N110 LEON FINAL — LECTURES 7-9 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Impaired attention, the inability to experience pleasure, sleep disturbance,
decrease in appetite, feeling of hopelessness and isolation, and suicidal thoughts
Mental symptoms
Statistics show that the ____________ has increased depression among adults
aged 18 to 24.
pandemic
Spending one or more hours a day __________ is ________________ of
depression and increased __________ risk factors in teens.
online; one cause; suicide
Norephinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin are all examples of ____________
monoamines
The monoamine ________ hypothesis stated that decreased ___________ induces
depression, particularly ____________
depletion; monoamines; serotonin
SSRI's increase synaptic ____________
serotonin
Examples of SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Lexapro
, Some issues with the monoamine hypothesis are:
• depressed people don't have ______________,
• ____________ serotonin doesn't produce depression,
• ______________ serotonin doesn't help with recovery,
• and SSRI's take ________ to work.
low serotonin; depleting; increasing; weeks
Depressed people don't have ______________
low serotonin
__________ serotonin does not produce __________
Depleting; depression
______________ serotonin with other drugs doesn't help with people __________
from depression
Increasing; recover
SSRIs act within ________ to increase neurotransmitters
minutes
SSRI's take ________ to reduce depression
weeks
About 80% of people _______ taking antidepressants with a month
stop
Changes in the _________________ EEG within 48 hours of starting medication
helps to indicate which people will do ______ on a certain SSRI
prefrontal cortex; well
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Impaired attention, the inability to experience pleasure, sleep disturbance,
decrease in appetite, feeling of hopelessness and isolation, and suicidal thoughts
Mental symptoms
Statistics show that the ____________ has increased depression among adults
aged 18 to 24.
pandemic
Spending one or more hours a day __________ is ________________ of
depression and increased __________ risk factors in teens.
online; one cause; suicide
Norephinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin are all examples of ____________
monoamines
The monoamine ________ hypothesis stated that decreased ___________ induces
depression, particularly ____________
depletion; monoamines; serotonin
SSRI's increase synaptic ____________
serotonin
Examples of SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Lexapro
, Some issues with the monoamine hypothesis are:
• depressed people don't have ______________,
• ____________ serotonin doesn't produce depression,
• ______________ serotonin doesn't help with recovery,
• and SSRI's take ________ to work.
low serotonin; depleting; increasing; weeks
Depressed people don't have ______________
low serotonin
__________ serotonin does not produce __________
Depleting; depression
______________ serotonin with other drugs doesn't help with people __________
from depression
Increasing; recover
SSRIs act within ________ to increase neurotransmitters
minutes
SSRI's take ________ to reduce depression
weeks
About 80% of people _______ taking antidepressants with a month
stop
Changes in the _________________ EEG within 48 hours of starting medication
helps to indicate which people will do ______ on a certain SSRI
prefrontal cortex; well
