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MH701 Exam 3 Modules 6-8 Questions And Answers What 2 parts of the brain are affected by drug use? 1) Limbic system Lizard brain 2) Cortex (Prefrontal) Wizard brain What are the parts of the reward pathway in the brain? 1)the ventral tegmental area (VTA), 2)the nucleus accumbens, and 3) the prefrontal cortex. Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:04 / 0:15 Full screen What is the neurotranmitter involved with add...

A patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder treated with sertraline 200 mg daily for the past 3 months is seen in the outpatient psychiatry clinic for follow-up. The basline Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) score was 20, and the patient's current score is 6. According to the Y-BOCS score, how should this patient's response to treatment be characterized? A) Non-response B) Response D) Marked response D) Remission D Which natural product has clinical evidence for treating g...

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MH701 Exam 3 Modules 6-8 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023/2024 What 2 parts of the brain are affected by drug use? 1) Limbic system Lizard brain 2) Cortex (Prefrontal) Wizard brain What are the parts of the reward pathway in the brain? 1)the ventral tegmental area (VTA), 2)the nucleus accumbens, and 3) the prefrontal cortex. What is the neurotranmitter involved with addiction? All drugs that can lead to addiction increase dopamine (DA) in ventral striatum, also called the nucleus acc...

CCE Practice Exam 3 - Questions, Answers and Rationales Research on characteristics associated with successful smoking cessation suggests that which of the following individuals is most likely to relapse following an attempt to stop smoking cigarettes? A. a 51 year old married man who started smoking at age 32 B. a 25 year old single man who started smoking at age 16 C. a 34 year old married woman who started smoking at age 25 D. a 42 year old divorced woman who started smoking at age 20 Succe...

SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS Substance use disorders are a cluster of disorders in which cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicate that a person continues using a substance despite significant substance-related problems Psychiatric symptom clusters may be related to substance use, discontinuation of substance use, or withdrawal from habitual substance use. Substance use disorders lead to changes in brain circuits and physiological functions that lead to a need for detoxifi...

Placement Test Exam Questions with complete solutions 2024/2025 Alcoholism - correct answer continued use of alcohol despite medical or social harm, even after having made a decision to quit or decrease drinking. Third largest health problem after heart disease and cancer Substance abuse - correct answer A pattern of drug use in which people rely on a drug chronically and excessively, allowing it to occupy a central place in their life Addiction - correct answer A complex brain disorder...

Lorazepam (Ativan) reduces anxiety by: a. increasing serotonin levels. b. blocking dopamine receptors. c. depressing norepinephrine levels. d. potentiating gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). - ANS: D Benzodiazepines enhance the effects of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA, slowing neuronal firing. They do not affect dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine. A patient started diazepam (Valium) 5 mg b.i.d. 6 months ago. Now, the patient requires 10 mg to achieve the same effect. This phenome...

What is Pavlovian conditioning? - correct answer Learning the relationship between events and the world US -----> UR CS -----> CR What is Instrumental Conditioning? - correct answer Learning the relationship between a voluntary response and either reinforcing or punishing the behaviour What is Positive Reinforcement? - correct answer Adding ...

Strategic Alliances Takeaway 1: Relationships Coalitions are formed on the basis of relationships between the parties as much as the economic interests that attract the parties Dimensions that are important in forming alliances - Trust - Rapport What leads to mistrust? - Miscommunication -- Inconsistency -Inequity --> Those with greater resources are typically mistrusted Ways to enhance trust - Focus on a shared problem or enemy -Similarity -Vulnerability -Sch...