Exam 1: Introduction to Psychopharmacology

What type of use is defined as using a drug for addressing a specific purpose?

Recreational drug use refers to using a drug to treat a disorder.

When identifying a disorder to treat during the stages of drug development,which of the following would likely NOT be determined?

______________ refers to the amount of drug used to produce a certain magnitude of effect.

A drug's ________________ name is a nonproprietary name for a drug that indicates the classification of a drug and distinguishes it from other drugs in the class.

The magnitude of a drug's effects based on dose can be illustrated on a dose-effect curve.

Compare and contrast the following names used to describe psychopharmacology: Psychopharmacology,Behavioral Pharmacology,and Neuropsychopharmacology.

Jin would like to conduct an experiment to compare the effects of a new drug in one group of participants to a group of participants who do not receive a drug.In the non-treated group,what would Jin most likely provide?

Experiments conducted to determine an experimental drug's potential for abuse occurs during which stage of drug development?

All of the following are characteristics of instrumental drug use except:

A researcher develops an animal model,using monkeys,of Parkinson's Disease,which is noted by tremor,among other symptoms,in humans.In the behavioral procedure,monkeys also exhibited a clear tremor.What is this test an example of?

Brian was asked to find detailed information about the study designs and results of studies on a particular drug used in clinical trials.Which of the following would be best for Brian to look at?

While both single-blind and double-blind procedures both prevent a study participant from knowing what a test drug is,single-blind procedures differ from double-blind procedures by:

For which of the following reasons might a researcher compare the ED₅₀ values between two drugs that produce similar effects?

A team of researchers developed a new cellular model for a particular eye disease.Define face,construct,and predictive validity and indicate how the model could address each type.

During the stages of drug development,safety pharmacology experiments are conducted during phase 1 clinical trials.

________ studies refer to the assignment of study treatments without using blinded procedures

Name and define each of the stages of therapeutic drug development.

Which of the following DOES NOT describe misuse of a therapeutic drug?

You are a pharmacologist working for a large pharmaceutical company.A team of researchers at the company reported that a new experimental drug's therapeutic index was 10.However,providing no other information about the index,you are left wondering about how to interpret this finding.Based on what you know about how therapeutic indexes are determined,provide a question to ask the research team and indicate the rationale for this question.