A 25-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency After He

A 25-year-old man is brought to the emergency after he was found in the street shouting and laughing to himself.  He insists on wearing several layers of aluminum foil and explains that to prevent laser beams from reprogramming his mind.  For the past 4 years, the patient has been hearing the voices of his deceased mother, the devil, and a world-famous singer.  he responded well to haloperidol during the previous psychiatric hospitalization.  However, the patient stopped the medication shortly after discharge because he did not like the way it made him feel.  A decision is made to administer a second-generation antipsychotic medication.  Compared with first-generation antipsychotics, this class of medication is associated with which of the following?

A) Greater efficacy in the treatment of positive psychotic symptoms
B) Greater risk of anticholinergic effects
C) Greater risk of tardive dyskinesia
D) Lower risk of acute dystonia
E) Lower risk of metabolic adverse effects
F) Lower risk of seizures

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