behavior, Racing Thoughts, Monoamine Neurotransmitter
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Mania%
• Racing%thoughts%
• Compulsively%act%on%racing%ideas%
• Risky%behavior%
• Almost%always%lead%of%dire%consequences%
B/c%engage%in%risky%behavior%
• Eg.%Gambling%
Pyromania%
Nymphomania%
Engaging%in%risky%sexual%behavior%
Shopping%sprees%
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• “Irresponsible”%behavior%
• Full%of%fun%
• Intact%thought%process%
• Risky%
• Treated%by%mood%stablizer%
Lithium%
• Goal-directed%behavior%
Highly%focused%behavior%
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Depression%
• Hopelessness%
• Helplessness%
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Cause%
• Lost%of%valuable%
• Lost%of%loved%ones%
• Lost%of%perceived%goals%
• Lost%of%relationship%
Depression%
• Monoamine%hypothesis%
• Hypofunction%of%monoamine%system,%
◦ 5-HT%
◦ DA%