You Are Preparing to Teach a Patient with Anxiety Disorder

question 24

Multiple Choice

You are preparing to teach a patient with anxiety disorder about the actions of the nonbenzodiazepine drug buspirone. What would you inform the patient about how this drug works?

• A)"Buspirone acts by affecting the serotonin and dopamine neurotransmitters."
• B)"Buspirone acts by inhibiting GABA pathways to decrease anxiety."
• C)"Buspirone acts by affecting the monoamine oxidase pathway."
• D)"Buspirone acts by inhibiting the action of dopamine receptors."