Psychiatry History & Introduction

Question 1

What is the gold standard resource for the diagnosis of mental health conditions?

Answer 1

DSM-V - includes 365 conditions

Question 2

True/False. Wide pharmaceutical use in the field of psychiatry allowed for deinstitutionalization and comunity-based programs.

Answer 2

True - began with introduction of Chlorpromazine in 1954

Question 3

True/False. A patient involuntarily hospitalized for a psychiatric condition may be required to receive treatment, such as taking medications.

Answer 3

False. Treatment against one’s will requires legal and medical approval.

Question 4

Pharmacology revolutionized the field of psychiatry in the 1950s. What was the first major psychiatric drug introduced?

Answer 4

Chlorpromazine in 1954

Question 5

What are the different types of suicidality?

Answer 5

Active - suicidal with intent, plan, and means

Passive - desire to be dead, but no intent or plan

Para-suicidal - self-harm with intent to feel physical harm and not cause death