Mental disorders Flashcards
The following are characteristics of delirium tremens, except for:
A) high risk for suicide
B) fluctuating confusion
C) signs of autonomic hyperactivity
D) tactile hallucinations
A) high risk for suicide
The person has clear consciousness. He can hear voices that are talking about him and threatening him. For the person, the voices seem to be reality and they are a very disturbing experience, which makes him feel intensely anxious. What do you think the diagnosis is?
A) delirium tremens
B) alcoholic hallucinosis
C) dementia
D) panic disorder
E) obsessive-compulsive disorder
B) alcoholic hallucinosis
The following are typical sympoms of delirium tremens, except for:
A) tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures at onset
B) auditory hallucinations without an altered level of consciousness and disorientation
C) shaking, sweating
D) confusion
E) disorientation
B) auditory hallucinations without an altered level of consciousness and disorientation
Among the following, what are the interpersonal relationships of persons with alcohol problems characterised by the most?
A) a high number of reliable friends
B) simplicity of making friends
C) deep and close associations with certain persons
D) simple formation of social relations, but these are not durable
E) generosity, helpfulness, reliability
D) simple formation of social relations, but these are not durable
Delirium tremens due to alcohol withdrawal are to be treated with the following:
1) benzodiazepines
2) vitamin B complex (or thiamine)
3) potassium and magnesium preparations
4) disulfiram
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What is/are the most characteristic symptom(s) of delirium tremens?
1) tremor
2) sweating
3) confusion
4) perceptual disorders
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Wernicke’s encephalopathy is characterised by the following:
1) sudden onset
2) nystagmus and ophtalmoplegia
3) confusion along with somnolence
4) lesions of the mammillary bodies
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The diagnostic criterion/criteria for alcohol dependence is/are the following:
1) tolerance (need for increased amounts of alcohol to achieve desired effect)
2) characteristic withdrawal syndrome for alcohol when attempting to stop use
3) a great deal of time spent in activities necessary to obtain or to use alcohol and important social, occupational or recreational activities given up or reduced because of drinking
4) craving
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The diagnostic criterion/criteria for alcohol abuse is/are the following:
1) failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school or home
2) alcohol use in situations in which it is physically hazardous
3) alcohol-related legal problems
4) continued alcohol use despite having persistent or recurrent social or interpersonal problems
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The following statement(s) is/are true for the neurobiolgy of alcohol use:
1) Alcohol affects several neurotransmitter systems.
2) Chronic alcohol use does not affect the operation of the reward system in the brainstem.
3) The endogenous opioid system plays a role in the appearance of euphoria following alcohol consumption.
4) Alcohol does not influence the operation of cortical areas (e.g. prefrontal cortex).
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Which test(s) is/are to be performed to find the correct diagnosis?A 16-year-old girl has arrived at the outpatient ward with her mother. In the past few months she has lost 15 kilos. She goes running every day. She has insomnia.
1) urine drug test
2) calculating body mass index
3) concentrations of thyroid hormones (blood test)
4) polysomnography
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What do you think his most likely diagnosis was?
An 18-year-old man arrived at the hospital on Sunday morning. He was accompanied by his friends. His symptoms were sweating, tachycardia, dilated pupils, psychomotor agitation. His behaviour was hostile, full of anger and he felt furious.
A) alcohol intoxication
B) heroin intoxication
C) acute psychotic state of schizophrenia
D) cocaine intoxication
E) none of the above
D) cocaine intoxication
Among the following which is not a characteristic symptom of heroin overdose?
A) dilated pupils
B) hypotension
C) hyporeflexia
D) coma
E) respiratory depression
A) dilated pupils
Among the following substances which may cause physical dependence?
A) benzodiazepines
B) opiates
C) alcohol
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
D) all of the above
The following statements are true except for:
A) Besides “classical drugs” there are a lot of synthetic, so-called designer drugs that have been used recently.
B) Standard urine drug tests are incapable of detecting designer drugs.
C) Synthetic amphetamines, sytnthetic opioids and synthetic cannabionids are all designer drugs.
D) Pathomechanism and possible adverse effects of designer drugs are clearly known.
E) There is an inappropriate legal regulation regarding the use of designer drugs.
D) Pathomechanism and possible adverse effects of designer drugs are clearly known.
The following play(s) a role in the long-term treatment of substance-related mental disorders:
1) self-help groups (Narcotics Anonymous)
2) rehabilitation centres and therapeutic communities
3) social skills training and improving coping skills
4) family interventions and community-based interventions
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
1) Heroin was temporarily used to treat morphinism.
2) Cocaine used to play a role in the treatment of several diseases at the beginning of the 20th century.
3) Cannabis and its derivatives may have a role in the treatment of glaucoma, cancer-related pain and chemotherapy-induced nausea.
4) Some amphetamine derivatives are used in the therapy for ADHD.
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Rapid cycling is a special form of bipolar disorder, this means that:
A) the patient has flight of ideas
B) the case isn’t characterized by anxiety.
C) 4 relapses during a period of 5 years
D) Disease episodes follow each other rapidly, the patient has at least 4 different episodes in one year.
E) considerable psychomotor agitation
D) Disease episodes follow each other rapidly, the patient has at least 4 different episodes in one year.
In which condition do patients experience the most severe anxiety after awakening in the early morning hours?
A) post-stroke depression
B) major depression
C) pharmacogenic depression
D) abstinential depression
B) major depression
Which is the most common delusion in depression?
A) delusion of theft
B) delusion of guilt and self-accusation
C) persecutory delusion
D) delusions of reference
B) delusion of guilt and self-accusation
The longitudinal disease course of affective psychoses is characterized by:
A) circularly returning disease episodes
B) slow progression
C) acute worsening of condition alternating with slow progression
D) single episode
E) dementia
A) circularly returning disease episodes
The following statements are true for bipolar disorder, except:
A) it often runs in families
B) all manic episodes are followed by depression
C) equal distribution between sexes
D) usually begins before the age of 30 years
E) increased risk of substance abuse and suicide
B) all manic episodes are followed by depression
41 year old male patient complains that he hasn’t accomplished anything in the last 8 years, he feels dissatisfied and unhappy. 12 years ago, when his girlfriend left him he felt depressed. What is the most probable diagnosis?
A) Psychotic depression
B) Schizophrenia
C) Bipolar depression
D) Dysthymia
E) Cyclothymia
D) Dysthymia
Symptoms of mania except for:
1) aggression
2) egodiastole
3) secondary incoherence
4) increased critical insight
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Potential complications of untreated affective disorders:
1) suicide
2) pseudologia phantastica
3) alcohol dependence
4) vascular dementia
5) social dysfunction and isolation
6) bulimia
7) tardive dyskinesia
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What are the features of bipolar disorder type II.?
1) Patients of this disease type are not really bipolar.
2) Fulminant manic symptoms during the manic episodes.
3) Manic symptoms are caused by pharmacological treatment.
4) Episodes of hyperthymia only reach the level of hypomania, and usually don’t require hospitalization.
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Somatic symptoms of depression:
1) insomnia
2) delusions of guilt and self-accusation
3) decreased appetite
4) concentration problems
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Which of the following symptoms are typical for the manic condition?
1) distractibility and increased self-esteem
2) holothymic perceptual disturbances and delusions of grandeur
3) increased activity and decreased need for sleep
4) a specific external factor before the appearance of symptoms
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Which of the following medications can cause manic symptoms?
1) cocaine, speed (metamphetamin)
2) corticosteroids
3) high dose antidepressants
4) reserpine
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Sleep pattern in major depression is characterized by the following changes:
1) frequent frightening dreams and awakenings
2) both falling asleep (sleep onset) and awakening happens earlier than usual
3) 4th phase sleep (delta-phase) is increased
4) decreased REM-latency
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Which disorders should be considered while establishing a differential diagnosis for affective disorders?
1) expansive intracranial process
2) thyroid gland dysfunction
3) phaeochromocytoma
4) adult ADHD (attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder)
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Patients with severe depression are most probably:
1) reckless and careless
2) agitated and anxious
3) hostile and dismissive
4) sad, unhappy and anhedonic
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Characteristics of dysthymia:
1) chronic fatigue
2) social withdrawal
3) insomnia
4) hypersomnia
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A 22 year old university student suddenly demonstrates elevated mood at the end of an exam period, his appearance becomes markable and bold, his behavior is careless, he has no critical insight. He is active all the time, spends a lot of money, doesn’t feel tired for more than one week. He has no illness insight, he describes his condition as “superhappy”. Which are probable diagnoses:
1) personality disorder
2) narcomania
3) primitive reaction
4) manic or hypomanic episode
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Typical symptoms of depression:
1) decreased capability to concentrate
2) hypochondriasis
3) weight loss
4) perceptual disturbances
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Who gave schizophrenia its name?
A) Emil Kraepelin
B) Eugen Bleuler
C) William Cullen
D) Kurt Schneider
E) Karl Kleist
B) Eugen Bleuler
The following are the negative symptoms of schizophrenia except for:
A) apathy
B) alogia
C) lack of motivation
D) delusional guilt, sin, worthlessness
E) social withdrawal
D) delusional guilt, sin, worthlessness
The diagnosis of schizophrenia is primarily based on:
A) clinical observation and the analysis of symptoms
B) alterations in biological markers
C) the Rorschach test
D) Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
E) the MAWI test (the Hungarian version of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
A) clinical observation and the analysis of symptoms
The following are characteristic of the prodromal phase of schizophrenia except for:
A) it usually begins following puberty
B) presence of changes in perceptual experiences, behaviour, performance
C) progressively intensifying symptoms
D) lack of insight
E) it usually lasts for 2-5 years
D) lack of insight
The following may have a role in the etiology of schizophrenia:
1) dysfunction of dopaminergic systems
2) alteration in NMDA(N-methyl-D-aspartate)-transmission
3) abnormal brain development
4) alteration in GABAergic transmission in the cerebral cortex
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The following diagnosis/diagnoses are to be exluded when diagnosing schizophrenia:
1) Inflammation in central nervous system like anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
2) Illicit drug abuse
3) Psychotic depression
4) Schizoaffective psychosis
5) Tumor
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The following is/are characteristic(s) of the course of schizophrenia:
1) it is always episodic
2) the acute phase is usually preceeded by a prodromal phase
3) there are neither delusions nor hallucinations in remissions
4) in remission behaviour is anot altered by delusions and/or hallucinations
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Observing behaviour change one suspects psychosis when
1) the change is socially unreasonable
2) the behaviour is threatening personal safety and property
3) the change is inexplicable from the person’s aspect
4) the behaviour is different from what is culturally accepted
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The following is/are the characteristic(s) of delusional disorder:
1) elaborate and systematized delusions
2) other criteria for schizophrenia are not fulfilled
3) impaired insight and judgement regarding delusions
4) development is not to be linked to a ‘key experience’
5) psychodynamic factors do not play a role in the development of delusions
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In which type of psychosis are the following psychiatric symptoms prominent? Match the symptoms with the most probable diagnosis. Diagnoses:
A) mood-congruent delusion
B) primary incoherence
C) echopraxia
D) real visual hallucinations
PSY - 4.56.1 - Drug-induced psychosis
PSY - 4.56.2 - Disorganized type of schizophrenia
PSY - 4.56.3 - Catatonic type of schizphrenia
PSY - 4.56.4 - Mania
PSY - 4.56.5 - Major depression
1- D
2- B
3- C
4- A
5- A
Who invented the following classifications of the symptoms of schizophrenia? Match the dichotomies with a name.
A) Eugen Bleuler
B) Kurt Schneider
C) Timothy Crow
D) Karl Leonhard
PSY - 4.57.1 - positive and negative symptoms
PSY - 4.57.2 - fundamental and accessory symptoms
PSY - 4.57.3 - first-rank and second-rank symptoms
PSY - 4.57.4 - systematic and unsystematic schizophrenias
1- C
2- A
3- B
4- D
Which group of symptoms do the following refer to? Match the symptoms with an appropriate group.
A) positive symptoms
B) negative symptoms
C) affective symptoms
D) symptoms affecting neurocognition
PSY - 4.58.5 - alogia
PSY - 4.58.4 - working memory disorder
PSY - 4.58.2 - ambivalence
PSY - 4.58.1 - auditory hallucinations
PSY - 4.58.3 - dysthymia
1 - A
2- B
3- C
4- D
5 - B
Principles of choosing an antipsychotic. Match a medication with an appropriate indication.
A) Long-acting haloperidol depot medication (injected IM)
B) Clozapine
C) Aripiprazole
D) Haloperidol injected IM (short-term treatment)
PSY - 4.59.1 - treatment-resistance; high suicide risk
PSY - 4.59.2 - chronic disease; numerous relapses as a result of medication non-compliance
PSY - 4.59.3 - metabolic syndrome; extrapyramidal neurological adverse effects and endocrine effects (increased secretion of prolactin) in past history
PSY - 4.59.4 - first admission: agitation, hostility
1- B
2- A
3- C
4- D
What is likely to be the diagnosis?
The 24-year-old patient has been admitted to hospital for the second time. His sympoms appeared about 2 years ago. He has trouble focusing his attention, he feels anxious and low, and has suicidal ideation. He withdrew from his university studies due to learning difficulties. ’I always had to listen to music in order to be able to concentrate.’ he said. He has been seeing his friends rarely recently and he has given up sports, too. His father is an eccentric and reserved person, who has never been under psychiatric treatment. When being hospitalised for the first time, the patient was diagnosed with mixed anxiety-depressive disorder and he was prescribed tranquillisers and antidepressants. After a short period of taking this medication, he changed his pills for paleolithic diet on his mother’s advice. Current state of mind: auditory hallucinations, bizarre cenesthopathic symptoms, paranoid delusions, obsessive thoughts, anxiety, tension, suicidal ideation, lack of insight.
A) Mixed anxiety-depressive disorder
B) Recurrent depression
C) Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
D) Schizophrenia
E) Schizoid personality disorder
D) Schizophrenia
What indicate(s) a high risk for suicide?The 24-year-old patient has been admitted to hospital for the second time. His sympoms appeared about 2 years ago. He has trouble focusing his attention, he feels anxious and low, and has suicidal ideation. He withdrew from his university studies due to learning difficulties. ’I always had to listen to music in order to be able to concentrate.’ he said. He has been seeing his friends rarely recently and he has given up sports, too. His father is an eccentric and reserved person, who has never been under psychiatric treatment. When being hospitalised for the first time, the patient was diagnosed with mixed anxiety-depressive disorder and he was prescribed tranquillisers and antidepressants. After a short period of taking this medication, he changed his pills for paleolithic diet on his mother’s advice. Current state of mind: auditory hallucinations, bizarre cenesthopathic symptoms, paranoid delusions, obsessive thoughts, anxiety, tension, suicidal ideation, lack of insight.
1) male sex
2) depressive symptoms
3) young age
4) social dysfunction
5) high level of social functioning before the disease (he was a university student)
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In the differential diagnosis of anorexia nervosa you should exclude the followings, except:
A) Tumors
B) Depression
C) Addison’s disease
D) Cushing’s disease
E) Ulcerative colitis
D) Cushing’s disease
The symptoms of anorexia nervosa are, except:
A) Weight loss is 15% of the ideal weight
B) There is a body image distortion
C) There is a high suicidal risk at the beginning of the illness
D) It can start at the age of 14
C) There is a high suicidal risk at the beginning of the illness
Anorexia nervosa can be comorbid with:
A) OCD
B) Depression
C) Social phobia
D) Lack of sexual interest
E) All of the above
E) All of the above
The patient is publicly exposing his genitals to strange women or girls. The phenomenon is called:
A) Sadism
B) Exhibitionism
C) Pedophilia
D) Transvestism
B) Exhibitionism
Which is the most common cause of the lack of sexual activity in marriage?
A) Old age
B) Marital conflict
C) Depression
D) Somatic illness
B) Marital conflict
The phase of human sexual response that occurs after desire is called:
A) Resolution phase
B) Orgasmic phase
C) Excitement phase
D) Ejaculatory phase
C) Excitement phase
A patient who has a pervasive and unwarranted tendency to interpret other persons’ actions as deliberatly threatening, has:
A) Schizoid personality disorder
B) Paranoid personality disorder
C) Antisocial personality disorder
D) Narcissistic personality disorder
B) Paranoid personality disorder