Final Exam Review. Chapters 16 and 17

Schizophrenia

True or False? Schizophrenia is another name for Multiple Personality Disorder.

This class of symptoms are probably the result of brain damage.

If you believe that you are the king of the world you may be suffering from this type of delusion.

Poor psychomotor performance and abstract thinking are part of this category of symptoms.

These brain areas are often larger than normal in people suffering form schizophrenia .

The speech of a schizophrenic may contain these "new words".

The brains of schizophrenics may be oversensitive to this substance.

Drugs such as amphetamine and cocaine can produce these symptoms of schizophrenia.

This is the major side effect of anti-psychotics and it is often made worse if the patient stops taking the medication.

This treatment is used to treat depression in individuals who don’t respond to antidepressant medication.

The concordance rates for MZ twins are higher if they share this.

Identify several non-genetic causes.

Explain how schizophrenia can result from too much dopamine activity in one brain area and not enough in another.

Describe how atypical anti-psychotic drugs work.

Mood Disorders

This is characterized by pressured speech, excitation and euphoria.

This substance is used in the treatment of bipolar disorder.

Many antidepressants work by inhibiting the function of this substance.

Selective deprivation of this sleep stage seems to reduce depression.

This mood disorder is linked to the changing hours of light vs. dark.

If you have a family history of depression you might consider increasing the amount of this amino acid in your diet.

Three treatments for depression that involve electricity

Severity of depression seems most closely tied to this brain area

Most antidepressants have this effect of sleep

Several methods for the treatment of SAD

Anxiety Disorders, autism, and stress

All anxiety disorders have this in common

This disorder involves episodes of intense anxiety

Fear of public places

Events that can trigger panic attacks

Anxiety may be related to reduced activity in these brain areas

Recurrent thoughts

Four categories of compulsions

OCD is most closely link to this brain area

A surgical procedure for severe OCD

Obsessive nail biting

Disorder name for the child’s apparent self-absorption

Reduced activity in this brain area may be related to lack of interest in other people

Clinicians such as Bettelheim believe this was the cause of autism

Higher-order regions of the brain

Differences in brain development observed with autism

Persistent inability to concentrate and stay on task may be a symptom of this disorder

Drugs used to treat the disorder described above have this effect on the brain

A general imprecise term

A species-typical preparatory response

This brain area is very susceptible to stress

This disorder can develop after exposure to situations of extreme danger and stress

This system protects us from viruses, microbes, and other types of parasites