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A female with a history of post-partum blood loss
An 88 years old dementia patient got diarrhea and rhinorea
A schizophrenic patient is on clozapine but not compliance
A patient with moderate depressive episode
An 88 years old dementia patient got diarrhea and rhinorea
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
MRCPsych Questions & Answers
Therapeutic effect of buspirone is believed to be medicated by
Hormones and neuropeptidesia
Least analgesic response following the administration of codine
Cleavage of amyloid precursor protein by
In Piaget’s theory the development of object permanence occu
Egocentrism is a feature of
In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the concrete op
Forming hypothesis and ability to do deductive reasoning is
In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the process of
Side Effects by Body System - for Healthcare Professionals
The term active placebo refers to which one of the following
Brain structure related to OCD
Which of the following exerts its action by the reversible i
A patient is referred by their GP with memory problems
A patient with schizophrenia is tried on risperidone and ami
A young boy with learning difficulties is referred by his GP
A lady wants to know what how lofexidine works
A woman presents to A&E complaining of lethargy, nausea, and
In clozapine resistant schizophrenia, which of the following
The contraceptive effect of oral contraceptives can potentia
Risk factors for psychosis
The hormone cholecystokinin offers a theoretical treatment f
Which performance on a test fits with theoretical schema abo
The wavelet of EEG that is greater than 13Hz in frequency is
A patient has normal accommodation reflex but no reaction on
Inability to recognise familiar faces is seen in
Inability to attend to the parts and the whole of an object
Generalised diffuse delta and theta waves in the EEG are see
The Clifton Assessment procedure is used in which of the fol
Considering Becks depression inventory, which of the followi
In schizophrenia the anatomical structure in brain which red
Which of the following endocrine changes is noted in Anorexi
All of the following help localizing a neurological lesion t
A 18 year old man presents with bizarre behaviour of picking
Which signs can be elicited by having the patient extend bot
Which of the following is not a frontal release sign?
A patient is asked to hold out both arms with palms facing u
Confrontation test during physical examination is useful to
An old man loses all points on orientation to time and recal
Identify psychiatric 'caseness' in general population?
Which of the following is characteristic of senile pupil?
Serial sevens test is mosy useful to test?
Which of the following speech best describes Brocas aphasia?
Apraxias is abnormal more commonly with right than left cere
Cognitive dysfunction in common
Failure of object recognition despite normal sensory input a
A patient presenting with carbon monoxide poisoning is suspe
A patient develops nephrolithiasis after starting on a mood
A patient presents with a simple phobia. What is the most ap
Which antipsychotics is most closely associated with sudden
Patients on tranylcypromine should not take which of the fol
The identical twin of a woman with schizophrenia is anxious
Which of the following is a substrate of acetylcholine?
In MMSE intersecting pentagons primarily assesses which of t
In a motorbike accident, a 21 year old driver sustains signi
Error correction and categorization of objects seem to be af
Alexia without agraphia (pure alexia) is seen in lesions of
Bedside tests of orientation?
Use of which of the following is associated with weight loss
A patient who is very concerned about putting on weight?
A CT scan of a patient reveals an isolated finding of atroph
A patient agrees that he has significant problems with use o
Excessive disturbing thoughts
In which of the following situations closed questioning is a
The reason behind using confrontation technique during clini
Medications may cause clinically significant drug interactio
Lady adopting the child wants to know the risk of child beco
A pt has been on risperidone complained of postural instabil
A man with a 2 year history of drug abuse went on an all nig
Psychotherapy
Hypointensity of the striatum
An elderly man in a surgical ward has been experiencing fluc
Circumstantiality is noted in which of the following conditi
Of the following is a thought disorder where figure ground d
Predicts relapse in schizophrenia?
The ratio between number of different words used during a di
Which one of the following is NOT an elementary hallucinatio
Common characteristics of schizophrenic auditory hallucinati
The stimulus is perceived as corresponding object but the qu
A patient says “I am constantly being followed by people I k
High persistence of delusional ideas
In which of the following forms does morbid jealousy NOT occ
A patient complaints of odd sensations like "electric heatin
Elderly women who develop Ekbom‟s delusion most commonly vis
Overvalued ideas are NOT noted in the core symptoms of which
A pt's speech exhibits numerous other disturbances
In formal thought disorder, asyndesis refers to
A 35 yr old woman is on sodium valproate for many years.
Psychopathology exhibited by the patient
A pt has severe problems with her memory and occasional hall
A woman with agoraphobia improves with repeated exposure to
Neuregulin-1 gene and psychiatric disorder
Differences between physiological Prion protein and patholog
Relation of conduct disorder and ASPD
OCD child with SSRI for some time but still Obsessive compul
Schizophrenia on clozapine
A new drug has fewer side effects than another, established
Turner's syndrome, IQ is lower compared to the general popul
SYNDROMES ASSOCIATED WITH LD
An 80 old widower, miserable, not sleeping or eating, appear
Midline repetitive hand movements
A patient is fully convinced that the world is coming to an
According to Jaspers which of the following is true about pr
A prodrome of psychosis may be linked most appropriately to
Two stages in a delusional perception
A male schizophrenia patient says „I had a hysterectomy at a
What does the term paranoia literally mean?
A patient says “I am constantly being followed by people I k
In which of the following forms does morbid jealousy NOT occ
Which of the following is not a mixed affective state?
