Schizophrenia/Psychosis: pharmacology practice questions
Schizophrenia/Psychosis is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 31 exam-style Schizophrenia/Psychosis questions, each written to test the clinical decisions these licensing exams actually reward — mechanism of action, dosing, monitoring parameters, adverse effects, contraindications and patient counseling.
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Sample questions
Sample 1
A physician has a patient who is forgetful and does not take her antipsychotic on a regular basis. The physician wishes to use one of the newer, atypical or "second generation" agents. He has heard that one of them is available in a two-week formulation. Which agent comes in a 2-week intramuscular injection?
- 1Paliperidone
- 2Risperidone
- 3Ziprasidone
- 4Quetiapine
- 5Aripiprazole
Sample 2
Which of the following is the generic name for the once-monthly injection Invega Sustenna?
- 1Risperidone
- 2Olanzapine
- 3Paliperidone
- 4Clozapine
- 5Thioridazine
Sample 3
RR is a 17-year-old high school junior who is seen mumbling to herself repeatedly in class. When confronted, it is apparent that RR believes she is talking to someone. Choose the response that best describes the symptom of schizophrenia displayed by this patient:
- 1Delusion
- 2Hallucination
- 3Poor hygiene
- 4Lack of emotion
- 5Loss of interest in everyday activities
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