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Drug Therapies

Drug Therapies. Psychopharmacology Classifications Antipsychotic ( neuroleptics ) Mood Regulators (Antidepressants) Antianxiety. Drug Therapies. Antipsychotic Drugs (schizophrenia) Positive Symptoms Phenothiazines

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Drug Therapies

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  1. Drug Therapies Psychopharmacology Classifications • Antipsychotic (neuroleptics) • Mood Regulators (Antidepressants) • Antianxiety

  2. Drug Therapies Antipsychotic Drugs (schizophrenia) Positive Symptoms Phenothiazines Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) Negative Symptoms Clozapine

  3. Drug Therapies • Mood Regulators Bipolar Disorder Lithium • Antidepressants MAO Inhibitors Tricyclics Prozac, Zoloft, Nardil, Elavil Prozac

  4. Prozac blocks normal reuptake of the neuro- transmitter serotonin; excess serotonin in dynapse enhances its mood-lifting effect. Message is received; excess neurotransmitter molecules are reabsorbed by sending neuron. Message is sent across synaptic gap. Sending neuron Vesicles containing neurotrans- mitters Action potential Synaptic gap Neurotransmitter molecule Receptors Reuptake Prozac Receiving neuron Serotonin Biomedical Therapies

  5. Normal

  6. Depressed

  7. Prozac

  8. Drug Therapies AntiAnxiety (Tranquilizers) Dicarbamates Benzodiazepines Valium Librium BuSpar

  9. Drug Therapy

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