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NUR 3128 - Module 8 Exam 2 | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated
2024/2025 Comprehensive Questions A+ Graded Answers | With Expert Solutions


psychosis - Loss of contact with reality



psychosis - Theory :

Results from imbalance in neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain



psychosis - Characteristics:

-Difficulty in processing information

-Disorganized thoughts, incoherence

-Distortion of reality

-Delusions, hallucinations, catatonia

-Aggressive or violent behavior



Schizophrenia - Chronic psychotic disorder

-Usually occurs in adolescence or early adulthood

-Major category of symptoms

*Cognitive symptoms, Positive symptoms , Negative symptoms



cognitive symptoms - Schizophrenia:

-Disorganized thinking, memory difficulty

-Decreased ability to focus attention



positive symptoms - Schizophrenia:

-Exaggeration of normal function

-Delusions, hallucinations

-Incoherent speech, paranoia

, negative symptoms - Schizophrenia:

-Decrease or loss in function and motivation

-Poverty of speech, blunted affect, inertia

-Poor self-care, social withdrawal



Mental illness

dopamine

Typical (Traditional)

Atypical - Antipsychotics:

Treat-

____ to improve thought processes and behavior

Action-

Block ___ receptors in brain

Major categories-

___ - Manage positive symptoms

___ - Manage positive and negative symptoms



Phenothiazines

Nonphenothiazines - Typical groups of antipsychotics

-___:

Block norepinephrine causing sedative and hypotensive effects early in treatment.

-___:

Block only the neurotransmitter dopamine



Atypical antipsychotics - ___

-Treats schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

-Block dopamine and serotonin receptors



Antipsychotics - Adverse reactions

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