Neurobiology
What is Homeostasis?
An organism's process for maintaining a stable internal environment.
What is anticonvulsant meds?
These medications reduce the firing rate of very high frequency neurons in the brain. Ex: Valproate
What is "tending and befriending"?
A survival strategy that emphasizes the protection of the young and a reliance on the social network for support. (GAS)
Most severe bipolar disorder with major shifts in mood, energy and ability to function.
What is Type 1 bipolar disorder?
The outward representation of a person's internal state.
What is a person's affect?
What is Circadian Rhythm?
The fluctuation of various physiological and behavioral patterns over a 24 hour cycle.
What is lithium?
The "gold standard" drug for bipolar disorder.
What is distress?
Negative, draining energy that results in anxiety, depression, confusion, hopelessness and fatigue.
The oldest, most known and most studied brain stimulation therapy; works by passing an electric current through the brain.
What is ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy)?
What is anergia?
What is neurons?
Nerve cells that conduct electrical impulses.
What is cholinesterase inhibitors?
This classification of drugs slows the rate of memory loss, i.e. treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.
What is resistance or adaptation stage?
The second stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
A continuous flow of accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic.
What is Flight of Ideas?
A rare and life-threatening event associated with SSRIs; overactivation of serotonin receptors.
What is serotonin-syndrome?
What is neurotransmitters?
The alteration of these chemicals is the basis of psychiatric disorders and is the target for pharmacological treatment.
This classification of medications requires 4-6 weeks of therapy with adequate doses to fully evaluate results.
What is adverse childhood experiences (ACES)?
These experiences may sensitize people to stress in later life, and include any form of physical, psychological and sexual abuse; or violence against a parent; or living with people with substance abuse.
What is tangential speech?
A speech pattern for a bipolar patient that goes off topic, never gives an answer and is also known as "taking the scenic route but never arriving."
A psychological framework that explains how mental health disorders develop; suggesting that conditions like depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia are the result of an interaction between an individual's vulnerability and environmental triggers.
What is Diathesis - Stress Model?
What is antagonists?
Blocks the neurotransmitter from binding to its receptor.
What is Tricyclic Antidepressants?
An overdose of these medications affects the CNS and CV system and does not have a specific antidote. May result in death from seizures or dysrhythmias.
What is biofeedback?
A chronic, mild form of bipolar disorder characterized by mood swings, fluctuating between mild depression adn emotional highs for at least two years.
What is Cyclothymic Disorder?
Electrical stimulation of the longest cranial nerve, extending from brainstem to organs in the neck, chest and abdomen; improves mood and enhances action of antidepressants.
What is Vagus Nerve Stimulation?