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1.Easy

A delusion is best defined as:

  1. AA sudden change in mood without a clear cause
  2. BA perception that occurs without any external stimulus being present
  3. CA brief lapse of memory for recent events
  4. DA fixed false belief held despite clear contrary evidence
2.Easy

In behaviour therapy, flooding means:

  1. AExposing the person to the most feared stimulus at once until anxiety falls
  2. BGradually exposing the person to a fear hierarchy while they stay deeply relaxed
  3. CRewarding desired behaviour with tokens
  4. DPairing an unwanted behaviour with an unpleasant stimulus
3.Easy

Which of these is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

  1. APersecutory delusions
  2. BAvolition (lack of motivation)
  3. CAuditory hallucinations
  4. DDisorganised speech
4.Medium

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has best evidence for:

  1. APreventing relapse in people with recurrent depression
  2. BTreating attention problems in young children with ADHD
  3. CTreating acute psychosis
  4. DCuring dementia
5.Medium

According to Clark's cognitive model of panic, panic attacks arise from:

  1. AUnconscious conflict between the id and the superego over forbidden impulses
  2. BCatastrophic misinterpretation of normal bodily sensations
  3. CA shortage of rewarding activities in daily life
  4. DFear of evaluation by other people
6.Medium

Clozapine is typically reserved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia because:

  1. AIt is the least effective antipsychotic available, so it is a last resort
  2. BIt cannot be taken as tablets
  3. CIt only works on negative symptoms
  4. DIt can cause agranulocytosis, so regular blood monitoring is required
7.Hard

An interview that follows a fixed set of questions in a fixed order to reach a diagnosis is called:

  1. AA free association session
  2. BA projective test
  3. CA structured clinical interview
  4. DAn unstructured interview
8.Hard

A man says that a famous singer is secretly in love with him and sends him coded messages through her songs. Apart from this, his thinking and behaviour are normal, with no hallucinations. Which diagnosis fits best?

  1. ANarcissistic personality disorder
  2. BSchizophrenia, paranoid type
  3. CBipolar disorder with mania
  4. DDelusional disorder, erotomanic type

Answer key

  1. 1. D · A fixed false belief held despite clear contrary evidence
  2. 2. A · Exposing the person to the most feared stimulus at once until anxiety falls
  3. 3. B · Avolition (lack of motivation)
  4. 4. A · Preventing relapse in people with recurrent depression
  5. 5. B · Catastrophic misinterpretation of normal bodily sensations
  6. 6. D · It can cause agranulocytosis, so regular blood monitoring is required
  7. 7. C · A structured clinical interview
  8. 8. D · Delusional disorder, erotomanic type

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