NUR 384 Behavioral Health Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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NUR 2024/2025
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NUR 2024/2025
NUR 384 Behavioral Health Exam 1
Questions and Answers
Neuroimaging suggests what about schizophrenia? - Ans:-There is decreased activity in the frontal
lobe of the brain. (Forebrain)
What are the 3 divisions of the brain? - Ans:-1) Forebrain (cerebrum and diencephalon)
2) Midbrain (mesencepha...
Dopamine regulates movements, emotions, and decision making ability.
How do benzodiazepines exert calming effects in the body? - Ans:✔✔-Their influence on GABA, an
inhibitory amino acid that prevents postsynaptic excitation.
function of hypothalamus - Ans:✔✔-body temperature, sleep, appetite, emotions, control of the
pituitary gland (ANS control).
Dopamine function - Ans:✔✔-influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
Serotonin function - Ans:✔✔-Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
What is the definition of mental health? - Ans:✔✔-the successful adaptation to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are AGE-
appropriate and congruent with local and CULTURAL norms
Bereavement overload - Ans:✔✔-An accumulation of grief that occurs when an individual experiences
many losses over a short period of time and is unable to resolve one before another is experienced. This
phenomenon is common among the ELDERLY.
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