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Name: ....................................................................................... Marks

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Questions Responses

1 Book the myth of

mental illness was

written by?

THOMAS SZASZ

2 CHUM period was

described by

HARY STACK SULLIVAN

3 According to DSM

symptoms of MDD

within 2 months of loss

of loved one and not

persisting more than 2

months is called as

BEREAVEMENT

4 Syndrome which

includes agraphia,acalculia ,right-left

disorientation is called

as

GERSTMANN SYNDROME

5 Lesion in which region

leads to conduction

aphasia

ARCUATE FASCICULUS

6 The term Demence

Precoe was given by..

BENEDICT MOREL

7 Prenatal exposure to

influenza during...............

trimester is related to

schizophrenia

2nd

8 2 impotant structures of

limbic system involved

in memory are

HIPPOCAMPUS AND

AMYGDALA

9 Major site for serotoninsecetion is MEDIAN AND DORSAL RAPHENUCLUES


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10 Major site for nor

epinephrine secretion is

LOCUS CERULEUS

11 True or false

calcification is better

seen on CT SCAN as

compared to MRI

TRUE

12 Burst suppression

pattern in EEG is seen

classically in

SSPE

13 Dexamethsone

suppression test is used

in which psychiatric

disorder

MDD

14 COGNITIVE

DEVELOPMENT

STAGES was described

by

JEAN PIAGET

15 ATTACHEMENT

THEORY was given by

JOHN BOWLBY

16 In MMPI clinical scale

3 is for

HYSTERIA

17 REPRESSION is an

immature defence

mechanism true or

false

FALSE(NEUROTIC)

18 8TH

stage of erikson

ego development is

called as

INTEGRITY VS DESPAIR

19 Anima and animus was

described by

CARL GUSTAV JUNG

20 Client centered

psychotheraphy was

developed by

CARL ROGERS

2 1 Who developed

transactionl analysis

ERIC BERNE


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22 HOLISTIC

PSYCHOLOGY was

described by

KAREN HORNEY

23 Fear of height is

called as

ACROPHOBIA

24 Name rating scale used

in OCD

YALE BROWN OC SCALE

25 Parkinsonian features

with visual hallucination

is seen in which

dementia

LEWY BODY DEMENTIA

26 Wernickes

encephalopathy is

completely reversible

with treatment but only

20% of patients with

korsakoffs recover with

treatment TRUE OR

FALSE

TRUE

27 Paranoid schizophrenia

like psychosis can be

caused by which

substance

AMPHETAMINES

28 AMOTIVATIONAL

SYNDOME is caused

by which substance

CANNABIS

29 Content of rophynol or

roofies is

FLUNITRAZEPAM

30 Which noradrenergic

receptors are most

certainly involved in

depression?

Pre-synaptic 2 receptors

31 Which culture bound

syndrome of Malaysian

origine is similar to

brief psychotic disoder

AMOK


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32 For hypomania

symptoms should be

present for

atleast___days

FOUR

33 Depressogenic

Schemata were

described by...

Aaron Beck

34 2 episodes of mood

symptoms must be

separated by at least......

months to be

considered separate.

2 months

35 What is Hysteroid

dysphoria

MDD with atypical features/ reverse

vegetative symptoms (increased sleep,

increased appetite )

36 CBT was developed by Aaron Beck

37 Veraguths folds are

observed in?

By French scientist Otto Veraguth-

triangle shaped fold in the nasal corner

of the upper eyelid. MDD

38 What strength of light

is used in

Phototherapy?

1,500-10,000 lux or more. 1-2 hours

before dawn.

Some patients benefit from evening

exposure.

39 During stress, levels of

cortisol and ...................

are increased.

1)cck 2)sub p. 3)NPY 4)

DHEA

DHEA

40 An Untreated episode

of depression lasts for

how many months (give

range)

6-12 months


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1 The protein necessary

for amygdale to form

fear memories and

creates fearless mice

when Knock out is

created is..

STATHMIN.. discovered by Dr. Eric

Kandell

2 WHAT IS OTHER

NAME FOR COMBAT

NEUROSIS OR

OPERATIONAL

FATIGUE

PTSD

3 Defence mechanism of

Symbolisation is used

in ...... this anxiety

disorder.

Phobias

4 Which type of Phobia

has high familial

tendency...

Blood-injection type..

5 What is Amaxphobia Phobia of society as a whole..

6 Defence mechanisms in

PTSD are..

Repression, Denial , reaction

formation and undoing

7 Highest levels of

benzodiazepine receptors

in brain are in .......... lobe

Occipital

8 Total of ..... pain

symptoms,...... GI

symptoms, .......

pseudoneurological

symptoms, ......... sexual

symptoms are needed

for diagnosis of

somatisation disorder

4,2,1,1

9 Hoovers test is for.. Pressure experienced by examiners

hand when attempting straight leg

raising (Conversion Disorder)

10 Dysmorphophobia was

named by

Emil Kraeplin


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11 What is myalgic

encephalomyelitis

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

12 GENE responsible for

development of testis

YRS GENE

13 WHICH group ofantidepressants inhibit

orgasm

SSRI

14 The most common

paraphilia is

PAEDOPHILIA

15 Hormones used to

contol sexual addictionin males

PROGESTERONE AND

PROLACTIN

16 WHAT is

KLISMAPHILIA

SEXUAL SATISFACTION

THROUGH ENEMAS


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17 WHAT IS

TRANSVESTISM

CROSS DRESSING

18 TRUE OR FALSECRH is decreased in

anorexia nervosa

FALSE(INCREASED)

19 OTHER name for

EKBOMS SYNDROME

RLS

20 Hypersomnia and

hypersexuality and

hyperphagia is seen in

which sleep disorder

KLEINE - LEVINE SYNDROME

21 IMPULSE control

disorder characterized

by compulsive buyingis calle as

ONIOMANIA

22 OCPD is named in

ICD 10 as

ANANKASTIC PERSONALITY

DISORDER


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23 Cluster C consists of

which Personality

disorder in DSM

OC,DEPENDENT,AVOIDANT

24 Which behaviour

therapy is used for

borderline personality

disorder

DBT

25 Drug of choice for

fibromyalgia is

MILNACIPRAN

26 Fatigue and depression

are commonly

associated with which

neurological disorder of

autoimmune etiology

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

27 True or false babyblues are present in 10-

15% of women post

partum

FALSE(30-75%)


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28 POST PARTUM

depression occurs

within ____months

following delivery

6 MONTHS

29 ST JOHNS WORT IS

USED AS WHAT INPSYCHIATRT

ANTI-DEPRESSANT

30 FDA rating of drug

safety in pregnancy for

lithium is(A,B,C,D,X)

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