Anxiety treatments, psychopharmacology

Anxiety treatments, psychopharmacology

Anxiety treatment discussion board on psychopharmacology. Please use book Prus, A. (2020). Drugs and the
Neuroscience of Behavior: An Introduction to Psychopharmacology. SAGE Publications. Most of the quotations
have to be from this book. Please answer EACH question. References from Chapter 15 of the book
Each question worth 4 points.

1. How is a specific phobia different from a dislike or mild fear of a given object or situation?
2. How is the amygdala involved in the experience of fear and anxiety?
3. How do the components of the HPA axis relate to one another?
4. Compare the mechanisms of action for barbiturates and benzodiazepines.
5. Describe how antidepressants may serve anxiolytic purposes.

Anxiety treatment discussion board on psychopharmacology. Please use book Prus, A. (2020). Drugs and the
Neuroscience of Behavior: An Introduction to Psychopharmacology. SAGE Publications. Most of the quotations
have to be from this book. Please answer EACH question. References from Chapter 15 of the book
Each question worth 4 points.

1. How is a specific phobia different from a dislike or mild fear of a given object or situation?
2. How is the amygdala involved in the experience of fear and anxiety?
3. How do the components of the HPA axis relate to one another?
4. Compare the mechanisms of action for barbiturates and benzodiazepines.
5. Describe how antidepressants may serve anxiolytic purposes.