NCM 117

3. is a potentially fatal side effect of clozapine characterized by a significant reduction in granulocytes (a type of white blood cell), leading to failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate white blood cells.
6. refers to the newer generation of antipsychotic medications that act as both dopamine and serotonin antagonists.
8. a preoccupation with the fear that one has, or will acquire, a serious disease (disease conviction or disease phobia), despite medical reassurance and absence of significant physical findings.
9. Eventually answers the question but gives excessive unnecessary detail first
10. crises that arise from extraordinary, unexpected external events such as natural disasters, war, terrorist attacks, riots, or violent crimes like rape or murder.

1. Fear of being in places where escape is difficult
2. described as a perception-like experience that occurs without an external stimulus, which the person believes is real.
4. Attributing your own unacceptable feelings to someone else
5. is the most established mood-stabilizing drug used as a first-line agent in the treatment of bipolar disorder, particularly effective for bipolar mania and in reducing cycling toward bipolar depression.
7. Repeated purposeless behaviors such as drumming fingers, twisting hair, tapping feet. Usually indicates anxiety.