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Pharmacology Ch 14

Test 2 Ch. 14

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Antidepressants Drug that alters levels of two important neurotransmitters in the brain, norepinephrine and serotonin, to reduce depression and anxiety.
Anxiety State of apprehension and autonomic nervous system activation resulting from exposure to a nonspecific or unknown cause.
Anxiolytics Drugs that relieve anxiety.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) Diagnostic test that records brainwaves through electrodes attached to the scalp.
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) Difficult-to-control, excessive anxiety that lasts 6 months or more, focuses on a variety of life events, and interferes with normal day-to-day functions.
Hypnotic Drug that causes sleep.
Insomnia Inability to fall asleep or stay asleep.
Limbic system Area in the brain responsible for emotion, learning, memory, motivation, and mood.
Long-term insomnia Inability to sleep for more than a few nights, often caused by depression, manic disorders, and chronic pain.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Recurrent, intrusive thoughts or repetitive behaviors that interfere with normal activities or relationships.
Panic disorder Anxiety disorder characterized by intense feelings of immediate apprehension, fearfulness, terror, or impending doom, accompanied by increased autonomic nervous system activity.
Phobias Fearful feeling attached to situations or objects such as snakes, spiders, crowds, or heights.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Type of anxiety that develops in response to reexperiencing a previous life event that was psychologically traumatic.
Rebound insomnia Increased sleeplessness that occurs when long-term antianxiety or hypnotic medication is discontinued.
REM sleep Stage of sleep characterized by quick, scanning movements of the eyes.
Reticular activating system (RAS) Responsible for sleeping and wakefulness and performs an alerting function for the cerebral cortex; includes the reticular formation, hypothalamus, and part of the thalamus.
Reticular formation Portion of the brain affecting awareness and wakefulness.
Sedative Substance that depresses the CNS to cause drowsiness or sleep
Sedative-hypnotic Drug with the ability to produce a calming effect at lower doses and to induce sleep at higher doses.
Short-term or behavioral insomnia Inability to sleep that is often attributed to stress caused by a hectic lifestyle or the inability to resolve day-to-day conflicts within the home or workplace.
Situational anxiety Anxiety experienced by people faced with a stressful environment.
Sleep debt Lack of sleep.
Social anxiety Fear of crowds.
Tranquilizer Older term sometimes used to describe a drug that produces a calm or tranquil feeling.
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