A psychiatric nurse should base care of patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and patients demonstrating extrapyramidal side effects (EPSEs) caused by antipsychotic drug therapy on the premise that symptoms:
A) are the same for both problems.
B) result from deficits in dopamine synthesis.
C) result from acetylcholine and dopamine imbalance.
D) are produced by neurodegeneration of the substantia nigra.
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