PSYC*3150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tardive Dyskinesia, Reticular Formation, Monoamine Oxidase
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Prescription drugs are a factor in a large number of drug-related emergency room cases and drug-related deaths: psychotherapeutic drugs can affect the nt/receptor system. These medications affect primarily the reticular activating system, the limbic system, and the hypothalamus: the dopamine hypothesis is the most accepted explanation of the action of antipsychotic meds. It is characterized by repetitive, involuntary movements of the mouth and tongue, trunk, and extremities: depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in canada, and throughout the world. Depression often is classified as one of two major types: endogenous or exogenous: 2 classes cyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (maois) of anti-depressants, antidepressant-medication treatment of depression follows from the biochemical hypothesis of the disorder. The hypothesis is that depression results from a deficiency in two biogenic amines catecholamines and serotonin that act as cns neurotransmitters: all depressant drugs (including alcohol) produce similar effects. Gaba receptor site in the central nervous system.
