Treatment: Newer antipsychotic drugs
What will be an ideal response?
"Atypical" antipsychotic medications
Examples: Clozapine, Risperdal, Seroquel
Greater effects on serotonin than dopamine
May reduce risk of movement d/o, improve cognition
Less frequent, severe side effects
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a. lack of community resources for discharged patients b. ineffectiveness of medication given to discharged patients c. poor quality of care patients received in the hospital d. frequency with which misdiagnoses are made by mental health professionals
Zeitgeist means:
a. the spirit of the times b. about the same thing as presentism c. that the history of anything must be selective d. about the same thing as historicism
The Lamere study found that performance-based bonuses improved productivity, but there was no difference between the effects of a 9% bonus and a 3% bonus
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following cries emitted by infants emerges last and is not purely related to physiological states?
a. Pain cry c. Basic cry b. Fussy cry d. Angry cry