Concept introduction: Psychotherapy is treatment of individuals through psychological methods used to help the person change and overcome their problems in a preferred way. The main aim of this treatment is to maintain the mental health and well-being of the individual. Several anti-psychotics are medication used to manage psychosis.
Answer to Problem 17TYS
Correct answer: Some anti-psychotic drugs, used to calm people with schizophrenia, can have unpleasant side effects, most notably sluggishness, tremors, and twitches. Hence, option c. is the correct answer.
Explanation of Solution
Reasons for correct statement:
Option c. is given as “sluggishness, tremors, and twitches”. Anti-psychotics are medications used to treat psychosis like schizophrenia. They are used to relieve the symptoms of psychosis in an effective manner. Prolonged intake of anti-psychotics can cause side-effects such as involuntary movement disorders, metabolic syndrome, and gynecomastia. Sluggishness is slow moving or being dormant. Tremors are involuntary movements that affect hands, legs, face, voice, and head. Twitches are also the involuntary movement of hands and legs. Hence, option c. is the correct answer.
Reasons for the incorrect statements:
Option a. is given as “hyperactivity”. Attention deficient hyperactivity disorder is a neural disease that cause hyperactivity. Hyperactivity is not a side-effect of anti-psychotic drugs prescribed for schizophrenia. Hence, option a. is incorrect.
Option b. is given as “convulsions and momentary memory loss”. It is the primary side-effect of electroconvulsive therapy. Convulsions and momentary memory loss are not the side-effects of anti-psychotic drugs prescribed for schizophrenia. Hence, option b. is incorrect.
Option d. is given as “paranoia”. Even though paranoia is the side-effect of schizophrenia, it is not due to anti-psychotic drugs. Hence, option d. is incorrect.
Therefore, options a., b., and d. are incorrect.
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