Anti psychotics block dopamine receptors i the brain. What type of drug is this?
antagonist
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Name a symptom of schizophrenia that this can eliminate.
hallucinations
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Give an example of a conventional anti psychotic.
chlorpromazine
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Give an example of an atypical anti psychotic.
clozapine
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Kapur and Remington say that atypical anti psychotics have fewer side effects because they occupy dopamine receptors.....
temporarily
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What did Davis et al study in a meta analysis of 29 studies?
relapse rates
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What other factor did Vaughn and Left identify in their study of relapse rates and how effective they are in different conditions?
hostile living conditions
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What percent of people did Hill identify as developing tardive dyskinesia after conventional anti psychotic drug treatment?
thirty
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What percent of these people continued to suffer from the condition for the rest of their life?
seventy five
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Ross and Read argue that medication reduces what?
motivation
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They also argue that it prevents the individual from looking at other __________ on the illness.
influences
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Leucht et al did a meta analysis on the use of conventional compared to atypical anti psychotics. How many of the new drugs were 'slightly' more effective than the conventional ones?
two
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The study also found that only two news drugs were 'slightly' more effective at treating what symptoms?
negative symptoms
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Jeste et al found that atypical anti psychotics produced only 5% of what side effect?
tardive dyskinesia
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There is thought to be fewer ____ _______ with atypical anti psychotics.
side effects
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Ross and Read argue that higher rates of relapse in studies of placebo anti psychotics could be due to what?
withdrawal symptoms
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This is because there might be an ____ __________ of the dopamine system after the patients have already been on the anti psychotic medication.
over activation
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Some critics argue that a cost-benefit analysis of advantages of anti psychotics would probably be what?
negative
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Card 2
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Name a symptom of schizophrenia that this can eliminate.
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hallucinations
Card 3
Front
Give an example of a conventional anti psychotic.
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Card 4
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Give an example of an atypical anti psychotic.
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Card 5
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Kapur and Remington say that atypical anti psychotics have fewer side effects because they occupy dopamine receptors.....
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