Exam 1: NSG552 / NSG 552 (Latest 2025 / 2026 Update) Psychopharmacology | Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – Wilkes.

Exam 1: NSG552 / NSG 552 (Latest 2025
/ 2026 Update) Psychopharmacology |
Questions with Verified Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A – Wilkes.

Question:
What are the metabolic side effects associated with Atypical
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Antipsychotics:?
Answer:
Weight gain, Hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, cardiac and
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Question:
What are the 6 general principles of psychopharmacological treatment??
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Answer:
Safety

Tolerability

Efficacy

Practicality

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,Question:
Includes medications such as Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine, Fluphenazine,
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Perphenazine:?

Answer:

Typical


Question:

Medications for acute agitation or psychosis:?
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Answer:

Haldol



Question:
Includes medications such as Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone,
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Clozapine etc.:? i,-




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Atypical



Question:
F.G.A. reduce dopamine transmission by blocking BLANK receptors.?
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Answer:

D2


Question:

,S.G.A. block both BLANK and BLANK receptors.?
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Answer:

D2 and 5HT2A
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Pharmacokinetics?

Answer:
How the drug moves in the body. (ex. Where is it absorbed? How and
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where is it metabolized? Where is it excreted?)
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Pharmacodynamics?
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What the drug does to the body. (consider mechanism of action)
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Question:

Define First-generation antipsychotics?
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Referred to as Typical Antipsychotics. Most have strong bond with D2
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receptors only, cause EPS symptoms faster due to prolonged receptor
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dissociation, have more dangerous side effect profiles, have been around
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longer, more effective at treating positive symptoms, less expensive. (Ex.
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Define Second-generation antipsychotics?
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Referred to as Atypical Antipsychotics. Most have a weak bond with D2
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receptors and block serotonin receptors leading to anti-depressive and
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anxiolytic effects. They cause less EPS due to rapid receptor disassociation
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which leads to rapid dopamine neurotransmission. Have less dangerous
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side effect profiles but can cause metabolic syndromes, have been around
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shorter time, more expensive, more effective at treating negative
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symptoms but can treat positive symptoms as well, long-acting injections
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available for several of these. (Ex. Risperidone, Clozapine, Quetiapine,
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Question:
Extra Pyramidal Symptoms (EPS)?
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Answer:
Side effects caused by certain antipsychotic medications, which include:
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involuntary or uncontrollable movements. tremors. muscle contractions.
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Question:

Tardive dyskinesia? i,-




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A neurological disorder characterize by involuntary movement of the face
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and jaw.
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