Psychopharmacology Final Exam || With All Questions & Answers (100% Accurate)
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NURS 6630
Psychopharmacology Final Exam || With All Questions & Answers (100% Accurate)
Psychopharmacology Final Exam || With All Questions & Answers (100% Accurate)
This antiseizure medication is primarily used to treat anxiety in bipolar disorder - ANSWER - gabapentin
Specific phobias are generally ...
Psychopharmacology Final Exam || With
All Questions & Answers (100%
Accurate)
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All Questions & Answers (100% Accurate)
This antiseizure medication is primarily used to treat anxiety in bipolar disorder -
ANSWER - gabapentin
Specific phobias are generally not treated with __________________. - ANSWER -
psychotropic medications
what is effective at reducing anxiety surrounding public speaking? - ANSWER - beta-
blockers
Pervasive forms social anxiety (and avoidant personality disorder) may be treated with
what three medications? - ANSWER - SSRIs, SNRIs, or MAOIs
____________ is the anxiety disorder for which medication treatment plays its most
important role - ANSWER - panic disorder
What three medication classes generally treat panic? - ANSWER - benzodiazepines,
antidepressants, and MAO inhibitors
______ of patients have return of panic symptoms if medication is stopped - ANSWER -
70%
What four anxiety disorders are generally NOT treated with medication unless they are
severe or fail to respond to psychotherapy. - ANSWER - GAD, specific phobia, social
phobia, agoraphobia without panic
Psychotherapy is the treatment of choice for what two anxiety disorders? - ANSWER -
anxiety associated with acute stress, neurotic anxiety
diseases such as encephalitis that selectively damage areas of the __________ have
been shown to result in OCD symptoms. - ANSWER - basal ganglia
A large number of clinical studies suggest that OCD can be treated with ________. -
ANSWER - SSRIs
Antidepressants that do not affect _________ are not effective in treating OCD -
ANSWER - serotonin
There appears to be an increase in metabolic activity in the prefrontal cortex and basal
ganglia for people with OCD. However, this abnormal metabolic activity is normalized
with patients are treated with an ______. - ANSWER - SSRI
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