NR546 PSYCHOPHARM MIDTERM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Howsdoessthesorbitofrontalscortexs(OFC)saffectsthesamygdala?s-
sans✔✔inhibitssandsactivatessthesamygdala
Wernicke'ssareasissassociatedswithswhichsofsthesfollowing?s-
sans✔✔speechscomprehension
Theslimbicssystemsissassociatedswithswhichsofsthesfollowings-sans✔✔emotionsandslearning
Whichsbrainsstructuresissmostsassociatedswithslongstermsmemory?s-sans✔✔hippocampus
Whensprescribingspsychotropicsmedications,sthesPMHNPsknowssthatsthesesmedicationss
workswithinswhichsspecificsareas?s-sans✔✔mood
Whichsofsthesfollowingsaresinvolvedsinsregulatingsneurotransmissionsviasexcitation-
secretionscoupling?s-sans✔✔voltage-sensitivessodiumschannelssandsvoltage-
sensitivescalciumschannels
Whatssystemsinfluencesstheslengthsofstimesforsasdrugstosachievesefficacy?s-
sans✔✔signalstransductionscascades
Onesofsthessignalstransductionscascades,spasssthesmessagesfromsasfirstsreceptorstosassec
ondsmessenger.s-sans✔✔Gsproteinslinkedssystems
Humanscentralsnervousssystemscommunicationsatssynapsessisswhichsofsthesfollowing?s-
sans✔✔chemical
Whichsofsthesfollowingsissansexcitatorysneurotransmitter?s-sans✔✔glutamate
Whichsstatementscorrectlyspairssthespharmacodynamicseffectswithsitssdefinition?s-
sans✔✔antagonistseffects-sdrugsbindsstosreceptor,sbutsdoessnotsactivatesasresponse
AsmajorscurrentshypothesissforsthescausesofsschizophreniasproposessthatsN-methyl-d-
aspartates(NMDA)sreceptorssmaysbeswhichsofsthesfollowing?
Correct!s-sans✔✔hypofunctional
, Whichsmedicationsissleastsassociatedswithsweightsgain?s-sans✔✔aripiprazole
Whichsdopaminespathwaysissassociatedswithspositivessymptomssofsschizophrenia?s-
sans✔✔mesolimbicspathway
Whichspathwaysissassociatedswithsnegativessymptoms?s-
sans✔✔Thesmesocorticalspathway
Isspartsofsthesextrapyramidalsnervousssystemsandsassociatedswithsextrapyramidalssympto
mss(EPS)s-sans✔✔nigrostriatalspathway
Thisspathwaysissassociatedswithshyperprolactinemia.s-
sans✔✔Thestuberoinfundibularspathway
As34-
yearsoldsmalesrecentlysbegansexperiencingsbreastssecretionsswhilesreceivingsrisperidones.
sWhichsdopaminespathwaysissassociatedswithsthisssideseffect?s-
sans✔✔tuberoinfundibularspathway
As44-year-
oldswomansissinitiatedsonsansatypicalsantipsychoticsforsthestreatmentsofsschizophrenia.sRe
gardingsaffinity,satypicalsantipsychoticssdemonstrateswhichsofsthesfollowingsmostsoften?s-
sans✔✔Atypicalsantipsychoticsshavesequalspositivessymptomsantipsychoticsactionssandslo
wsextrapyramidalssymptoms.
