Psychiatry

Question 1

Suicidal thoughts is a side effect of which anti- depressant

Answer 1

TCA

Question 2

Confabulation

Answer 2

Defect in memory that manifests as an unintentional filling of gaps in one’s memory with words and content that are not true
Seen in korsakoff psychosis, syphilis, senile dementia and schizophrenia

Question 3

Perseveration

Answer 3

Repetition of out of context words, phrases or ideas beyond the point of relevance

Question 4

Paradoxical suicide

Answer 4

Suicide when patient begins to recover from depression