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Psychiatry1. Social phobia is characterized by all of 4. Which of the following statements about
the following except: antipsychotics is false?
a) Fear of humiliation in front of others a) Mechanism of action is through
b) Reluctance to eat in public blocking dopaminergic activity in
c) Constricted social activities brain pathways
d) Antisocial behaviour b) Atypical (first generation) and
e) Fear of being negatively evaluated typical (second generation)
by others antipsychotics are equal in efficacy
c) Typical (first generation)
2. Which of the following symptoms would antipsychotics have more
be consistent with a diagnosis of extrapyramidal side effects
obsessive-compulsive disorder: d) Both typical and atypical
antipsychotics need to be monitored
a) Repeatedly calling someone one for metabolic side effects
believes he/she is in love with e) Onset of action is approximately the
b) Repeatedly seeing images of a same for management of agitation
relative who recently died and thought disorders
c) Repeatedly cutting oneself to
relieve tension 5. In which of the following disorders are
d) Having repeated thoughts that one SSRIs advised not to be administered
was God reincarnated alone but only in combination with other
e) Having repeated thoughts that the pharmacological agents?
house is going to burn down a) Major Depressive Disorder
b) Bipolar Disorder
3. The most common cause of dementia is: c) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
a) Chronic alcohol use d) Generalized Anxiety Disorder
b) Vascular dementia e) Eating Disorders
c) Alzheimer disease
d) B12 deficiency 6. Which of the following drugs has been
shown to be effective in preventing
suicide?
a) Lithium
b) Haldol
c) Risperidone
d) Fluoxetine
e) Carbamazepine
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