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BRAINSTEM
RELAY CENTER FOR NERVOUS INPUT. RESPONSIBLE FOR MOTOR REFLEX ACTIONS.
CEREBRUM
RECEIVES AND PROCESSES CONSCIOUS SENSATION, GENERATES THOUGHT, CONTROLS CONSCIOUS ACTIVITY.
CEREBELLUM
COORDINATES VOLUNTARY SKELETAL MUSCLE MOVEMENT; MAINTAINS BALANCE.
PHARMACODYNAMICS
REFERS TO CHANGES/EFFECTS THE DRUG HAS ON A PERSON ON A LARGE-SCALE BEHAVIORAL BASIS AND ON MOLECULAR LEVEL.
PHARMACOKINETICS
STUDY OF BODILY ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM AND EXCRETION OF DRUGS.
FIRST GENERATION ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS
BLOCK THE DOPAMINE RECEPTOR, THUS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF DOPAMINE TRANSMITTED.
DOPAMINE BLOCKAGE
CAN CAUSE PARKINSONIAN SYMPTOMS, AKINESIA, AKATHISIA, AND TARDIVE DYSKINESIA.
AKINESIA
LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY.
AKATHISIA
CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY UNCONTROLLABLE MOTOR RESTLESSNESS.
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER. CAUSES INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS ESP. OF MOUTH, TONGUE, TRUNK AND LIMBS. SE OF PROLONGED USE OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS.
MUSCARINE BLOCKAGE

(SE OF 1ST GENERATION DRUGS)
CAN CAUSE BLURRED VISION, DRY MOUTH, CONSTIPATION, AND URINARY DIFFICULTY.
ALPHA 1 BLOCKAGE

(SE OF 1ST GENERATION DRUGS)
CAN RESULT IN ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION AND FAILURE TO EJACULATE.
CLOZAPINE (CLOZARIL)

(atypical antipsychotic)
BLOCKS DOPAMINE RECEPTORS IN LIMBIC SYSTEM. ANTIPSYCHOTIC ACTION WITHOUT DIFFICULTIES IN MOVEMENT.
SE OF CLOZAPINE
DIZZINESS, TACHYCARDIA, HYPER SALIVATION, DROWSINESS/SEDATION, CONVULSIONS, DEATH RELATED TO REDUCTION OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS.
RISPERIDONE (RISPERDAL)


(atypical antipsychotic)
BLOCKS ALPHA 1 & HISTAMINE1 RECEPTORS. CAUSES MINIMUM OF MOVEMENT DIFFICULTIES.
SE OF RISPERIDONE (RISPERDAL)
ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION, SEDATION, DOES NOT GENRALLY INDUCE AGRANULOCYTOSIS OR CONVULSIONS.
QUETIAPINE (SEROQUELL)


(atypical antipsychotic)
BINDS TO AND ANTAGONIZES D1, D2, 5-HT1, 5-HT2, ALPHA 1
SE OF QUETIAPINE (SEROQUELL)
SEDATION & WEIGHT GAIN, BLURRED VISION, DRY MOUTH, CONSTIPATION, URINARY DIFFICULTY, ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION AND FAILURE TO EJACULATE.
OLANZAPINE (ZYPREXA)


(atypical antipsychotic)
BLOCKS DOPAMINE RECEPTORS IN LIMBIC SYSTEM.
SE OF OLANZAPINE (ZYPREXA)
SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT GAIN
LITHIUM

(MOOD STABILIZING DRUG)
BIPOLAR DISORDER. AFFECTS ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY IN NEURONS.
SE OF LITHIUM
CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIA, CONVULSIONS, TREMOR, EXTREME MOTOR DYSFUNCTION, DISTURBANCE IN FLUID BALANCE.
VALPROIC ACID (DEPAKOTE)

(MOOD STABILIZING DRUG)
ANTICONVULSIVE DRUG. USED TO TREAT MANIC DEPRESSION. REDUCES EXCITEMENT IN MANIC PHASE.
SE OF VALPROIC ACID (DEPAKOTE)
HEPATIC FAILURE, BIRTH DEFECTS
CLONAZEPAM (KLONOPIN)

(MOOD STABILIZING DRUG)
TREATMENT OF BIPOLAR DISORDER (MANIC PHASE), EPILEPSY, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY.
SE OF COLNAZEPAM (KLONOPIN)
USED FOR SEIZURE DISORDERS: BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, DROWSINESS, LACK OF MUSCULAR COORDINATION. WHEN USED IN PANIC DISORDERS: ALLERGIC REACTION, CONSTIPATION, DEPRESSION, DIZZINESS, FATIGUE, REDUCED THINKING ABILITY. CAN CAUSE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, AGITATION, ANXIETY, HOSTILITY, SLEEPINESS, SPEECH PROBLEMS.
ELAVIL AND TOFRANIL

(TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS)
BLOCK REUPTAKE OF NOR EPINEPHRINE AND SEROTONIN, WHICH PREVENTS FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE DEGRADING ENZYME MAO.
SE OF ELAVIL AND TOFRANIL
BLURRED VISION, DRY MOUTH, TACHYCARDIA, CONSTIPATION
PROZAC, ZOLOFT, PAXIL, CELEXA

(SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS; SSRIs)
BLOCK THE REUPTAKE OF SUBSEQUENT DESTRUCTION OF SEROTONIN.
SE OF SSRIs
EXCESSIVE STIMULATION, CHANGES IN BODY WEIGHT
MONAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS

(MAOIs)
INHIBIT ENZYME MAO & INTERFERE WITH DESTRUCTION OF THE MONOAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTERS, WHICH CAUSES AN INCREASE IN THE SYNAPTIC LEVEL OF THE TRANSMITTERS.
SE OF MAOIs
POSSIBLE FATAL HTN,, POTENTIALLY FATAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE MAOI & CERTAIN DRUGS AND FOODS SUCH AS CHEESE, BANANAS, SMOKED MEATS, WINE
TRAZADONE (DESYREL)

(atypical/novel antidepressants)
WEAK ANTAGONIST OF MUSCARINE AND BLOCKS ALPHAA 1 & H1 RECEPTORS.
(usually used in sleep disturbances)
SE OF TRAZADONE (DESYREL)
ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION, SEDATION, PRIAPRISM.
BUPROPION (WELLBUTRIN)

(atypical/novel antidepressants)
DOPAMINE-NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR & ALSO INHIBITS NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS TO REDUCE ADDICTIVE ACTION OF NICOTINE.
EGO DEFENSE MECHANISMS
USED TO DEAL W/ STRESS. AUTOMATIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT PROTECT AN INDIVIDUAL. USUALLY UNCONSCIOUS PROCESS.
COMPENSATION
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE WANNA-BE IS COACH INSTEAD. DRUG ABUSE TO COVER FEELINGS OF INSECURITY OR LOW SELF-ESTEEM.
CONVERSION REACTION
MANIFESTATION OF PHYSICAL SYMPTOM DUE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFLICT. WOMAN WITNESSED A CHILD MOLESTED & NOW SHE IS UNABLE TO SEE.
DISPLACEMENT
TRANSFERRING AN EMOTION OR FEELING FROM ACTUAL OBJECT TO A LESS THREATENING SUBSTITUTE. YELLING AT WIFE INSTEAD OF BOSS.
DISSOCIATION
CONFLICTING IMPULSES OR THREATENING IDEAS OR FEELINGS ARE KEPT APART FROM CONSCIOUS MIND. PSYCHOGENIC AMNESIA, SLEEPWALKING.
IDEALIZATION
ATTRIBUTING EXAGGERATED POSITIVE QUALITIES TO OTHERS.
PASSIVE AGGRESSION
DEALING W/ STRESS BY INDIRECTLY & UNASSERTIVELY EXPRESSING AGGRESSION TOWARD OTHERS. THERE IS AN APPEARANCE OF COMPLIANCE THAT MASKS COVERT RESISTANCE, RESENTMENT & HOSTILITY.
PROJECTION
PERSON UNCONSCIOUSLY REJECTS EMOTIONALLY UNACCEPTABLE PERSONAL FEATURES AND ATTRIBUTES THEM TO OTHER PEOPLE, OBJECTS OR SITUATIONS. MAN UNCONSCIOUSLY ATTRACTED TO OTHER WOMEN TEASES WIFE ABOUT FLIRTING.
RATIONALIZATION
CREATION OF A REASON FOR SOMETHING HAPPENING THAT IS MORE ACCEPTABLE THAN THE TRUTH. "I DIDN'T GET A RAISE 'CAUSE THE BOSS DOESN'T LIKE ME."
REACTION FORMATION
UNACCEPTABLE FEELINGS OR BEHAVIORS ARE KEPT OUT OF AWARENESS BY DEVELOPING OPPOSITE BEHAVIOR OR EMOTION. PERSON WHO HARBORS HOSTILITY TOWARD CHILDREN BECOMES BOY SCOUT LEADER.
REGRESSION
REPLACING DEVELOPMENTALLY NORMAL BEHAVIOR W/ ACTIONS THAT REPRESENT AN EARLIER STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.
REPRESSION
EXCLUSION OF UNPLEASANT OR UNWANTED EXPERIENCES, EMOTIONS, OR IDEAS FROM CONSCIOUS AWARENESS. 1ST LINE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSE AGAINST ANXIETY.
SOMATIZATION
TRANSFORMING ANXIETY ON AN UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL INTO A PHYSICAL SYMPTOM. OFTEN USED AS ATTENTION GETTER OR EXCUSE.
SUBLIMATION
PERSON REDIRECTS LIBIDINAL DRIVES INTO SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE CHANNELS. MAN W/ STRONG HOSTILE FEELINGS BECOMES A BUTCHER.
SUPPRESSION
CONSCIOUS DENIAL OF A DISTURBING SITUATION OR FEELING. WOMAN FINDS LUMP IN BREAST BUT PUTS IT IN THE BACK OF HER MIND UNTIL AFTER A PLANNED VACATION.