A client is prescribed a medication for anxiety that will affect the limbic system. When instructing the client, the nurse explains that this medication will affect which areas?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Emotions
2. Behavior
3. Long-term memory
4. Secretion of corticotropin-releasing factor
5. Production of melatonin
Correct Answer: 1,2,3
Rationale 1: The limbic system is responsible for emotions.
Rationale 2: The limbic system is responsible for behavior.
Rationale 3: The limbic system is responsible for long-term memory.
Rationale 4: The limbic system is not responsible for the secretion of corticotropin-releasing factor.
Rationale 5: The limbic system is not responsible for the production of melatonin.
Global Rationale: The limbic system is responsible for emotions, behavior, and long-term memory. The limbic system is not responsible for the secretion of corticotropin-releasing factor or the production of melatonin.
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