ATI MENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
___ is a syndrome that occurs due to a lack of white blood cell production and is commonly seen
with first generation drugs ✔️✔️Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
There are severe symptoms to antipsychotic medications known as ___ (EPS)
Name the four ✔️✔️Extrapyramidal Symptoms
1. Acute Dystonia
2. Akathisia
3. Parkinsonism
4. Tardive Dyskinesia
This EPS causes spasmodic movements of the tongue, jaw, and neck, and eyes tend to roll back
✔️✔️Acute Dystonia
This EPS causes pill-rolling of the fingers, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait ✔️✔️Parkinsonism
A syndrome consisting of subjective feelings of anxiety and restlessness and objective findings
of pacing, rocking, and inability to sit still ✔️✔️Akathisia
, This EPS causes involuntary movement of the extremities, lip smacking, tongue thrushing
✔️✔️Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive Dyskinesia can be ___ so you want to catch it at its earlier stages ✔️✔️reversed
__ patients should be observed for hypotension as well as tardy dyskinesia ✔️✔️Older adult
When can pts expect to see some therapeutic effects when taking antipsychotic medications?
Reduction in hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders? ✔️✔️o Within 1 wk
o Within 6-8 wks
Somatoform and Factitious Disorders ✔️✔️
___ disorders are mental illnesses that cause bodily symptoms, including pain, but can't be traced
back to any physical abuse ✔️✔️Somatoform
__ symptoms of somatoform disorders resemble those of medical illnesses, but no medical
illness can be identified ✔️✔️Physical
VERIFIED ANSWERS
___ is a syndrome that occurs due to a lack of white blood cell production and is commonly seen
with first generation drugs ✔️✔️Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
There are severe symptoms to antipsychotic medications known as ___ (EPS)
Name the four ✔️✔️Extrapyramidal Symptoms
1. Acute Dystonia
2. Akathisia
3. Parkinsonism
4. Tardive Dyskinesia
This EPS causes spasmodic movements of the tongue, jaw, and neck, and eyes tend to roll back
✔️✔️Acute Dystonia
This EPS causes pill-rolling of the fingers, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait ✔️✔️Parkinsonism
A syndrome consisting of subjective feelings of anxiety and restlessness and objective findings
of pacing, rocking, and inability to sit still ✔️✔️Akathisia
, This EPS causes involuntary movement of the extremities, lip smacking, tongue thrushing
✔️✔️Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive Dyskinesia can be ___ so you want to catch it at its earlier stages ✔️✔️reversed
__ patients should be observed for hypotension as well as tardy dyskinesia ✔️✔️Older adult
When can pts expect to see some therapeutic effects when taking antipsychotic medications?
Reduction in hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders? ✔️✔️o Within 1 wk
o Within 6-8 wks
Somatoform and Factitious Disorders ✔️✔️
___ disorders are mental illnesses that cause bodily symptoms, including pain, but can't be traced
back to any physical abuse ✔️✔️Somatoform
__ symptoms of somatoform disorders resemble those of medical illnesses, but no medical
illness can be identified ✔️✔️Physical
