Medications UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is psychosis? - CORRECT ANSWER - A syndrome with hallucinations, delusions,
disorganized speech/behavior, and reality distortion.
Which psychiatric disorders can involve psychosis? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, dementia, substance-induced psychosis.
What are the core symptom categories of schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Positive, negative, cognitive, motor, and affective symptoms.
Are hallucinations positive or negative symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWER - Positive
What are examples of negative symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWER - Affective flattening,
alogia, avolition, anhedonia, asociality
What are examples of cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Memory issues, poor attention, impaired social perception
Which dopamine pathway is associated with positive symptoms? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Mesolimbic
Which dopamine pathway is linked to negative symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Mesocortical
Which dopamine pathway is linked to EPS? - CORRECT ANSWER - Nigrostriatal