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The Drug of Choice for Managing Seizures Long Term Is

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The drug of choice for managing seizures long term is an oral barbiturate that has the benefit of being relatively inexpensive while having an extensive half-life. What is this drug?


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Negative Punishment

A behavioral strategy involving the removal of a desirable stimulus following an undesirable behavior to decrease the likelihood of the behavior's recurrence.

Positive Punishment

A behavior modification technique that involves the addition of an unpleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavior modification by which the likelihood of a behavioral response increases by the removal of an unpleasant stimulus.

Positive Reinforcement

A process in psychology which increases the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a desirable outcome or reward.

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