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- 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.
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- 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.