10.2011 psychiatry

Urges of impulses for repetitive intentional behavior performed in a serotyped manner in an attempt to relieve anxiety is termed:

According to data from (NIHM) clinical anti psychotic trials effectiveness study, which one where patient least to discontinue due to lack of efficacy?

Which of the following is the greatest risk factor of suicide?

Regarding use of SSRIs for the treatment of OCD?

In a dying patient, which of the following is used to detect depression?

A 40-year-old male is referred from his workplace for a psychiatric evaluation. His colleagues noted him to be”bizarre” and ” eccentric, suspicious of others.” On assessment, it appears this individual has some ideas of reference and believes in telepathy. His speech was overelaborate and circumstantial. His affect was constricted and his behavior peculiar. He remained anxious and uncomfortable throughout the interview. A detailed mental status assessment did not reveal any evidence of schizophrenia, mood disorders with psychotic features, or any other psychotic disorders. What is this subject’s most likely diagnosis?

A 42-year-old man is seen in your office. He has recently seen a psychiatrist and is being treated for severe depression. The patient cannot recall the medication that he is taking, but he remembers that the psychiatrist told him not to eat cheeses or aged meats. Which of the following agents is this patient most likely taking?

The best indicator for increased risk of suicide?

Which of the following is most likely to cause withdrawal symptoms with abrupt discontinuation?

A 30 year old man with history of bipolar disorder on combination of drugs, present wit fever, headache, hacking cough, this progress to a spreading red rash, which of the following most likely to have caused this condition?

Children who exhibit symptoms of school avoidance with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain may benefit from

A 75 yr women widow leaves her home for annual vication in florida,she forget to take her medication,2 days later develop( tremor,sweating,nausea,increase anxiety),does not use alcohol or street drug,cessation of which most cause her symptom?

Which of the following statements about somatization disorder is true?

Which of the following is the most common comorbid disorder associated with anorexia nervosa?

Which of the following statements about suicide is true?

12-year-old boy performs 3 hours of daily compulsive hand washing and has extreme difficulty going to school because of contamination fears.

Galactorrhea is associated with which of the following medications?

Which of these substances is most likely abused by adolescents?

Which of the following is most commonly associated with tricyclic antidepressant toxicity?

Which of the following is common in the childhood history of patients with borderline personality disorder?

A 25 year old male was hospitalized for his first episode of psychosis, started on haloperidol. After 3 days patient’s upper body was contracting, he is in pain and is frightened. What is the best medication to help relieve his suffering?

Hypothyrodism in the eldery may commonly present with all of the following except?

Most common type of obsession in patients with OCD?

A 18 yrs single man recently diagnosed with schizophrenia referred for consultation was recently fired from his job at a fast food restaurant,clinical pictures has been dominated by positive symptomatology,his cousin recently diagnosed with schizophrenia,patient asking about his prognosis,good prognosis in his case?

A 74 yr women with history of Parkinson disease refered for psychiatric consultation due to worsening psychotic symptom,acomplete medical workup failed to find any organic etiology for her audiotry hallucination and paranoid delusion,which of the following anti psychotic appropriate in treating patient symptom?

The most common location of imagined defect in body dysmorphic disorder?

Which of the following medications is limited by potentially lifethreatening rashes?

Which of the following most appropriate step in initial management of patient with neuroleptic malignant disorder (NMS)?