PSYC 370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Synaptogenesis, Model Organism, Monoaminergic

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 370
• Professor: Monica Valsangkar- Smyth

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Psychiatric disorders disorders of psychological function sufficiently severe to require treatment. 2 difficulties in diagnosing specific disorders (1) pt suffering the same disorder often display diff sympt (2) pt suffering from diff disorders often display many of the same sympt. Mea(cid:374)s (cid:862)splitti(cid:374)g of ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hi(cid:272) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s(cid:863); used to des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e (cid:449)hat (cid:449)as assu(cid:373)ed to (cid:271)e the pri(cid:373)ar(cid:455) s(cid:455)(cid:373)pt of the disorder (the breakdown of integration of emotion, thought, & action) Disease most often associated w/ concept of madness; attacks 1% of individuals in all groups; typically seen in adolescence or early adulthood. Neuroleptics block activity at d2 receptors w/in hrs, but therapeutic effe(cid:272)ts are(cid:374)"t (cid:373)a(cid:374)ifested for several weeks. Neuroleptics only help small proportion of pts (1/7) Unfortunately, neither of those claims were correct. Differ amongst themselves regarding therapeutic efficacy, pharmacological effects, & produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of side effe(cid:272)ts but as a group, their effe(cid:272)ts do(cid:374)"t see(cid:373) to differ su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tiall(cid:455) fro(cid:373) (cid:1005)st gen neuroleptic.