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PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM 251 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 - Occurs in response to real-life stressors, and symptoms occur only in response to these events -Anxiolytics in the benzodiazepine are effective for relieving this type of anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER Acute anxiety - Symptoms of anxiety but with no real focus - Present for much of the day, and persist for months or years - Constant worry and continuously predict, anticipate, or imagine dreadful events - Life is ge...

MSN 672 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM 248 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 A. Xanax - CORRECT ANSWER Which medication is an antianxiety? Artane - CORRECT ANSWER Which one of these medications does NOT cause sedation? Intranasally and trans dermally - CORRECT ANSWER Routes of drug administration include Gastrointestinal diseases may interfere - CORRECT ANSWER In considering drug absorption Caffeine, Vitamins, & herbs - CORRECT ANSWER Exogenous substances may include Nor...

MSN 672 PSYCH PHARMACOLOGY 81 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 1.5 tablets - CORRECT ANSWER A client diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder is prescribed paroxetine (Paxil) 30 mg has. Paroxetine is supplied as a 20-mg tablet. The nurse would administer ______tablets. 1. Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) is a benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines are classified as antianxiety medications and would be appropriately prescribed to address signs and symptoms of anxiety. 2. Clonazepam (Kolod...

TEST 2 NR 672 SPRING 146 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 Motivation and energy increase before mood does. Should see the patient prior to three months after starting meds. - CORRECT ANSWER Why does suicide increase when depression is treated? Increased - CORRECT ANSWER Depressed individuals admitted to nursing home have a markedly _____ likelihood of death is the first year after admission. higher - CORRECT ANSWER Females and people ages 18-29 have _____ prevalence of depressi...

MSN 672 MODULE 5 EXAM 76 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity - CORRECT ANSWER ADHD is noted for a trio of symptoms what are they? executive dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER The prominent symptom of ADHD can also be described as what? dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - CORRECT ANSWER Executive dysfunction is hypothetically linked to ineffective information processing where? prefrontal cortical areas - CORRECT ANSWER The symptoms of ADHD may ...

MSN 672 MODULE 3 EXAM 122 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 Intrusive thoughts, memories, emotions, and physiological sensations ( increased heart rate, sob) - CORRECT ANSWER Anxiety and pts. internal triggers Environmental cures (sounds, places, people) - CORRECT ANSWER Anxiety and pts. external triggers Central to detecting threats abs triggering fear responses - CORRECT ANSWER Amygdala Regulates emotional responses and helps suppress inappropriate fear - CORRECT ANSWER prefr...

Parkinson's disease - CORRECT ANSWER Inhibition of MAO-B does increase dopamine to some extent which can be therapeutic in other disease states such as what?

MSN 672 MODULE 2 EXAM 104 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 depression, unipolar, bipolar, mixed depression and mania - CORRECT ANSWER Many of the drugs used for psychosis are also used to treat what? originally a mood stabilizer was a drug that treated mania and prevented its recurrence, thus stabilizing the manic pole of bipolar disorder - CORRECT ANSWER What is a mood stabilizer? to help them attain this best outcome whenever possible - CORRECT ANSWER In mood disorders there ...

MODULE 1 MSN 672 EXAM 110 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 dopamine D-2 antagonists - CORRECT ANSWER What was the first mechanism identified to treat psychosis? hyperactive - CORRECT ANSWER In untreated schizophrenia, the mesolimbic/Mes striatal dopamine pathway is hypothesized to be hypo or hyper active? positive symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER In untreated schizophrenia, the mesolimbic/Mes striatal dopamine pathway is hypothesized to be hyperact...

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