CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Robert Reinhart

Document Summary

Diathesis stress model (what does it assume?) that biological (vulnerability) and environmental (event) factors play a role in obtaining a disease. Cbt hard to treat because they don"t see anything wrong with themselves. What is ssri and how does it work? selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor increases serotonin and increases norepinephrine. Adverse effect of lithium taken for bipolar disorder makes you emotionally at" gain hand tremors, thirst, excessive urination and memory problems. De ne parasitic infection viral infection transmitted through feces. De ne schizophrenia and how to treat it a psychological disorder characterized by a split between thought and emotion involves alterations in thoughts, perceptions, and consciousness drugs for treatment: clozapine, risperdol, and zyprexa decrease dopamine levels. If rats get infected with parasite they become sexually attracted to cat urine. Pregnant woman stay near cats so parasite won"t infect them. Pregnant woman with cats are easier to develop schizophrenia in their children.