The term anhedonia was coined by
Of various thought disorders classified by Andreasen, which
Retardation of thinking seen in depressive disorder is appro
Obsessional slowness is common in which of the following typ
A patient complaints of odd sensations like, electric heatin
A patient complains that people come to know what she is thi
A 35 year old lady in your inpatient unit covers her head wi
A patient experiences some disturbing thoughts. He feels the
A patient with OCD has intrusive thoughts about safety of hi
In chronic schizophrenia patients may lose the track of thei
Feature of alexithymia
A worker presents with morning headaches for few months. His
A patient admitted in stroke ward bursts out to laughter or
In spite of learning that his mother has had a car crash, a
A 7 year old girl speaks very clearly and fluently with her
Repetition of last word uttered by the patient himself witho
Dereistic thinking is a term used to describe which one of t
Side effects of medications?
A patient got prescribe a partial mu agonist, what drug?
An elderly woman has insomnia, low mood and weight loss. She
Genetic studies
The risk of Alzheimer dementia in a patient heterozygous for
If a disease has 75% heritability
A patient with schizophrenia complains of an uncomfortable s
Chromosomal duplication
Which of the following is a clinical feature seen in Turner’
Dementia seen in adults with Down’s syndrome?
Phenomenon of anticipation
Which is the strongest neuropathological correlate of cognit
One sided facial numbness, diplopia and ataxia are noted wit
Which of the following is a formal thought disturbance?
During EEG recording a resting subject is asked to focus his
A patient has a delusional belief that he is the son of god.
A man explains that he is able to see a tigers face from the
Which of the following is an example of a pareidolic illusio
Which of the following is not a paramnesia?
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Which of the following is not a tic?
Which of the following is a type of passivity of thought?
Which of the following is not a first rank symptom?
Which of the following is a compulsion?
Which of the following is not a catatonic sign?
A core skill in psychiatric practice
Component of descriptive psychopathology?
A mature defence mechanism
Which of the following is a Kleinian defence?
A patient gets recurrent intrusive thoughts about death.
A patient repeats whatever the examiner says. He is exhibiti
Schizophrenia is observed to have rigidity during involuntar
A patient with schizophrenia protrudes his tongue repeatedly
Aphonia
Refraining from speech and making no attempt at spoken commu
In logoclonia the subject keeps repeating the
In alexia with agraphia
In conversion the emotional abnormality produces
Catastrophic reaction’ is a type of
One among the following statements about Delirium tremens is
Delirium tremens is characterized by onset after
Delirium is a disorder of
Coenaesthesia is a disorder of
The substitution of a non-verbal sound in place of a word is
Which drugs have a half life of 3 days?
The rate of self harm in teenagers who identify with Goth cu
The following is true about VLPFC(ventro lateral prefrontal
Side effect NOT seen with tricyclics commonly
A patient with known diagnosis of depression does not want t
In awake resting adult, Alfa activity in EEG is most promine
Which is abnormal in EEG of an awake adult?
New born EEG shows
The risk of metabolic syndrome in a patient with schizophren
The SSRI with longest total half life is
Which class of antidepressant drugs must be avoided while tr
The active metabolite of imipramine is
antibiotic that can cause serotonin syndrome with MAOIs
The mechanism of action for the drug Moclobemide is
How many weeks of minimum interval should be given between f
A patient on mirtazapine treatment develops rapidly spreadin
Which of the following atypical agents have the shortest hal
MRCPsych Paper-1 August 2010
A 50 yr old man who had a red alert with clozapine 10 years
A woman comes into A&E with lethargy, nausea and diarrhoea w
Which diuretics can be used to control lithium induced polyu
Common side effect of rivastigmine
Skin problems can prove to be fatal in those started on Lamo
Best choice to treat alcohol withdrawal in a man withsevere
SSRI most selective for serotonin reuptake is
Enzyme autoinhibition is seen with which of the following?
A clear therapeutic window is noted for which of the followi
The tricyclic with highest antihistaminergic activity is
Which of the following is true with regard to tricyclic meta
In which phase of clinical trials are drugs compared against
Which medications does not produce an important active metab
Serotonin receptor involved in circadian rhythms
Treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome?
Which of the following drugs has a high therapeutic index?
Which medications are claimed to have an antidepressant effe
Which of the following exerts its action by the reversible i
Which of the following is not a side effect of tricyclic ant
From the following select the agent that acts as an importan
Which of the following acts via a sodium channel stabilisati
Grapefruit juice is known to inhibit which of the following
Select the organ which responsible for the first pass effect
Which of the following is an example of a pharmacokinetic dr
Side effect of muscarinic blockade
Steady-state plasma concentration
There is poor oral absorption of most psychotropics in the;
The enhancement of drug effects following the repeated admin
The metabolism of which one among the following follow first
Which countries has a male:female suicide rate of 1:1
Which of the following was the first fully structured instru
Prevalence of hallucinatory experiences in healthy British r
Average age of onset
The most common anxiety disorder according to National Psych
Increases the risk of self harm in first episode psychosis?
The difference in outcome between developed and developing n
The differences in incidence of psychosis in different ethni
The migrant to native prevalence ratio for schizophrenia is
An epidemic of wide geographical proportion
Most common level of prevention currently employed in psychi
Incidence of schizophrenia
Annual incidence of injected cocaine use is estimated to be
Which rates is applicable to whole population and not a sele
65 suicides in a population of 1300 patients with schizophre
The probability of developing a disorder anytime throughout
Which instruments was used in ECA epidemiological catchment
Proportion of Europeans with mental health problems in past
The average time lag between onset and treatment of depressi
The epidemiology of bipolar 1 and bipolar 2 disorders?
The lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia is
Which of the following is true with regard to epidemiology o
Which of the following instruments was used in the National
The lifetime prevalence of mental disorder in Europe is
Learning disability in general population