PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hamilton Rating Scale For Depression, Beck Depression Inventory, Atypical Antipsychotic
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Drugs with almost identical molecular structures may induce entirely different effects, while other drugs whose molecular structures are quite different may induce almost identical effects. Drug classifications based upon behavioural or therapeutic actions. Drugs that are a classed as major psychomotor stimulants share a set of properties, including actions such as enhancing attention and increasing various types of motor activities. Drugs that are classed as antipsychotic blunt the florid symptoms of schizophrenia and also treat mania. Many drugs classed as sedative-hypnotics induce stimulant-like effects or behavioural disinhibition at low doses (alcohol) Antidepressants are sometimes used to treat anxiety, while anxiolytics can be used to treat depression. Atypical = unusual: clozapine atypical antipsychotic, buspirone atypical anxiolytic. Control or drug treatments at various doses reflect levels of the independent variable while the response to that drug is a dependent variable. Hamilton depression rating scale or the beck depression inventory assesses effects of anti depressant drugs.
