Psychotic Disorders no. 4052
Psychotic Disorders no. 4052
QUESTION: A client is admitted to the psychiatric unit with a tentative diagnosis of psychosis. Her physician prescribes the phenothiazine thioridazine (Mellaril) 50 mg by mouth three times per day. Phenothiazines differ from central nervous system (CNS) depressants in their sedative effects by producing:
O a.) deeper sleep than CNS depressants.
O b.) greater sedation than CNS depressants.
O c.) a calming effect from which the client is easily aroused.
O d.) more prolonged sedative effects, making the client more difficult to arouse.
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