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Psychopharmacology; Focused on Chapter 7 & Module 6 Exam test preparation Questions and Must have marking scheme Updated version 2024/2025 Atypical Antipsychotics - correct answer act on receptors in addition to or other than D2 receptors and may relieve symptoms resistant to typical antipsychot...

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Psychopharmacology; Focused on
Chapter 7 & Module 6 Exam test
preparation Questions and Must have
marking scheme Updated version
2024/2025

Atypical Antipsychotics - correct answer act on receptors in addition to or other than
D2 receptors and may relieve symptoms resistant to typical antipsychotics


Antidepressant Drugs - correct answer used to treat disturbances of mood called
affective disorders


Accumulation of transmitters, prolonging their activity, is a major feature


Monoamine oxidase (MAO) - correct answer inhibitors prevent the breakdown of
monoamines at the synapses


-Antidepressant


Tricyclic antidepressants - correct answer block reuptake of serotonin and
norepinephrine.


Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - correct answer like Prozac or Celexa,
act specifically at serotonergic synapses


Anxiolytics - correct answer Drugs that alleviate the symptoms of anxiety.


-depressants
-barbiturates

, -benzodiazaphines


Depressants - correct answer drugs that reduce nervous system activity


Barbiturates - correct answer early anxiolytics and sleep aids, depress nervous activity
—addictive and easy to overdose on.


Benzodiazepines - correct answer act as agonists on GABAA (subscript A) receptors
and enhance the inhibitory effects of GABA


Specific anxiolytics EX


Opiates - correct answer A category of psychoactive drugs that are chemically similar
to morphine and have strong pain-relieving properties.


bind to opioid receptors in the brain, especially in the periaqueductal gray


Analgesic - correct answer drug that relieves pain


i.e.: morphine and heroin (both highly addictive)


Endogenous Opiods - correct answer enkephalins, endorphins, dynorphins


peptides produced in the brain


Opioid Receptors - correct answer mu, kappa, delta


all are metabotropic receptors

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