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1. Pregnancy Class: Category B
A. animal trials show no risk, but no human trials
B. animal and human trials show teratogenic risk
C. animal show teratogenic risk, but humans did not
D. no completed animal or human trials: A. animal trials show
no risk, but no human trials
2. In regards to use during pregnancy, lithium is thought to
be
A. one of the safest mood stabilizers
B. one of the most dangerous mood stabilizers
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,C. needed for mood stabilizing: A. one of the safest mood
stabilizers
3. Principles of psychopharmacology include
A. altering genetic expression of neurons
B. blocking or enhancing effects of neurotransmitters
C. increasing the number of neurons available
D. controlling environmental factors: B. blocking or enhancing
effects of neurotransmitters
4. T/F: Psychotropics differ in their efficacy and side
effects on individual patients: True
5. What is the main excitatory neurotransmitter
A. GABA
B. acetylcholine
C. glutamate
D. 5HT-serotonin: C. glutamate
6. What is the function of an agonist
A. inhibits cell function
B. destroys receptor site
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,C. binds and causes a change in cell function
D. increases the number of receptors: C. binds and causes a
change in cell function
7. What is the function of antagonist drugs
A. binds and produces a similar response
B. binds and prevents the receptor from having a response
C. increases the number of receptors
D. destroys receptor cites: B. binds and prevents the receptor
from having a response
8. What are the different dopamine pathways in the brain?
A. misolimbic
B. mesocortical
C. tuberoinfundibular
D. hypothalamus: A. misolimbic
B. mesocortical
C. tuberoinfundibular
9. Gaba is associated with which of the following psychiatric
disorders
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, A. MDD
B. anxiety disorders
C. schizophrenia
D. none of the above: A. MDD
B.
anxie
ty
disor
ders
C.
schiz
ophr
enia
10. If you have a patient who is a poor metabolizer,
concentrations of a drug will be
A. higher than expected
B. lower than expected: A. higher than expected
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