A mental health nurse is reviewing the post-test responses for a staff educational session that the nurse provided on the chronological development of psychiatric medications
Which of the following responses would indicate the participants understood the information correctly? Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. The newer antidepressants, the SSRI group, have fewer side effects than the older antidepressants.
2. The effectiveness of antidepressants has led to research resulting in a better understanding of brain biochemistry.
3. The discovery of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) dramatically changed psychiatric treatment.
4. Few new psychiatric medications are needed due to the large number of safe and effective current medications.
5. Each new type of psychiatric medication was developed due to a focus on a specific psychiatric illness and not due to chance.
1,2,3,5
Rationale: The newer antidepressants, the SSRI group, have fewer side effects than the older antidepressants. The SSRI do not have the dietary restrictions with the risk of hypertension crisis as the MAOIs do. The tricyclic antidepressants have more side effects than do the SSRIs.
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