HLTH 252 Quiz 2 Depressants
HLTH 252 Quiz 2 Depressants, Narcotics, Inhalants, and Alcohol
- One of the oldest gaseous anesthetics, popularly known as “laughing gas,” is:
- are defined as drugs, such as Valium, that are used in the treatment of anxiety disorders and to reduce anxiety.
- Anecdotally, ________ (or “poppers”) is used to enhance sexual pleasure.
- Sedative-hypnotic agents bind to which receptors in the brain?
- Withdrawal from long-term use of sedative-hypnotic drugs is characterized by:
- Zolpidem (Ambien) is:
- What has prevented paraldehyde from being widely used?
- develops most rapidly when a drug hits the brain quickly, which is why intravenous use of heroin produces more habituation than oral use.
- Which of the following criteria is used to classify barbiturates?
- Two drugs that were introduced as being safer than the barbiturates, but in the long run proved to be not much safer, were:
- GHB (gamma hydroxybutyric acid):
- The major advantage of the benzodiazepines over the barbiturates seems to be the:
- The four most widely sold benzodiazepines are all longer-acting drugs sold primarily as:
- Animal self-administration experiments and studies of drug choice among humans indicate that:
- Inhalant use has traditionally been more common among:
- The “date-rape” drug Rohypnol (flunitrazepam):
- The most recent (2013) version of the American Psychiatric Association’s classification system for mental disorders is called the:
- The ________ is an enzyme involved in the breakdown of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine, and its suppression results in increased availability of these neurotransmitters at the synapse.
- A recent study of the long-term effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs found that:
- The antipsychotic drugs that have been marketed in the past ten years, such as Zyprexa (olanzepine), are referred to as:
- Both depressed and manic symptoms appear in the general classification of:
- The fastest, and probably the most effective, treatment for severe cases of depression is:
- Phenothiazines and neuroleptics were terms used to describe the early forms of:
- What is the mechanism of action for typical antipsychotics?
- A person suffering from a chronic (long-lasting) psychotic condition for which there is no known cause will probably receive the diagnosis of
- The perspective that symptoms of a mental disorder lead to a diagnosis that illuminates both the underlying cause and a cure for the disorder is referred to in the text as the:
- One side effect common with the older antipsychotics, but less common with the newer ones, is:
- Current theories of the antidepressant action of drugs focus less on the initial biochemical effects of the drugs and more on the:
- Tricyclics treat depressive symptoms by:
- Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was first used to treat schizophrenia, it is now used primarily to treat:
- The year in which chlorpromazine was introduced in the United States, 1955, was the last year in which:
- People taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors for depression must avoid:
- Each year, more mentally ill persons are ________ than are admitted to state mental hospitals.
- Which of the following are signs of alcohol poisoning?
- In the United States, national prohibition of alcohol sales was in effect from:
- About what percentage of college students reports drinking alcohol at least once within the past month?
- In a typical person, intoxication to the point of staggering and greatly impaired sensory perception occurs at about what BAC?
- Cirrhosis of the liver can result from drinking alcohol:
- Alcoholic beverages form when certain yeasts act upon sugars in the process of:
- “Wailing of cats,” “out of tune,” and “workmen in my head” all refer to:
- Many large commercial distilleries produce grain neutral spirits, which are:
- Heavy drinkers with Wernicke’s disease (vitamin B1 deficiency) also usually exhibit memory deficits and other mental problems associated with:
- The total number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities per year in the United States:
- is a drug that blocks the metabolism of acetaldehyde, so that consumption of alcohol leads to headaches and other unpleasant symptoms of acetaldehyde toxicity.
- Which of these states has the highest per-capita sales of alcohol?
- Which of the following is the major factor determining the rate of alcohol metabolism in the human body?
- _ refers to the idea that people should drink beer or wine in moderation but drink no hard liquor.
- If one member of a pair of identical twins is dependent on alcohol, the other twin:
- Heart attacks are:
- The alcoholic content of beverages is indicated by the term “proof,” which is: