NR546 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Which medication classes increases serotonin? -- Answer ✔✔ SSRIs, Tricyclic, SNRIs
What medication has the highest risk for galactorrhea, due to hyperprolactinemia. --
Answer ✔✔ risperidone
What are the three major hypotheses of pychosis? -- Answer ✔✔ The Dopamine
theory, the Glutamate theory, and the serotonin theory.
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
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
How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the amygdala? -- Answer ✔✔ inhibits
and activates the amygdala
Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following? -- Answer ✔✔ speech
comprehension
The limbic system is associated with which of the following -- Answer ✔✔ emotion and
learning
Which brain structure is most associated with long term memory? -- Answer ✔✔
hippocampus
When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP knows that these medications
work within which specific areas? -- Answer ✔✔ mood
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Which medication classes increases serotonin? -- Answer ✔✔ SSRIs, Tricyclic, SNRIs
What medication has the highest risk for galactorrhea, due to hyperprolactinemia. --
Answer ✔✔ risperidone
What are the three major hypotheses of pychosis? -- Answer ✔✔ The Dopamine
theory, the Glutamate theory, and the serotonin theory.
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
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
How does the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) affect the amygdala? -- Answer ✔✔ inhibits
and activates the amygdala
Wernicke's area is associated with which of the following? -- Answer ✔✔ speech
comprehension
The limbic system is associated with which of the following -- Answer ✔✔ emotion and
learning
Which brain structure is most associated with long term memory? -- Answer ✔✔
hippocampus
When prescribing psychotropic medications, the PMHNP knows that these medications
work within which specific areas? -- Answer ✔✔ mood
