HLTH 252 Quiz 2 Depressants

HLTH 252 Quiz 2 Depressants, Narcotics, Inhalants, and Alcohol

1. One of the oldest gaseous anesthetics, popularly known as “laughing gas,” is:
2. are defined as drugs, such as Valium, that are used in the treatment of anxiety disorders and to reduce anxiety.
3. Anecdotally, ________ (or “poppers”) is used to enhance sexual pleasure.
4. Sedative-hypnotic agents bind to which receptors in the brain?
5. Withdrawal from long-term use of sedative-hypnotic drugs is characterized by:
6. Zolpidem (Ambien) is:
7. What has prevented paraldehyde from being widely used?
8. develops most rapidly when a drug hits the brain quickly, which is why intravenous use of heroin produces more habituation than oral use.
9. Which of the following criteria is used to classify barbiturates?
10. Two drugs that were introduced as being safer than the barbiturates, but in the long run proved to be not much safer, were:
11. GHB (gamma hydroxybutyric acid):
12. The major advantage of the benzodiazepines over the barbiturates seems to be the:
13. The four most widely sold benzodiazepines are all longer-acting drugs sold primarily as:
14. Animal self-administration experiments and studies of drug choice among humans indicate that:
15. Inhalant use has traditionally been more common among:
16. The “date-rape” drug Rohypnol (flunitrazepam):
17. The most recent (2013) version of the American Psychiatric Association’s classification system for mental disorders is called the:
18. 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.
19. A recent study of the long-term effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs found that:
20. The antipsychotic drugs that have been marketed in the past ten years, such as Zyprexa (olanzepine), are referred to as:
21. Both depressed and manic symptoms appear in the general classification of:
22. The fastest, and probably the most effective, treatment for severe cases of depression is:
23. Phenothiazines and neuroleptics were terms used to describe the early forms of:
24. What is the mechanism of action for typical antipsychotics?
25. A person suffering from a chronic (long-lasting) psychotic condition for which there is no known cause will probably receive the diagnosis of
26. 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:
27. One side effect common with the older antipsychotics, but less common with the newer ones, is:
28. Current theories of the antidepressant action of drugs focus less on the initial biochemical effects of the drugs and more on the:
29. Tricyclics treat depressive symptoms by:
30. Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was first used to treat schizophrenia, it is now used primarily to treat:
31. The year in which chlorpromazine was introduced in the United States, 1955, was the last year in which:
32. People taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors for depression must avoid:
33. Each year, more mentally ill persons are ________ than are admitted to state mental hospitals.
34. Which of the following are signs of alcohol poisoning?
35. In the United States, national prohibition of alcohol sales was in effect from:
36. About what percentage of college students reports drinking alcohol at least once within the past month?
37. In a typical person, intoxication to the point of staggering and greatly impaired sensory perception occurs at about what BAC?
38. Cirrhosis of the liver can result from drinking alcohol:
39. Alcoholic beverages form when certain yeasts act upon sugars in the process of:
40. “Wailing of cats,” “out of tune,” and “workmen in my head” all refer to:
41. Many large commercial distilleries produce grain neutral spirits, which are:
42. Heavy drinkers with Wernicke’s disease (vitamin B1 deficiency) also usually exhibit memory deficits and other mental problems associated with:
43. The total number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities per year in the United States:
44. is a drug that blocks the metabolism of acetaldehyde, so that consumption of alcohol leads to headaches and other unpleasant symptoms of acetaldehyde toxicity.
45. Which of these states has the highest per-capita sales of alcohol?
46. Which of the following is the major factor determining the rate of alcohol metabolism in the human body?
47. _ refers to the idea that people should drink beer or wine in moderation but drink no hard liquor.
48. If one member of a pair of identical twins is dependent on alcohol, the other twin:
49. Heart attacks are:
50. The alcoholic content of beverages is indicated by the term “proof,” which is: