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Question 1

Brian believes that his parents are trying to poison him because the government are controlling them. Which psychopathology term is most appropriate?

Answer 1

Paranoid Delusion

Question 2

Brian believes that news articles on the television about world leaders’ phones being tapped are actually talking about him as he holds important government information

Answer 2

Ideas of reference

Question 3

When Brian listens to the radio he can hear voices from elsewhere in the room telling him he must not think about the military information he has been given

Answer 3

Functional hallucination

Question 4

what is distinguishing about a functional hallucination

Answer 4

only happens when something else is happening e.g. TV is on in the room

Question 5

Brian believes he must not think about the military information as everyone else has access to his thoughts

Answer 5

Thought broadcasting

Question 6

What is heritability?

Answer 6

Proportion of observable differences in a trait between individuals in a population that is due to genetic differences

Question 7

Which substance is least likely to cause a drug-induced psychosis?

Answer 7

Heroin

Question 8

what is seen in the pathology of schizophrenic patients brain’s

Answer 8

Reduced frontal lobe volume
Reduced frontal lobe grey matter
Enlarged lateral ventricle volume