During an internship at a mental health clinic, you hear a psychiatrist say, "We need to put Mrs. Smith on a typical neuroleptic drug." You know that this type of drug will:

A. alter the size of her ventricles in the brain
B. reduce serotonin activity in the nervous system
C. increase dopamine activity in the nervous system
D. reduce dopamine activity in the nervous system


Answer: D

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