A. low dopamine levels of activity in the brain seem to produce psychotic symptoms
B. there are high level of dopamine activity in the brains of psychotic people
C. there are high levels of amphetamine activity in the brains of psychotic people
D. dopamine interacts with serotonin creating psychosis
Related Mcqs:
- Three year old Shawn ate lead paint which was chipping off the walls in an older home. Consequently, he developed a psychosis based on brain damage due to lead poisoning. Shawn’s psychosis would be called a(n):
A. functional psychosis
B. organic psychosis
C. neural psychosis
D. neo – cortical psychosis - A psychosis arising from an advanced stage of syphilis, in which the disease attacks brain cells, is called:
A. Korsakoff syndrome
B. delirium tremens
C. schizotypical psychosis
D. general paresis - In the United States and Latin America, Latinos use the term_______to refer to chronic psychosis:
A. mania
B. Hispania
C. locura
D. ague - Who was the first (1686) to describe a manic – depressive psychosis, which he called ‘maniaco – melancholicus’?
A. Bonet
B. Albrecht
C. Jamison
D. Redfield - Jamil has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates what risk factor for mental disorders?
A. social
B. family
C. psychological
D. biological - A disease believed to be caused because of cell death in a brain area that produces dopamine:
A. Alzheimer’s disease
B. Drug abuse
C. Epilepsy
D. Parkinson’s disease - A disease believed to be caused because of cell death in a brain area that produces dopamine:
A. Alzheimer’s disease
B. Drug abuse
C. Epilepsy
D. Parkinson’s disease - Research on neural grafting techniques to transplant dopamine cell bodies indicate that:
A. We cannot repair damaged brains
B. We can repair some damaged brains
C. We can prevent brain damage
D. We can prevent Parkinson’s disease - Alterations in activity at dopamine synapses have been implicated in the development of:
A. anxiety
B. schizophrenia
C. Alzheimer’s disease
D. nicotine addiction - Acetylcholine, epinephrine, dopamine, and histamine are:
A. prescription-only drugs
B. synapses
C. neurotransmitters
D. beta blockers
