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Which if the following findings on the mental status exam of a psychiatric patient
is the strongest predictor of inability to make medical decisions?
A. Lack of insight
B. Poor judgement
C. Suicidal ideation
D. Perceptual disturbances
E. Abnormal thought content Answer: A
Pedigree-based approaches are most powerful for identifying what type of gene
variant?
A. Copy number
B. Rare high penetrance
C. Simple tandem repeat
D. Common low penetrance
E. Single nucleotide polymorphism Answer: B
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of unipolar
depression targets which of the following brain regions?
A. Ventral striatum
B. Locus coeruleus
C. Periamygdaloid cortex
D. Medial temporal cortex
,E. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Answer: E
Which of the following cognitive responses to environmental stimuli has been
found to be more characteristic of patients with anxiety disorders when
compared to patients with depression?
A. Misattributions regarding stimuli
B. Hopelessness regarding meaning of stimuli
C. Automatic negative thoughts toward the stimuli
D. Attentional bias toward potentially threatening stimuli
E. Lack of awareness of physiological responses to stimuli Answer: D
SKIP Answer:
Which of the following instructions can enhance hypoactive DTR in the leg?
A. Clench a first
B. Elevate an arm
C. Stare at a distant object
D. Think of moving the limb
E. Sensory stimulation of the opposite limb Answer: A
What is the leading cause of death in persons with severe mental illness?
A. Cancer
B. Suicide
C. Diabetes
D. Accidents
,E. Cardiovascular disease Answer: E
Which of the following medications is most effective for migraine prophylaxis?
A. Sumitriptan
B. Topiramate
C. Fluoxetine
D. Duloxetine
E. Naproxen Answer: B
Which of the following epigenetic mechanisms inhibits the transcriptional
machinery from accessing DNA and thus leads to decreased gene transcription?
A. Acetylation
B. Methylation
C. Demethylation
D. Histone modification
E. Chromatin remodeling Answer: B
Patients with which of the following neurocognitive disorders are more likely to
develop severe extrapyramidal side effects from antipsychotic medications?
A. Prior disease
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Lewy body disease
D. Cerebrovascular disease
E. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Answer: C
, Which of the following is the strongest risk factor for development of chronic
daily headache in adults?
A. Obesity
B. Depression
C. Medication overuse
D. Low socioeconomic status
E. Older age of onset of headaches Answer: C
Which of the following neurotransmitters is predominantly inhibitory?
A. Norepinephrine
B. Glutamate
C. Dopamine
D. Tyrosine
E. Glycine Answer: E
Maintenance of wakefulness is dependent on which of the following areas of the
brain?
A. Oral pontine
B. Midbrain tegmentum
C. Posterior hypothalamus
D. Anterior cingulate parietal cortex
E. Ascending reticular activating system Answer: E
Which of the following signs or symptoms is necessary to make a diagnosis of
anorexia nervosa?
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