What happens when patients quit taking their prescribed neuroleptic drugs?Multiple choice question.Their symptoms return, because neuroleptics treat the symptoms, not the cause.They are moved to an antidepressant to maintain their improvement.Their symptoms return if they quit too soon, but not if they take them for the prescribed time period.Their symptoms do not return.

What should happen after an individual is started on a new psychotropic medication?The dose should be increased until the maximum daily dose is achieved.Nonpharmacological interventions should be continued as part of the care plan.A dose reduction should occur within 30 days of the start of the medication.Staff should stop documenting the signs and symptoms that led to medication use

Select all that applyTetracyclic antidepressant drugs work by increasing levels of the neurotransmitters Blank______ and Blank______ in the brain.Multiple select question.dopamineserotoninGABAnorepinephrine

Which of the following may be involved with physical drug dependence?Neurochemical changes in the brainWithdrawal symptoms with cessation of drug useTolerance to the drug usedA.I and II onlyB.I and III onlyC.II and III onlyD.I, II, and III

A potential side effect of taking neuroleptic drugs is Multiple choice question.diarrhea.insomnia or other sleep disorders.anxiety.tardive dyskinesia.

16. Certain drugs used in psychiatry can be taken for                        before full therapeutic effects develop. 17. The student starts a new medication for depression. She says, I’ve been taking this for 2 weeks and I don’t notice any difference. It must not be working. How would you respond?