1. Drug Therapies Psychopharmacology Classifications Antipsychotic (neuroleptics) Mood Regulators (Antidepressants) Antianxiety

2. Drug Therapies Antipsychotic Drugs (schizophrenia) Positive Symptoms Phenothiazines Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) Negative Symptoms Clozapine

3. Drug Therapies Mood Regulators Bipolar Disorder Lithium Antidepressants MAO Inhibitors Tricyclics Prozac, Zoloft, Nardil, Elavil Prozac

4. Biomedical Therapies Prozac blocks normal reuptake of the neuro- transmitter serotonin; excess serotonin in dynapse enhances its mood-lifting effect. Vesicles containing neurotrans- mitters Sending neuron Action potential Neurotransmitter molecule Synaptic gap Receptors Receiving neuron Reuptake Prozac Message is sent across synaptic gap. Message is received; excess neurotransmitter molecules are reabsorbed by sending neuron. Serotonin

5. Normal

6. Depressed

7. Prozac

8. Drug Therapies AntiAnxiety (Tranquilizers) Dicarbamates Benzodiazepines Valium Librium BuSpar

10. Drug Therapy