ATI Mental Health Ch 24 Questions with correct answers

What are positive symptoms? Correct Answer - related to behavior, thought, perception, and speech: agitation, bizarre behaviors, delusions, hallucinations, flight of ideas, loose association What are negative symptoms? Correct Answer - social withdrawal, lack of emotion, lack of energy, flattened affect, decreased motivation, decreased pleasure in activities What are first-generation antipsychotics generally used for? Correct Answer - to control positive symptoms What are the classifications for first-generation antipsychotics? Correct Answer - low, medium, and high potency depending on their association with extrapyramidal symptoms (EPSs), level of sedation, and anticholinergic adverse effects What is considered low potency for first-generation antipsychotics? Correct Answer - low EPSs, high sedation, high anticholinergic adverse effects What is considered medium potency for first-generation antipsychotics? Correct Answer - moderate EPSs, moderate sedation, low anticholinergic adverse effects What is considered high potency for first-generation antipsychotics? Correct Answer - high EPSs, low sedation, low anticholinergic adverse effects What are the advantages of second-generation antipsychotics? Correct Answer - -relief of positive and negative symptoms