ABSTRACT
USA, patients with schizophrenia have a four-to fivefold increased risk of substance abuse
c. In half of violent schizophrenic patients, the violent behaviour can be directly attributed to psychotic symptoms like delusions
d. Suicide risk is increased early in the course of the illness e. The mortality rate in women with schizophrenia is twice that in men
17) Regarding pathological jealousy, all of the following statements are true, except:
a. Delusions of jealousy are more common in females with paranoid schizophrenia than in males with paranoid schizophrenia
b. Delusions of jealousy are more common in males with alcoholic psychosis than in females with alcoholic psychosis
c. The mainstay of treatment is antipsychotic drugs d. If there is a risk of violence, the doctor should warn a partner (even if
that means breaching confidentiality) e. Patients usually respond very well to combined treatment with anti-
psychotics and cognitive behavioural therapy
2 . G e n e ra l a d u lt p sy c h ia try
2 : Q u e stio
n s
a. The duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) is a good indicator of the severity of a closed head injury
b. PTA of less than 1 week indicates a better chance of returning to work c. Retrograde amnesia is a better predictor of outcome than PTA d. Deposition of beta amyloid may explain the link between head injury
and Alzheimer’s disease e. Apolipoprotein E4 genotype may increase the risk of death after head
injury
19) All of the following statements regarding postconcussion syndrome are true, except:
a. It is associated with anxiety and depression b. It is accompanied by headache and difficulties in concentration c. It occurs only after severe head injury d. It can be of psychological origin e. It mostly resolves without treatment
20) Regarding Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, all of the following statements are true, except:
a. Multiple tics begin before the age of 16 b. 30% of people with the syndrome have coprolalia c. Obsessive compulsive symptoms are seen d. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder occurs frequently e. Antipsychotics are contraindicated
21) All of the following statements are true regarding multiple sclerosis, except:
a. Psychological symptoms appear in two-thirds of patients b. Psychological symptoms are usually the presenting features c. It is associated with increased risk of suicide d. Rapidly progressive dementia may occur e. Cognitive impairment correlates with the degree of callosal atrophy
22) Which of the following statements is true regarding anorexia nervosa?
