Which of these mood stabilizing drugs does NOT have any anticonvulsive affect?

Related Mcqs:

1. Psychological dependence or mood – or behavior – altering drugs is known as:

   A. drug psychosis
   B. a substance related disorder
   C. an orthopsychosis
   D. a psychotropic disorder

2. Which of the following is classified as a mood disorder?

   A. bipolar disorder
   B. multiple personality disorder
   C. delusional disorder
   D. dissociative disorder

3. When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?

   A. Cyclothymic Disorder
   B. Bipolar II
   C. Bipolar I
   D. Ultra – Rapid Cycling

4. Used in conjunction with medication and other therapies, ECT remains an option for the treatment of mood disorders. What dose ECT stand for?

   A. Electro – Conclusive Therapy
   B. Electric – Conclusive Therapy
   C. Electro – Conductive Therapy
   D. Electric – Conductive Therapy

5. How long do mood swings happen for bipolar disorder victims?

   A. several days at a time
   B. A few days to many years
   C. A few weeks at a time
   D. 6 months

6. Mood disorders are those in which the personality may:

   A. experience serve depression and threaten suicide
   B. exhibit symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury but for which there is no identifiable cause
   C. exhibit behavior that is the result of an organic brain pathology
   D. experience delusions and hallucinations

7. Among people with severe mood disorder ___________ is most common?

   A. Mania
   B. Depression
   C. Manic-depression
   D. Euphoria

8. Sam’s wife always wears the same black nightgown whenever she is “in the mood” for sexual relations. Sam becomes sexually aroused as soon as he sees his wife in the nightgown. For Sam, the night is a (n):

   A. unconditioned stimulus
   B. unconditioned response
   C. conditioned stimulus
   D. conditioned response

9. Students who experiences a persistent depressed mood after failing an exam probably have which type of attribution style?

   A. Stable, global
   B. Unstable, specific
   C. External, global
   D. External, specific

10. It has been discovered that all major anti – psychotic drugs:

    A. block the action of dopamine
    B. facilitate the action of dopamine
    C. increase levels of dopamine
    D. decrease levels of dopamine