Psychopharmacology
Exam 1 Questions
Updated 2026
TheBfirstBsystematicBnosologicBsystemB(diseaseBclassification)BwasBdevelopedBbyB-
BAnswerBEmilBKraeplinB(lateB1800's)
NosologyBisBtheBbranchBofB-
BAnswerBMedicineBthatBdealsBwithBtheBclassificationBofBdiseases.
BiologicalBpsychiatryBwasBrelativelyBquietBduringBwhichBdecadesBofBtheB20thBcentury?
B-BAnswerB1920's-1950'sBdueBtoBFreud'sBpsychodynamicBtheory.
EmilBKaepelinBbelievedBinBusingBwhatBforBmanyBmentalBillnesses?B-
BAnswerBSomaticBtherapies,BusingBpharmaceuticalsBtoBsedateBpatients.
InBtheB1930'sBweBsawBtheBfirstBuseBofBwhat?B-
BAnswerBpsychosurgeryB(frontalBlobotomies)BandBelectroconvulsiveBtreatmentB(ECT)
LobotomizedBpatients,BinBparticular,BwereBlessBagitatedBbutBhadBwhatBproblems?B-
BAnswerBtheyBwereB"zombieBlike",BemotionallyBdead.BTheBeffectsBwereBdescribedBasB
"surgicallyBinducedBchildhood"
WhatBdecadeBinBtheB20thBcenturyBusheredBinBtheBwidespreadBuseBofBpsychotropicB
medication?B-BAnswerB1950's
TheBantipsychotic,BThorazineB(genericBnameBchlorpromazine),BwasBfirstBtestedBforBitsB
usefulnessBasBwhat?B-
, BAnswerBreducingBtheBcomplicationsBassociatedBwithBpostoperativeBshockBfollowingBm
ajorBsurgery
IproniaizedB(usedBbackBthenBtoBtreatBtuberculosis)BwasBfoundBtoBhaveBwhatBpsychoac
tiveBeffect?B-BAnswerBimprovedBtheBmoodBofBdepressedBpatients
TheBearlyB1960'sBsawBtheBintroductionBofBlithiumB(aBsalt)BasBaBtreatmentBforBwhat?
B-BAnswerBbipolarBillness
InB1920,BOttoBLoewiBsupportedBwhatBtheoryBbyBextractingBfluidBfromBaBrapidly-
beatingBfrogBheartBandBinjectingBitBintoBaBslowly-beatingBfrogBheart?B-
BAnswerBsynapseBandBneurochemicalBtransmissionBinBanBattemptBtoBunderstandBtheB
nervousBsystem
ArgumentsBforBmedicationB-
BAnswerB1.BIt'sBeffectivenessBcanBbeBstudiesBmoreBsystematicallyBandBobjectively.
2.BMedicationsBactBrelativelyBquickly.
3.BEffectivenessBdoesBnotBdependBonBskillBofBpsychotherapist.
4.BSymptomBreliefBcanBallowBforBbetterBuseBofBpsychotherapy.
5.BQuickerBresponseBseenBwBmedicationBcanBhelpBrestoreBhopeBandBreduceBdemorali
zation.
6.BMoreBcostBeffective,BavailableBtoBgeneralBpublic.
ArgumentsBagainstBmedication/pro-psychotherapyBtreatmentsB-
BAnswerB1.BMedicationsBtreatBsymptoms,BbutBdoBnotBaddressBpsychologicalBcauseBof
Bsymptoms.
2.BDrugsBfosterBdependency,BnotBautonomy.
3.BPsychotherapyBhonorsBfreeBwillBandBhardBwork.
4.BMedicationBmayBreduceBanxietyBandBsuffering,BwhichBcouldBreduceBmotivationBtoB
seekBpsychotherapy.
5.BDrugsBcanBhaveBsideBeffectBandBcanBbeBabused.