Tuesday 27 October 2015

Psychiatry Objective Type Questions And Answers

6- A 22 year old woman complains of haemoptysis, abdominal pains and pyrexia for a month.
She is admitted to hospital and found to be apyrexial and not distressed.
There are numerous crusted, linear lesions on her forearms. What is the most likely diagnosis?
1) Acute intermittent Porphyria
2) Factitious disorder
3) Systemic lupus erythematosus
4) TB
5) Wegener's granulomatosis
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7- A 52-year-old male is admitted after taking an overdose. Which single feature best suggests a high risk of future suicide?
1) Making plans before the overdose to avoid discovery
2) Ingestion of alcohol with the overdose drug
3) Ingestion of more than one drug
4) Ingestion of more than 100 tablets
5) Previous history of overdose
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8- A student is worried that she may not be able to take her final University examinations in three months time because she says she becomes faint and dizzy when she does examinations. What is the most appropriate course of action?
1) Advise her to withdraw from examinations on medical grounds
2) 24 hour ECG monitoring
3) Arrange counselling, with relaxation training
4) Prescribe diazepam
5) Prescribe fluoxetine
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9- An 18 year old man had repeated episodes of breathlessness and palpitations, lasting about 20 minutes and resolving gradually. There were no abnormal physical signs. What is the most likely cause of these features?
1) Drug abuse
2) Panic disorder
3) Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
4) Personality disorder
5) Thyrotoxicosis
Answers-2

10- Which of the following features is characteristic of early Alzheimer's disease?
1) ataxic gait
2) impaired short term memory
3) myoclonic jerks
4) urinary incontinence
5) visual hallucinations
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