QUIZ 1 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 76 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
95% of patients - CORRECT ANSWER What is the percentage of clients on meds or
will be on meds?
Nearly every disorder in the DSM responds to medication
Psychotherapy changes the brain and is therefore biological
Failure to suggest a medication review to your patient when you view it would be
helpful is an ethical violation. - CORRECT ANSWER 2 views in psychiatry:
Chemical (neurotransmitter) messages outside the cell
Electrical inside the cell - CORRECT ANSWER Messages inside the cell are ______
and message outside the cell are ______
pick up chemical messages from other neurons - CORRECT ANSWER Dendrites
function:
Neurotransmitter is produced inside the nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER Where is
neurotransmitters produced?
, the terminal button - CORRECT ANSWER Neurotransmitters leave through
________
insulates the charge to keep the charge inside the neuron - CORRECT ANSWER
Myelin Sheath function:
Aleogodentacites - CORRECT ANSWER The myelin shealth in the CNS is called
_____
Schwann cells - CORRECT ANSWER The myelin shealth in the PNS is called _____
they hit the threshold - CORRECT ANSWER Action potentials occur when _______
sucks some chemicals back in and that stops the reaction - CORRECT ANSWER
Reuptake pump function:
reads the amount of neurotransmitters and reports back to the cell to produce
less or more of the neurotransmitters - CORRECT ANSWER Autoreceptor function:
- CORRECT ANSWER Medications can stimulate the autoreceport or block it, if you
block it it works as an agonist and causes the neuron to produce more.
Stimulating the autoreceptors makes it assume the checial is there and will slow
production
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
95% of patients - CORRECT ANSWER What is the percentage of clients on meds or
will be on meds?
Nearly every disorder in the DSM responds to medication
Psychotherapy changes the brain and is therefore biological
Failure to suggest a medication review to your patient when you view it would be
helpful is an ethical violation. - CORRECT ANSWER 2 views in psychiatry:
Chemical (neurotransmitter) messages outside the cell
Electrical inside the cell - CORRECT ANSWER Messages inside the cell are ______
and message outside the cell are ______
pick up chemical messages from other neurons - CORRECT ANSWER Dendrites
function:
Neurotransmitter is produced inside the nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER Where is
neurotransmitters produced?
, the terminal button - CORRECT ANSWER Neurotransmitters leave through
________
insulates the charge to keep the charge inside the neuron - CORRECT ANSWER
Myelin Sheath function:
Aleogodentacites - CORRECT ANSWER The myelin shealth in the CNS is called
_____
Schwann cells - CORRECT ANSWER The myelin shealth in the PNS is called _____
they hit the threshold - CORRECT ANSWER Action potentials occur when _______
sucks some chemicals back in and that stops the reaction - CORRECT ANSWER
Reuptake pump function:
reads the amount of neurotransmitters and reports back to the cell to produce
less or more of the neurotransmitters - CORRECT ANSWER Autoreceptor function:
- CORRECT ANSWER Medications can stimulate the autoreceport or block it, if you
block it it works as an agonist and causes the neuron to produce more.
Stimulating the autoreceptors makes it assume the checial is there and will slow
production
