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Your patient has been successfully treated for depression after multiple medication trials. Their symptoms have resolved except for hypersomnia and fatigue. All of their medications are non-sedating. Which of the following options would you consider first to add to their medication regimen to treat hypersomnia?

Your patient has Tardive Dyskinesia, primarily presenting as lip smacking. You are looking at possible treatment options and know that you will need to avoid which of these medication, since it could worsen their TD?

Which of the following supplements is often used to self-treat insomnia but can be detrimental if overused. 

Match the following dopamine pathways with the associated symptoms from schizophrenia/antipsychotic treatment

Which of the following medications has a decanoate formulation and is frequently used in in-patient facilities for emergency treatment orders?

Which of these strategies would not be helpful in reducing weight gain secondary to antipsychotic use?

Described the steps to completing an AIMS assessment. 

Which of the following drugs’ absorption is enhanced when taken with food?

You have a new patient who has been taking haloperidol (Haldol) for the past 15 years for the treatment of schizophrenia. You decide to switch him to aripiprazole (Abilify) but as you discontinue the Haldol you begin to see signs of tardive dyskinesia.  Which of the following statements would most likely be in your assessment note?

Your patient is in the acute crisis stabilization unit. agitated, no known allergies, considered to be a threat to herself and others and weights 200lbs.  You are ordering Olanzapine (Zyprexa) 10 mg. IM with a second medication simultaneously.  Which medication would be contraindicated with Olanzapine (Zyprexa)?