Exam 3: MH 701 / MH701 (Latest
) Psychopharmacologic /
Neuroscience Foundations of Mental
Health Care | Modules 6, 7 & 8
Questions and Answers | 100%
Correct - Frontier
Question:
True or False: Brief treatment periods with rapid medication tapers (medical
withdrawal) are associated with low rates of relapse.
Answer:
False: Brief treatment periods with rapid medication tapers (medical
withdrawal) are associated with high rates of relapse.
Question:
Longer-term or maintenance treatment is generally indicated for patients
with ___________________________ dependence.
Answer:
Opioid
,Question:
Narcotics, such as Morphine or Heroin, produce their effects by stimulating
receptors known as __________ ____________________.
Answer:
mu receptors
Question:
Stimulation of mu receptors is responsible for what (in regard to narcotics)?
Answer:
The pain relief and pleasure response to these drugs.
Question:
Stimulation of mu receptors is responsible for the pleasure response to
narcotics - they also seem to be involved in the pleasure response triggered
during what?
Answer:
These receptors also seem to be involved in the pleasure response triggered
during alcohol consumption.
, Question:
Mu receptors are located where?
Answer:
In the brain and central nervous system, and also in the intestines.
Question:
What does Naltrexone do to mu receptors?
Answer:
Naltrexone BLOCKS these receptors so they CANNOT be stimulated.
Question:
Regular administration of what medication can help patients overcome the
psychological addiction to narcotics?
Answer:
Naltrexone - Due to naltrexone's ability to block the euphoric effects of these
drugs, regular administration can help patients overcome the psychological
addiction to these drugs.
) Psychopharmacologic /
Neuroscience Foundations of Mental
Health Care | Modules 6, 7 & 8
Questions and Answers | 100%
Correct - Frontier
Question:
True or False: Brief treatment periods with rapid medication tapers (medical
withdrawal) are associated with low rates of relapse.
Answer:
False: Brief treatment periods with rapid medication tapers (medical
withdrawal) are associated with high rates of relapse.
Question:
Longer-term or maintenance treatment is generally indicated for patients
with ___________________________ dependence.
Answer:
Opioid
,Question:
Narcotics, such as Morphine or Heroin, produce their effects by stimulating
receptors known as __________ ____________________.
Answer:
mu receptors
Question:
Stimulation of mu receptors is responsible for what (in regard to narcotics)?
Answer:
The pain relief and pleasure response to these drugs.
Question:
Stimulation of mu receptors is responsible for the pleasure response to
narcotics - they also seem to be involved in the pleasure response triggered
during what?
Answer:
These receptors also seem to be involved in the pleasure response triggered
during alcohol consumption.
, Question:
Mu receptors are located where?
Answer:
In the brain and central nervous system, and also in the intestines.
Question:
What does Naltrexone do to mu receptors?
Answer:
Naltrexone BLOCKS these receptors so they CANNOT be stimulated.
Question:
Regular administration of what medication can help patients overcome the
psychological addiction to narcotics?
Answer:
Naltrexone - Due to naltrexone's ability to block the euphoric effects of these
drugs, regular administration can help patients overcome the psychological
addiction to these drugs.
