CAS PS 333 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Agonist, Haloperidol, Insufflation

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 333
• Professor: Barak Caine

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Drugs & behaviour (comes up on outline 7/exam 2) Antidopaminergic hydrocodone (g) fluoxetine (g) haloperidol (g) diazepam (g) Insomnia - lack of ability to fall asleep. Lack of interest in things you used to have an interest in. No self harm thoughts suicide ideation . Pharmacodynamics: mechanism of action; often synaptic mechanism for behavioral effect. Pharmacokinetics: distribution of drug in the system; onset, duration of action, time course. Pharmacotherapeutics clinically useful effects of drugs (med, ed50; not side-effects") Toxicology toxic or harmful effects of drugs (ld50; ti = ld50/ed50) 15% of major depression patients die from suicide. There is evidence based treatment that proves antidepressants improve depressive symptoms. Therapy with drugs works twice as well than the drug alone. 3/10 get better on the placebo effects of antidepressants. Antidepressants ssri (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) Her depressive symptoms are caused by environmental changes, a normal reaction to her situation. Ssris side effects are tame compared to a lot of drugs.