Why Is the Antidepressant Medication Lithium Also Referred to as a Mood

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Multiple Choice

Why is the antidepressant medication lithium also referred to as a mood stabilizer?

• A) because it increases the availability of both dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain
• B) because it increases thyroid functioning, which results in improved mood stabilization
• C) because it helps to prevent manic episodes
• D) because it elevates serotonin levels, which prevents depression

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Definitions:

Shear Zone

A region of the Earth's crust where rocks have been subjected to differential stress causing them to deform via shearing.

Pluton

A body of intrusive igneous rock that crystallized from magma cooling below the Earth's surface; can range in size from small to massive.

Terranes

Pieces of the Earth's crust that have distinct geological histories and have been merged onto a continent along a plate boundary.

Accretionary Prism

A wedge-shaped mass of sediment and rock scraped off the top of a downgoing tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary.