Psychedelic Medicine and Interventional Psychiatry _ ______________________________________________
138. Which of the following statements regarding transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is TRUE? A) Anesthesia is required and is given with this procedure. B) This procedure uses large magnets to stimulate the neurons in the amygdala. C) The only potential side effects of TMS are headache and minor discomfort in the scalp. D) TMS consists of painful electromagnetic pulses that pass through the skin and to the brain.
140. Patients should be actively discouraged from trying psychedelic drugs on their own, because these drugs can trigger an underlying psychosis in individuals who would otherwise likely have remained healthy, particularly because dosage and purity of the illicit drug is unpredictable.
A) True B) False
139. Deep brain stimulation
A) is dangerous and potentially painful. B) is the subject of intense research for the treatment of eating disorders. C) has been proven effective in amelioration of severe depression in large randomized controlled trials. D) involves the permanent implantation of
electrodes that send regular and continuous electrical impulses to stimulate a specific part of the brain.
Course Code: SWTX10PM
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