PSYB32H3 Midterm: MIDTERM TEXTBOOK NOTES

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Psychopharmacology: how drugs affect mood, perception, thinking, or behaviour. Drug: administered substance that alters physiological functioning: if an endogenous substance is administered, then it is considered a drug, vitamins, herbal remedies, and foods are drugs due to its physiological effects. Placebo: substance identical in appearance to a drug but physiologically inert. Trade name: drug name developed for marketing the drug, i. e. tylenol. Generic name: show how drugs organizationally t with other drugs and its chemical structure, i. e. , acetaminophen. Psychoactive drugs: drugs that affect mood, perception, thinking, or behaviour by acting on the nervous system: therapeutic drugs: drug used to treat a physical or mental disorder. A person uses a drug instrumentally toward addressing a speci c purpose: recreational drugs: use of a drug entirely to experience its effects. Misuse: applies to drugs that are intended for instrumental purpose but are instead used recreationally. Drug abuse: drugs use that causes harm to the user or others.