A group of nursing students is reviewing the role of serotonin in psychiatric disorders. The students demonstrate a need for additional study when they identify which disorder as being associated with its dysfunction?
A) Depression
B) Mania
C) Panic disorder
D) Schizophrenia
Ans: D
Schizophrenia is associated with abnormally high activity of dopamine, not serotonin. Therefore, the students would need additional review. Whereas depression and insomnia have been associated with decreased levels of 5-HT, mania has been associated with increased 5-HT. Some of the most well-known antidepressant medications, such as fluoxetine and sertraline, function by increasing serotonin concentrations within certain areas of the central nervous system..
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