10 Questions
What is the immediate impact of psychiatric drugs in the treatment of mental illness?
Improving symptoms and increasing effectiveness of treatments
Which class of psychiatric drugs is used to treat schizophrenia?
Anti-psychotic drugs
What influenced the increased use and spending on psychotropic drugs?
Expansion of insurance coverage for prescription drugs and managed behavioral health care techniques
What was the percentage of mental health cases in which psychotropic drugs were used by 1996?
77%
Which class of psychotropic drugs saw the largest increase in spending from 1987 to 2001?
Anti-psychotics
What did Davey (2014) cite as a reason for the overprescription of drugs for mental health problems?
Belief that recovery is in the hands of doctors
According to Smith (2012), what was a consequence of the overmedication of psychiatric drugs?
Deinstitutionalization
What did Smith (2012) attribute as the start of the overmedication issue?
Approval of Prozac by the FDA in 1987
According to Davey (2014), what did drug companies cause by medicalizing normal emotional processes?
The medicalization of perfectly normal emotional processes
What did the overmedication of children with ADHD serve as, according to Smith (2012)?
An example of overmedication/overdiagnosis
Test your knowledge of psychiatric drugs and deinstitutionalization in this quiz. Explore the impact of psychotropic medications on mental illness treatment and the classes of psychiatric drugs, including anti-depressants. Learn about the role of drugs in improving symptoms and enhancing the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
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