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NU 643 ADVANCED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE |2025-
2026 LATEST UPDATED|REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED
CORRECT | 100% VERFIED SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEURONS IS __________. - (answer)CHEMIAL
NEUROTRANSMISSION THAT OCCURS WITHOUT A SYNAPSE, WHERE NT ARE
DIFFUSED TO NEARY BY NEURONS IS CALLED _______ NEUROTRANSMISSION. -
(answer)VOLUME
A (N) _________ HAS THE OPPOSITE ACTION FROM AN AGONIST. - (answer)INVERSE
AGONIST
________ RECEPTOPS UTALIZE SECOND AND THIRD MESSENGERS. - (answer)G-
PROTEIN LINKED
A MOLECULE THAT BINDS TO AN ALTERNATE SITE AND BLOCKS WHAT THE
NEUROTRANSMITTER DOES IS CALLED A ________. - (answer)NEGATICE
ALLOSTERIC MODULATOR (NAM)
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TRUE OR FALE : PSYCHOSIS OCCURS ONLY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. - (answer)FALSE
LEO REPOSTS FEELING THAT THERE ARE BUGS CRAWLING UNDER HIS SKIN EVEN
THOUGH THERE ISNO EVIDENCE OF THIS. HE IS EXPERIENCING WHAT
SYMPTOMS? - (answer)TACTILE HALLUCINATIONS
THE SIDE EFFECT OF HYPERPROLACTIMIA IS DUE TO THE ACTION OF
ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION IN WHICH DOPAMINE PATHWAY? -
(answer)TUBEROINFUNDIBULAR
TRUE OR FALSE: ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN
TYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS FOR TREATING POSITIVE SYMPTOMS OF
SCHIZOPHRENIA. - (answer)FALSE
HOW DOES THE PMHNP SCREEN FOR SIGNS OF TARDIVE DYSKINESIA IN PEOPLE
TAKING ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS? - (answer)WITH THE AIMS SCALE
(ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT SCALE)
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BEFORE INITIATING TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION, THE PMHNP ALWAYS
INQUIRES ABOUT ANY HISTORY OF ____________. - (answer)MANIC OR HYPOMANIC
EPISODES
WHEN TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION RESULTS IN AT LEAST 50% IMPROVEMENT IN
SYMPTOMS, IT IS CALLED A ______________, WHEREAS WHEN SYMPTOMS ARE
ESSENTIALLY ALL IMPROVED IT IS CALLED ________. - (answer)RESPONSE;
REMISSION
tricycle antidepressants (TCAs) CAN CAUSE DEATH IN AN OVERDOSE: BY WHICH
MECHANISM DOES THIS USUALLY OCCUR? - (answer)CARDIAC DYSRYTHMIAS/QTC
PROLONGATION
WHEN SWITCHING FROM AN MAOI INHIBITOR TO PAROXETINE, YOU MUST HAVE
A _________ OF _____________. - (answer)WASHOUT PERIOD; 5 HALF-LIVES
NAME 2 COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF SSRI MEDICATIONS. - (answer)GI UPSET
(N/D/C); SEXUAL S/E; SWEATING;APATHY; ETC.
NU 643 ADVANCED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE |2025-
2026 LATEST UPDATED|REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED
CORRECT | 100% VERFIED SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEURONS IS __________. - (answer)CHEMIAL
NEUROTRANSMISSION THAT OCCURS WITHOUT A SYNAPSE, WHERE NT ARE
DIFFUSED TO NEARY BY NEURONS IS CALLED _______ NEUROTRANSMISSION. -
(answer)VOLUME
A (N) _________ HAS THE OPPOSITE ACTION FROM AN AGONIST. - (answer)INVERSE
AGONIST
________ RECEPTOPS UTALIZE SECOND AND THIRD MESSENGERS. - (answer)G-
PROTEIN LINKED
A MOLECULE THAT BINDS TO AN ALTERNATE SITE AND BLOCKS WHAT THE
NEUROTRANSMITTER DOES IS CALLED A ________. - (answer)NEGATICE
ALLOSTERIC MODULATOR (NAM)
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TRUE OR FALE : PSYCHOSIS OCCURS ONLY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. - (answer)FALSE
LEO REPOSTS FEELING THAT THERE ARE BUGS CRAWLING UNDER HIS SKIN EVEN
THOUGH THERE ISNO EVIDENCE OF THIS. HE IS EXPERIENCING WHAT
SYMPTOMS? - (answer)TACTILE HALLUCINATIONS
THE SIDE EFFECT OF HYPERPROLACTIMIA IS DUE TO THE ACTION OF
ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION IN WHICH DOPAMINE PATHWAY? -
(answer)TUBEROINFUNDIBULAR
TRUE OR FALSE: ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN
TYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS FOR TREATING POSITIVE SYMPTOMS OF
SCHIZOPHRENIA. - (answer)FALSE
HOW DOES THE PMHNP SCREEN FOR SIGNS OF TARDIVE DYSKINESIA IN PEOPLE
TAKING ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS? - (answer)WITH THE AIMS SCALE
(ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT SCALE)
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BEFORE INITIATING TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION, THE PMHNP ALWAYS
INQUIRES ABOUT ANY HISTORY OF ____________. - (answer)MANIC OR HYPOMANIC
EPISODES
WHEN TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION RESULTS IN AT LEAST 50% IMPROVEMENT IN
SYMPTOMS, IT IS CALLED A ______________, WHEREAS WHEN SYMPTOMS ARE
ESSENTIALLY ALL IMPROVED IT IS CALLED ________. - (answer)RESPONSE;
REMISSION
tricycle antidepressants (TCAs) CAN CAUSE DEATH IN AN OVERDOSE: BY WHICH
MECHANISM DOES THIS USUALLY OCCUR? - (answer)CARDIAC DYSRYTHMIAS/QTC
PROLONGATION
WHEN SWITCHING FROM AN MAOI INHIBITOR TO PAROXETINE, YOU MUST HAVE
A _________ OF _____________. - (answer)WASHOUT PERIOD; 5 HALF-LIVES
NAME 2 COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF SSRI MEDICATIONS. - (answer)GI UPSET
(N/D/C); SEXUAL S/E; SWEATING;APATHY; ETC.
