NR 546 MIDTERM EXAM - XAM

NR 546 MIDTERM EXAM -XAM

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED

ANSWERS|AGRADE

Which medication is least associated with weight gain? - ANSWER- aripiprazole

Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive symptoms of schizophrenia?

• ANSWER- mesolimbic pathway

Which pathway is associated with negative symptoms? - ANSWER- The mesocortical pathway

Is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and associated with extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) - ANSWER- nigrostriatal pathway

This pathway is associated with hyperprolactinemia. - ANSWER- 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? - ANSWER- 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? - ANSWER- 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. - ANSWER- psychosis

What Diagnosis require the presence of psychosis? - ANSWER- schizophrenia substance-induced psychotic disorders schizophreniform disorder schizoaffecive disorder delusional disorder brief psychotic disorder 1 / 2

psychotic disorder due to a medical condition

What diagnosis has a diagnosis of psychosis as a feature? - ANSWER- mania depression cognitive disorders dementia

What are some positive symptoms? - ANSWER- Hallucinations Delusions Thought disorder Hostility Excitability

What are some Negative symptoms? - ANSWER- Affective flattening Alogia Anhedonia Amotivation Asociality

What area of the brain is associated with negative and affective symptoms? -

ANSWER- Mesocortical and ventromedial prefrontal cortex:

What area of the brain is associated with cognitive symptoms? - ANSWER- Dorsolateral

What area of the brain is associated with aggressive, impulsive symptoms? - ANSWER- Orbitofrontal and connections to the amygdala

Non-selectively blocks dopamine D2 receptors, specifically in mesolimbic pathway. Improves Positive Symptoms Use: Acute & Chronic Schizophrenia & Psychosis - ANSWER- 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 - ANSWER- Frontal Lobes

responsible for proprioception, is the home of the somatic senses. This part of the brain helps a person to identify spatial relationships, interpret pain and touch in the

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