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What are your credentials?. 1. MD/DO 2. NP/PA 3. PhD 4. RN 5. LSW 6. Pharm D 7. Industry 8. Other. How many years have you been in practice?. 1. 1 – 5 2. 6 – 10 3. 11 -15 4. 16 -25 5. 26+. What setting do you practice?.
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What are your credentials? 1. MD/DO 2. NP/PA 3. PhD 4. RN 5. LSW 6. Pharm D 7. Industry 8. Other
How many years have you been in practice? 1. 1 – 5 2. 6 – 10 3. 11 -15 4. 16 -25 5. 26+
What setting do you practice? 1. Private practice 2. VA 3. Community mental health center 4. Community hospital 5. Academic practice 6. Managed care 7. Other/industry
Despite treatment with currently available antipsychotics, what percentage of your schizophrenia patients report persistent negative symptoms? 1. 0% 2. 1%- 25% 3. 26% - 50% 4. 51% - 75% 5. > 75%
Utilization of a clinical rating scale (eg, PANSS, CGI, BPRS) is essential to evaluate the patient’s treatment response 1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 3. Neutral 4. Disagree 5. Strongly disagree
Some secondary negative symptoms will improve when the positive symptoms subside. 1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 3. Neutral 4. Disagree 5. Strongly disagree
Which of the following actions can explain the cognitive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia? 1. Insufficient activity in the dopaminergic mesocortical pathway 2. NMDA receptor hyperfunction in cortico-brainstem projections 3. Excessive dopamine in mesolimbic circuitry 4. All of the above
What is required for NDMA receptor activation? 1. Glutamate 2. Glycine 3. Membrane depolarization via the activation of AMPA or kainate receptors 4. All of the above
Second generation antipsychotics effectively treat negative symptoms. 1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 3. Neutral 4. Disagree 5. Strongly disagree
What percentage of patients with first episode schizophrenia can be expected to gain functional recovery following a comprehensive treatment program? 1. <25% 2. 26-50% 3. 51-75% 4. >75%