Tuesday 27 October 2015

Psychiatry Multiple Choice Questions And Answers

11- A 17 year old female is referred with a six month history of amenorrhoea and weight loss, for which no organic cause can be found. Which of the following features would support a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?
1) Delusions of poisoning
2) Hypetrichosis
3) Hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism
4) Delsuion of being overweight
5) Watery diarrhoea
Answers-4

12- Characteristic features of schizophrenia include:
1) incongruity of affect
2) auditory hallucinations with clouding of consciousness
3) memory impairment
4) feelings of panic in buses and shops
5) grandiose
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13- A 63-year-old man was found collapsed. A Department of Psychiatry outpatient Card was found in his jacket, together with a bottle of procyclidine tablets. He was febrile (38.2°C), conscious but unresponsive to commands. The blood pressure was 160/105 mmHg and there was marked muscle rigidity. What is the most likely diagnosis?
1) acute catatonic schizophrenia
2) bacterial meningitis
3) cerebral malaria
4) neuroleptic malignant syndrome
5) procyclidine overdose
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14- Which of the following is true regarding Depersonalisation Syndrome?
1) precedes the onset of schizophrenia
2) is a feeling that other people have changed
3) is associated with depression
4) is an indication for Electrocunvulsive Therapy (ECT)
5) characteristically precedes derealisation
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15- Regarding puerperal psychosis which of the following statements are true?
1) usually begins after the second week of the puerperium
2) often takes the form of schizophrenia
3) recurrence of perperal psychosis in subsequent pregnancies is the rule
4) the onset is usually insidious
5) the prognosis is usually good
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