ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|GRADED
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Dopamine Ans✓✓✓ Involved in fine mm, integration of emotions &
thoughts, decision making
Stimulates the hypothalamus
Decrease: Parkinson's, Depression
Increase: Schizophrenia, Mania
Norepinephrine Ans✓✓✓ Level affects mood, attention & arousal
Stimulates "fight or flight"
Decrease: Depression
Increase: Mania, Anxiety states, Schizophrenia
Serotonin Ans✓✓✓ Plays a role in sleep regulation, hunger, mood
states, pain perception, hormonal activity, aggression & sexual behavior
Decrease: Depression
Increase: Anxiety states
Histamine Ans✓✓✓ Involved in alertness & inflammatory response
Decrease: Sedation, Weight gain
Citalopram (Celexa) Ans✓✓✓ Antidepressant - Selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors
, Off-label: Panic, Social anxiety, Obsessive-compulsive, Generalized
anxiety, PTSD
Escitalopram (Lexapro) Ans✓✓✓ Antidepressant - Selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors
FDA: Generalized anxiety disorder
Off-label: Panic, Social anxiety, OCD, PTSD
Fluoxetine (Prozac) Ans✓✓✓ Antidepressant - Selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors
FDA: Panic disorder, OCD
Off-label: Social anxiety, Generalized anxiety, PTSD
Paroxetine (Paxil) Ans✓✓✓ Antidepressant - Selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors
FDA: Panic, Social anxiety, OCD, Generalized anxiety, PTSD
Sertraline (Zoloft) Ans✓✓✓ Antidepressant - Selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors
FDA: Panic, Social anxiety, OCD, PTSD
Off-label: Generalized anxiety disorder
Duloxetine (Cymbalta) Ans✓✓✓ Antidepressant-Selective Serotonin
Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor