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NR546 PSYCHOPHARM MIDTERMHow does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the amygdala? - Answers -inhibits and
activates the amygdala
Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following? - Answers -speech
comprehension
The limbic system is associated with which of the following - Answers -emotion and
learning
Which brain structure is most associated with long term memory? - Answers -
hippocampus
When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP knows that these medications
work within which specific areas? - Answers -mood
Which of the following are involved in regulating neurotransmission via excitation-
secretion coupling? - Answers -voltage-sensitive sodium channels and voltage-sensitive
calcium channels
Which medication is least associated with weight gain? - Answers -aripiprazole
Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive symptoms of schizophrenia? -
Answers -mesolimbic pathway
Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms? - Answers -The mesocortical
pathway
Is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and associated with extrapyramidal
symptoms (EPS) - Answers -nigrostriatal pathway
This pathway is associated with hyperprolactinemia. - Answers -The tuberoinfundibular
pathway
A 34-year old male recently began experiencing breast secretions while receiving
risperidone . Which dopamine pathway is associated with this side effect? - Answers -
tuberoinfundibular pathway
A 44-year-old woman is initiated on an atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of
schizophrenia. Regarding affinity, atypical antipsychotics demonstrate which of the
following most often? - Answers -Atypical antipsychotics have equal positive symptom
antipsychotic actions and low extrapyramidal symptoms.
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 recognize reality, and ability to relate to
others. - Answers -psychosis
What Diagnosis require the presence of psychosis? - Answers -schizophrenia
substance-induced psychotic disorders
schizophreniform disorder
schizoaffecive disorder
delusional disorder
brief psychotic disorder
psychotic disorder due to a medical condition
What diagnosis has a diagnosis of psychosis as a feature? - Answers -mania
depression
cognitive disorders
dementia
What are some positive symptoms? - Answers -Hallucinations
Delusions
Thought disorder
Hostility
Excitability
What are some Negative symptoms? - Answers -Affective flattening
Alogia
Anhedonia
Amotivation
Asociality
What area of the brain is associated with negative and affective symptoms? - Answers -
Mesocortical and ventromedial prefrontal cortex:
What area of the brain is associated with cognitive symptoms? - Answers -Dorsolateral
What area of the brain is associated with aggressive, impulsive symptoms? - Answers -
Orbitofrontal and connections to the amygdala
Non-selectively blocks dopamine D2 receptors, specifically in mesolimbic pathway.
Improves Positive Symptoms
Use: Acute & Chronic Schizophrenia & Psychosis - Answers -First generation
antipsychotics
are associated with movement, intelligence, abstract thinking, the ability to organize,
personality, behavior, and emotional control. Traumatic brain injuries can result in
personality changes, difficulty controlling emotions, and other cognitive functions -
Answers -Frontal Lobes
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