NR546 NR 546 PSYCHOPHARM MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+.

NR546 NR 546 PSYCHOPHARM MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+. 2 / 11 1. How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the amygdala?: inhibits andactivates the amygdala 2. Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following?:speech compre-hension 3. The limbic system is associated with which of the following: emotion andlearning 4. Which brain structure is most associated with long term memory?: hip-pocampus 5. When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP knows that thesemedications work within which specific areas?: mood 6. Which of the following are involved in regulating neurotransmission via ex- citation-secretion coupling?: voltage-sensitive sodium channels and voltage-sen-sitive calcium channels 7. What system influences the length of time for a drug to achieve efficacy?: - signal transduction cascades 8. One of the signal transduction cascades, pass the message from a firstreceptor to a second messenger.: G protein linked systems 9. Human central nervous system communication at synapses is which of thefollowing?: chemical 10. Which of the following is an excitatory neurotransmitter?: glutamate 11. Which statement correctly pairs the pharmacodynamic effect with its defi-nition?: antagonist effect - drug binds to receptor, but does not activate a response 12. A major current hypothesis for the cause of schizophrenia proposes thatN-methyl-daspartate (NMDA) receptors may be which of the following? Correct!: hypofunctional 13. Which medication is least associated with weight gain?: aripiprazole 14. Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive symptoms of schiz-ophrenia?: mesolimbic pathway 15. Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms?: The mesocorticalpathway 16. Is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and associated with ex-trapyramidal symptoms (EPS): nigrostriatal pathway 17. This pathway is associated with hyperprolactinemia.: The tuberoinfundibu-lar pathway 18. A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast secretions while receiving risperidone .Which dopamine pathway is associated with this sideeffect?: tuberoinfundibular pathway 19. A 44-year-old woman is initiated on an atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of 3 / 11 schizophrenia.Regarding affinity,atypical antipsychotics demonstrate which of the following most often?: Atypical antipsychotics have equalpositive symptom antipsychotic actions and low extrapyramidal symptoms. 20. is a syndrome that can be associated with several different psychiatric disorders.Symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech,disorganized behavior, and distortions of reality. This syndrome can affect a person's cognition, affective response, communication, capacity to recognizereality, and ability to relate to others.: psychosis 21. What Diagnosis require the presence of psychosis?:schizophreniasubstance-induced psychotic disorders schizophreniform disorder schizoaffecive disorder delusional disorder brief psychotic disorder psychotic disorder due to a medical condition 22. What diagnosis has a diagnosis of psychosis as a feature?: maniadepression cognitive disorders dementia 23. What are some positive symptoms?: HallucinationsDelusions Thought disorder Hostility Excitability