What medications are used in treating people diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, and how does each of these work?
What will be an ideal response?
Benzodiazepines enhance GABA inhibition and are used during detoxification to reduce withdrawal symptoms. Once detoxified, maintenance treatment could use antabuse (blocks acetaldehyde metabolism leading to illness if the patient drinks alcohol), naltrexone (opioid antagonist), or acamprosate (structural similarity to GABA).
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These characteristics are most consistent with ________ personality disorder. a. paranoid b. histrionic c. narcissistic d. antisocial
Which of the following is a primary criticism of Freud's psychoanalysis?
a) The techniques have too positive and optimistic a view of human nature. b) The techniques are only effective for the most severe cases of psychosis. c) The techniques do not take long enough to bring about real change. d) The techniques are pseudoscientific and too subjective.
Which of the following disorders may involve abnormalities in mirror neurons?
a. Stress disorder b. Autism c. Fetal alcohol syndrome d. Depression
What component of the memory system is limited such that the more information that is contained in the system, the less effectively new information can be added?
A. short-term memory B. long-term memory C. episodic memory D. iconic memory