PreTest Psychiatry: Neurocognitive Disorders and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Question 1

192 D 
193 B
194 A
195 A
196 B
197 E
198 A
199 C
200 C
201 A
202 C
203 C
204 A
205 C
206 C
207 A ÷
208 A ÷
209 B
210 C
211 D
212 E
213 E
214 D
215 A
216 B
217 D
218 C
219 D ÷
220 C
221 D
222 E ÷ 
223 B
224 D
225 E
226 C
227 D
228 C
229 A ÷
230 A
231 F
232 D
233 I
234 H
235 G
236 A
237 A
238 B
239 E

Answer 1

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Question 2

How can you differentiate petit mal seizures from partial complex seizures?

Answer 2

Petit mal seizures do not cause a postictal state.

Question 3

How many panic symptoms do you need to have a diagnosis of panic disorder?

Answer 3

4

Question 4

Why does rebreathing into a bag help treat panic?

Answer 4

Those who are panicking will usually have hypocapnia due to hyperventilation. Rebreathing CO2 will resolve the hypocapnia which improves blood flow to the brain.

Question 5

_____________ can present with hyposexuality and hyperreligiosity.

Answer 5

Temporal-lobe epilepsy

Question 6

Arsenic poisoning causes what symptoms?

Answer 6

• Bloody diarrhea
• Muscle twitching
• Garlic-smelling breath
• Vomiting

Question 7

Those with Korsakoff syndrome will have what kind of amnesia?

Answer 7

Both retrograde and anterograde

Question 8

Which cholinesterase inhibitor is first-line for Alzheimer’s disease?

Answer 8

Donepezil because it is the most tolerated.

Tacrine can cause hepatotoxicity. Rivastigmine and galantamine can cause GI side effects.

Question 9

Olfactory hallucinations can be caused by tumors in the ____________.

Answer 9

Temporal lobe