Author Question: Which of the following statements would not be accurate regarding the dopamine hypothesis? 1. ... (Read 32 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Which of the following statements would not be accurate regarding the dopamine hypothesis?

1. Typical antipsychotic medications cause fewer extrapyramidal side effects than traditional antipsychotic medications.
2. Atypical antipsychotic medications block serotonin and dopamine.
3. Numerous types of dopamine receptors have been found to exist in varied regions of the brain.
4. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia respond more readily to traditional antipsychotic medications than the newer atypical medications.

Question 2

The psychiatric nurse is reflecting on the treatment and care of the mentally ill throughout history. Which of the following philosophical beliefs most guided treatment of the mentally ill during 17th century Europe?

1. The mentally ill were divinely inspired and should be treated with care and benevolence.
2. The body's humors were responsible; blood, bile, and phlegm must be balanced.
3. Madness was best overcome by discipline and brutality.
4. The mentally ill were possessed by evil spirits that inflicted emotional suffering.

dominiqueenicolee · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Negative symptoms of schizophrenia, rather than positive symptoms, respond more readily to traditional antipsychotic medications than the newer atypical medications. It is true that typical antipsychotic medications block serotonin and dopamine, numerous types of dopamine receptors have been found to exist in varied regions of the brain, and atypical antipsychotic medications cause fewer extrapyramidal side effects than traditional antipsychotic medications.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: Seventeenth century Europe operated under the belief that madness was less than ever linked to medicine and could be overcome only by discipline and brutality. Seventeenth century society created houses of confinement where, for the entertainment of onlookers, mad persons were publicly beaten and tortured. The belief that the mentally ill were divinely inspired and thus treated with care and benevolence was held by the early Arab world. Preliterate cultures attributed mental illness to superhuman, evil spirits that inflicted pain and suffering; no distinction between medicine, magic, and religion. Hippocrates was one of the first to link mental illness with medicine suggesting an imbalance within the body's humors, but not in the 17th century.