issassyndromesthatscansbesassociatedswithsseveralsdifferentspsychiatricsdisorders.sSympto
mssincludeshallucinations,sdelusions,sdisorganizedsspeech,sdisorganizedsbehavior,sandsdi
stortionssofsreality.sThisssyndromescansaffectsasperson'sscognition,saffectivesresponse,sco
mmunication,scapacitystosrecognizesreality,sandsabilitystosrelatestosothers.s-
sans✔✔psychosis
WhatsDiagnosissrequiresthespresencesofspsychosis?s-sans✔✔schizophrenia
substance-inducedspsychoticsdisorders
schizophreniformsdisorder
schizoaffecivesdisorder
delusionalsdisorder
briefspsychoticsdisorder
psychoticsdisordersduestosasmedicalscondition
Whatsdiagnosisshassasdiagnosissofspsychosissassasfeature?s-sans✔✔mania
depression
cognitivesdisorders
dementia
Whatsaressomespositivessymptoms?s-sans✔✔Hallucinations
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Howsdoessthesorbitofrontalscortexs(OFC)saffectsthesamygdala?s-
sans✔✔inhibitssandsactivatessthesamygdala
Wernicke'ssareasissassociatedswithswhichsofsthesfollowing?s-
sans✔✔speechscomprehension
Theslimbicssystemsissassociatedswithswhichsofsthesfollowings-sans✔✔emotionsandslearning
Whichsbrainsstructuresissmostsassociatedswithslongstermsmemory?s-sans✔✔hippocampus
Whensprescribingspsychotropicsmedications,sthesPMHNPsknowssthatsthesesmedicationss
workswithinswhichsspecificsareas?s-sans✔✔mood
Whichsofsthesfollowingsaresinvolvedsinsregulatingsneurotransmissionsviasexcitation-
secretionscoupling?s-sans✔✔voltage-sensitivessodiumschannelssandsvoltage-
sensitivescalciumschannels
Whatssystemsinfluencesstheslengthsofstimesforsasdrugstosachievesefficacy?s-
sans✔✔signalstransductionscascades
Onesofsthessignalstransductionscascades,spasssthesmessagesfromsasfirstsreceptorstosassec
ondsmessenger.s-sans✔✔Gsproteinslinkedssystems
Humanscentralsnervousssystemscommunicationsatssynapsessisswhichsofsthesfollowing?s-
sans✔✔chemical
Whichsofsthesfollowingsissansexcitatorysneurotransmitter?s-sans✔✔glutamate
Whichsstatementscorrectlyspairssthespharmacodynamicseffectswithsitssdefinition?s-
sans✔✔antagonistseffects-sdrugsbindsstosreceptor,sbutsdoessnotsactivatesasresponse
AsmajorscurrentshypothesissforsthescausesofsschizophreniasproposessthatsN-methyl-d-
aspartates(NMDA)sreceptorssmaysbeswhichsofsthesfollowing?
Correct!s-sans✔✔hypofunctional
, Whichsmedicationsissleastsassociatedswithsweightsgain?s-sans✔✔aripiprazole
Whichsdopaminespathwaysissassociatedswithspositivessymptomssofsschizophrenia?s-
sans✔✔mesolimbicspathway
Whichspathwaysissassociatedswithsnegativessymptoms?s-
sans✔✔Thesmesocorticalspathway
Isspartsofsthesextrapyramidalsnervousssystemsandsassociatedswithsextrapyramidalssympto
mss(EPS)s-sans✔✔nigrostriatalspathway
Thisspathwaysissassociatedswithshyperprolactinemia.s-
sans✔✔Thestuberoinfundibularspathway
As34-
yearsoldsmalesrecentlysbegansexperiencingsbreastssecretionsswhilesreceivingsrisperidones.
sWhichsdopaminespathwaysissassociatedswithsthisssideseffect?s-
sans✔✔tuberoinfundibularspathway
As44-year-
oldswomansissinitiatedsonsansatypicalsantipsychoticsforsthestreatmentsofsschizophrenia.sRe
gardingsaffinity,satypicalsantipsychoticssdemonstrateswhichsofsthesfollowingsmostsoften?s-
sans✔✔Atypicalsantipsychoticsshavesequalspositivessymptomsantipsychoticsactionssandslo
wsextrapyramidalssymptoms.
issassyndromesthatscansbesassociatedswithsseveralsdifferentspsychiatricsdisorders.sSympto
mssincludeshallucinations,sdelusions,sdisorganizedsspeech,sdisorganizedsbehavior,sandsdi
stortionssofsreality.sThisssyndromescansaffectsasperson'sscognition,saffectivesresponse,sco
mmunication,scapacitystosrecognizesreality,sandsabilitystosrelatestosothers.s-
sans✔✔psychosis
WhatsDiagnosissrequiresthespresencesofspsychosis?s-sans✔✔schizophrenia
substance-inducedspsychoticsdisorders
schizophreniformsdisorder
schizoaffecivesdisorder
delusionalsdisorder
briefspsychoticsdisorder
psychoticsdisordersduestosasmedicalscondition
Whatsdiagnosisshassasdiagnosissofspsychosissassasfeature?s-sans✔✔mania
depression
cognitivesdisorders
dementia
Whatsaressomespositivessymptoms?s-sans✔✔Hallucinations
