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• Advanced Psychopharmacology Final Exam Questions
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• Question 1
Which drug below has an interaction with cigarette smoking and should be adjusted based
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on patient’s tobacco use/non-use?
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Response “Clozapine blood levels are significantly lowered by cigarette smoking N N N N N N N N




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and by other hepatic enzyme-inducers.”
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• Question 2
Which of the following medications is best to AVOID in maintenance treatment of bipolar
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disorder and why?
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Response “As noted previously, antidepressants may contribute to an increase
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in mood episode frequency.”
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• Question 3
Glia cells play a supportive role in the neuron. A few of the functions of the glial cells include
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providing nutrition, maintaining homeostasis, stabilizing synapses, and myelinating axons.
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The glial cells are categorized as microglia or macroglia. Of the macroglia cells, which one
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plays a role in myelinating axons, which may contribute to mood disorders if altered?
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• Question 4
Which of the following are NOT primary target(s) symptom for antipsychotic agents in
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schizophrenia?
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i. Depression, anxiety, demoralization, suicidality, excitability, and agitation
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iii. Affective flattening, alogia, avolition, anhedonia, social withdrawal
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iv. Attention, memory, and executive functions N N N N




Response “For schizophrenia, the primary target symptoms for antipsychotic
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hallucinations, delusions, disorganization); agitation (e.g., distractibility,
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affective lability, tension, increased motor activity); and negative symptoms
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(e.g. apathy, diminished affect, social withdrawal, poverty of speech.” AND
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Nin schizophrenia, cognitive deficits usually are not considered a target
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Nfor antipsychotic agents because they are not very responsible to
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current agents.”
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• Question 5
A 32-year-old males calls you complaining of decreased libido since starting Paroxetine 20
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mg 2 weeks ago. He reported stopping the medication 1 day ago and is now experiencing
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Response under selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors discontinuation syndrome
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subtitle: “The risk of such adverse events occurring seems to be
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