What Two Things Do Most Members of the Helping Profession

question 62

Multiple Choice

What two things do most members of the helping profession (i.e. ,mental health professionals) have in common?

• A)They have graduate degrees and focus on improving the life of the patient and/or his/her family.
• B)They perform research and work at universities.
• C)They have a Ph.D.and a federal certificate to practise psychotherapy.
• D)They can prescribe medication and have people committed to psychiatric hospitals.

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Definitions:

Absolutely Refractory

The state of an axon in the repolarizing period, during which a new action potential cannot be elicited (with some exceptions) because gate 2 of sodium channels, which are not voltage-activated, are closed.

Relatively Refractory

The state of an axon in the later phase of an action potential, during which higher-intensity electrical current is required to produce another action potential; a phase during which potassium channels are still open.

Periods

In geology, divisions of geological time; in biology, typically refers to the menstrual cycle, a regular natural change that occurs in the reproductive system.

EPSP

Excitatory postsynaptic potential; a temporary increase in postsynaptic membrane potential caused by the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell, making it more likely for a neuron to fire.