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6. Which antipsychotics have side-effects?

  • Clozapine
  • All of them, though severity varies
  • Chlorpromazine
  • Risperidone

7. Who found that chloropromazine was associated with better overall functioning and reduced symptom severity compared to a placebo?

  • Thornley et al
  • Healy
  • Meltzer

8. Who suggested that evidance for antipsychotic efficacy was flawed, due to the sedative effect that comes with them?

  • Healy
  • Meltzer
  • Thornley et al

9. Which symptoms do typical antipsychotics treat?

  • Positive and negative symptoms
  • Positive symptoms
  • Negative symptoms

10. Who found that clozapine was more effective than other typical or atypical antipsychotics?

  • Healy
  • Meltzer
  • Thornley et al

11. Which symptoms do atypical antipsychotics treat?

  • Positive and negative symptoms
  • Positive symptoms
  • Negative symptoms

12. How do typical antipsychotics work?

  • By providing pain relief
  • As antagonists in the dopamine system
  • By binding to dopamine, serotonin and glutamate receptors