Which of the following is a commonly prescribed pharmacological treatment for depression?

A famous psychopharmacological researcher just created a new antipsychotic medication. Which of the following disorders would the medication work best to treat?

Electroconvulsive therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment for which of the following?

Which neurotransmitter affects the brain's reward system and executive functioning in the frontal lobes?

Stacy would like to test whether an anti-depressant effectively reduces symptoms of depression. She gives depressed participants a questionnaire before administration of the drug. Half of the participants receive the drug for six weeks, and the other half receive a placebo sugar pill. She then gives the same questionnaire to assess any changes in symptoms.

Which of these is most likely the drug that Stacy administers?

Which of the following is not a depressant drug?

Which of the following best defines trephination?

Benzodiazepine is a psychoactive drug whose core ring is a fusion of benzene and diazepine. It is most commonly used to treat anxiety, insomnia, agitation, and seizures. Benzos achieve this effect by doing which of the following in the brain?

Which of the following is a commonly prescribed pharmacological treatment for bipolar disorder?

Until recently, which of the following classes of drugs were often used only as a last resort in the treatment of psychological disorders due to longstanding research showing potentially fatal side effects?