NR 546 ANTIPSYCHOTICS TABLE WEEK 3 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis.
Answer: -Schizophrenia
-Substance-induced psychotic disorders
-Schizophreniform disorder
-Shizoafffective disorder
-Delusional disorder
-Brief psychotic disorder
-Psychotic disorder d/t a medical condition
◉ Diagnoses with Psychosis as a Feature.
Answer: -Mania
-Depression
-Cognitive disorders
-Dementia
◉ schizophrenia: positive symptoms.
,Answer: -hallucinations
-delusions
-thought disorder
-hostility
-excitability
◉ schizophrenia: motor symptoms.
Answer: -motor delay
-dyscoordination
-extrapyramidal symptoms (parkinsonism, dyskinesia)
◉ schizophrenia: affective symptoms.
Answer: -depression
-anxiety
-suicidality
◉ schizophrenia: affects on cognition.
Answer: -attention
-working memory
-verbal memory
-visual memory
-executive funtioning
,-processing speed
-social conditioning
◉ schizophrenia: negative symptoms.
Answer: -affective flattening
-alogia
-anhedonia
-amotivation
-asociality
◉ area of the brain thought to be responsible for the positive
symptoms of schizophrenia is the ____________. one of the neuronal
pathways known to be affected here is the ___________ from the
_____________ and the _____________..
Answer: limbic system, mesolimbic pathway, ventral tegmental area
(VTA), nucleus accumbens
◉ schizophrenia: the dopamine theory.
Answer: suggests that in the mesolimbic pathway, neurons from the
VTA (ventral tegmental area) release higher than normal levels of
dopamine into the synaptic cleft at the NAC (nucleus accumbens).
-More dopamine binds to the D2 dopamine receptors in the NAC.
This is thought to be the cause of positive symptoms
, ◉ Schizophrenia: dopamine and mesocortical system.
Answer: area of the brain thought to be responsible for negative
symptoms of schizophrenia, prefrontal cortex
-mesocortical pathway goes from the VTA (ventral tegmental area)
to the PFC (prefrontal cortex)
-dysregulation of dopamine between these two areas of the brain
results in the negative and cognitive symptoms
◉ schizophrenia: dopamine release at PFC.
Answer: dopamine theory suggests that in the mesocortical pathway,
neurons from the VTA (ventral tegmental area) release lower than
normal levels of dopamine into the synaptic cleft in the PFC
(prefrontal cortex).
-Less dopamine binds to the D1 dopamine receptors in the PFC.
-cause of the negative and cognitive symptoms
◉ Dopamine pathway: mesolimbic.
Answer: location: Ventral tegmental area (VTA) within midbreain to
the nucleus accumbens (NA) in the limbic system
function: regulates emotional behaviors & associated with reward,
motivation, pleasure
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ Diagnoses Requiring the Presence of Psychosis.
Answer: -Schizophrenia
-Substance-induced psychotic disorders
-Schizophreniform disorder
-Shizoafffective disorder
-Delusional disorder
-Brief psychotic disorder
-Psychotic disorder d/t a medical condition
◉ Diagnoses with Psychosis as a Feature.
Answer: -Mania
-Depression
-Cognitive disorders
-Dementia
◉ schizophrenia: positive symptoms.
,Answer: -hallucinations
-delusions
-thought disorder
-hostility
-excitability
◉ schizophrenia: motor symptoms.
Answer: -motor delay
-dyscoordination
-extrapyramidal symptoms (parkinsonism, dyskinesia)
◉ schizophrenia: affective symptoms.
Answer: -depression
-anxiety
-suicidality
◉ schizophrenia: affects on cognition.
Answer: -attention
-working memory
-verbal memory
-visual memory
-executive funtioning
,-processing speed
-social conditioning
◉ schizophrenia: negative symptoms.
Answer: -affective flattening
-alogia
-anhedonia
-amotivation
-asociality
◉ area of the brain thought to be responsible for the positive
symptoms of schizophrenia is the ____________. one of the neuronal
pathways known to be affected here is the ___________ from the
_____________ and the _____________..
Answer: limbic system, mesolimbic pathway, ventral tegmental area
(VTA), nucleus accumbens
◉ schizophrenia: the dopamine theory.
Answer: suggests that in the mesolimbic pathway, neurons from the
VTA (ventral tegmental area) release higher than normal levels of
dopamine into the synaptic cleft at the NAC (nucleus accumbens).
-More dopamine binds to the D2 dopamine receptors in the NAC.
This is thought to be the cause of positive symptoms
, ◉ Schizophrenia: dopamine and mesocortical system.
Answer: area of the brain thought to be responsible for negative
symptoms of schizophrenia, prefrontal cortex
-mesocortical pathway goes from the VTA (ventral tegmental area)
to the PFC (prefrontal cortex)
-dysregulation of dopamine between these two areas of the brain
results in the negative and cognitive symptoms
◉ schizophrenia: dopamine release at PFC.
Answer: dopamine theory suggests that in the mesocortical pathway,
neurons from the VTA (ventral tegmental area) release lower than
normal levels of dopamine into the synaptic cleft in the PFC
(prefrontal cortex).
-Less dopamine binds to the D1 dopamine receptors in the PFC.
-cause of the negative and cognitive symptoms
◉ Dopamine pathway: mesolimbic.
Answer: location: Ventral tegmental area (VTA) within midbreain to
the nucleus accumbens (NA) in the limbic system
function: regulates emotional behaviors & associated with reward,
motivation, pleasure
