PSYC 4039 Final: FINAL EXAM
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Modern psychopharmacology has achieved paradigm (a set of beliefs) status: the paradigm assumptions. Mental disorders are organic (brain based) and reducible. Mental disorders can be treated by manipulation of the brain chemistry. The (cid:862)pha(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:272)o(cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:272)(cid:863) theo(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:449)ould e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) the (cid:272)ause of (cid:455)ou(cid:396) heada(cid:272)he as a la(cid:272)k of aspi(cid:396)i(cid:374) in your brain: reasoning from therapy to etiology is called ex juvantibus reasoning. The evidence is not consistent and often conflicting of biological theories and. A bit of neuroscience and neuropharmacology mental illness: exocytosis: generic biological term that refers to the emptying of a storage sack to the outside of the cell, receptors receive the neurotransmitter molecule. Depression medicine is an ssri that keeps the serotonin from reuptake: monoamine neurotransmitters. The beginning of modern psychopharmacology: serendipity: the discovery of something not sought, discovery of the antipsychotics (neuroleptics, major tranquilizers, ataractics) Chlorpromazine (thorazine: 1940s promenthazine synthesized in search for antiparasitics. Histamine implicated in allergic reactions and shock.
