PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Tricyclic Antidepressant, Monoamine Oxidase, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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Psychotherapy: can take many forms but usually involves a therapist (psychiatrist, psychologist, marriage or family counsellor, social worker) talking with the person who has a disorder about the symptoms and what is contributing to these symptoms. Reduce symptoms of psychosis (loss of reality testing, hallucinations, delusions) Reduce symptoms of depression (sadness, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance) Clozaril (clozapine; an atypical antipsychotic), chlorpromazine (a phenothiazine), haloperidol (a butyrophenone) Parnate (tranylcypromine sulphate; a mao inhibitor) amitriptyline (a tricyclic) prozac (fluoxetine; a ssri) They reduce tremors in parkinson"s, sedate and calm agitated patients. Chlorpromazine was labelled a neuroleptic: implying that it depresses the activity of the nervous system: thorazine: the name for chlorpromazine. Butyrophenone: another class of drugs that reduces psychotic symptoms, the first in this class was haloperidol. Both phenothiazines and butyrophenone have severe side effects. Side effects: severe sedation, visual disturbance, tardive dyskinesia (neurological disorder characterized by the involuntary movement of the tongue, face, mouth, or jaw)
