Psychopathology Flashcards
Disorientation appears in:
A) Korsakoff syndrome
B) Acute schizophrenic episode
C) Hypomania
D) Depression
E) Agoraphobia
A) Korsakoff syndrome
Perception without objective stimulus:
A) Hallucination
B) Illusion
C) Delusion
D) Derealisation
E) Depersonalisation
A) Hallucination
Short-term memory loss is a typical symptom in:
A) Mania
B) Depression
C) Schizophrenia
D) Korsakoff syndrome
E) Panic disorder
D) Korsakoff syndrome
A patient starts to cry without any reason. The phenomenon can be:
A) Blunted affect
B) Anhedonia
C) Anxiety
D) Emotional incontinence
E) Alexithymia
D) Emotional incontinence
Hallucination is a symptom of:
A) Thinking
B) Sensorium
C) Attention
D) Perception
E) Mood
D) Perception
The patient said during the interview that he had seen two birds in the window. This meant to him that 2 weeks later he will suffer a serious injury. This symptom is a/an:
A) Illusion
B) Hallucination
C) Delusion
D) Neologism
C) Delusion
The most important characteristic of psychosis is:
A) Thought disorder
B) Schizophrenia
C) Bipolar affective disorder
D) Disturbed reality-testing
E) Hostility
D) Disturbed reality-testing
An old, confused patient is admitted to the hospital. When the doctor asks ’How old are you‘, he answers: ’70 years‘. The doctor asks ’Where are we now?’, the patient answers: ’70 years’. How is this phenomenon called?
A) Coprolalia
B) Rumination
C) Compulsion
D) Perseveration
E) Echolalia
D) Perseveration
An 8-year-old child with high fever sees the curtain moving. He tells his mother that an animal is coming in through the window. The symptom is:
A) Delusion
B) Fantasy
C) Hallucination
D) Illusion
E) Phobia
D) Illusion
Which is not true about alexithymia?
A) The term was coined by Sifneos
B) It was originally introduced to describe psychosomatic disorders
C) It is characterized by the verbal expression of emotions
D) It is associated with somatoform disorders and substance abuse disorders
C) It is characterized by the verbal expression of emotions
All of the following are examples of symptoms of the form of thinking, except:
A) Delusion
B) Flight of ideas
C) Logorrhea
A) Delusion
A female patient has a delusion that his boss loves her, the symptom is:
A) Erotic delusion
B) Erotomania
C) Transitivism
D) None of the above
B) Erotomania
In psychotic depression the patient delusionally believes that he is not alive. The name of the symptom is:
A) Nihilistic delusion
B) Anxiety
C) Horror vacui
D) None of the above
A) Nihilistic delusion
The hallucinatory voices instruct the patient to do something, the name of the symptom is:
A) Delusion of influence
B) Command hallucination
C) Somatic hallucinations
D) None of the above
B) Command hallucination
Delusion of infestation is also known as:
A) Capgras symptom
B) Ekbom symptom
C) Cotard symptom
D) None of the above
B) Ekbom symptom
Ganser syndrome is commonly seen in:
A) Schizophrenia
B) Mania
C) Pick disease
D) Learning disabilities
E) Prisoners awaiting trial
E) Prisoners awaiting trial
The patient in stupor spits out the food, the name of the symptom is:
A) Passive negativism
B) Pica
C) Active negativism
D) Rumination
C) Active negativism
Somatic hallucinations are typical in:
A) Schizophrenia
B) Mania
C) Panic disorder
D) None of the above
A) Schizophrenia
Abstract thinking can be examined by the:
A) Interpretation of proverbs
B) Ziehen probe
C) Bourdon probe
D) None of the above
A) Interpretation of proverbs
The patient has a delusion that his mother is replaced by a double. The name of the symptom is:
A) Frégoli symptom
B) Cotard symptom
C) Capgras symptom
D) De Clérambault symptom
C) Capgras symptom
Characteristics of illusion:
1) Misinterpretation of outer stimuli
2) More common in organic brain disorders
3) Not a necessary sign of psychosis
4) Have normal variants as well
A) only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd answers are correct
B) only the 1st and 3rd answers are correct
C) only the 2nd and 4th answers are correct
D) only the 4th answer is correct
E) all of the answers are correct
E) all of the answers are correct
Characteristics of delusions:
1) They are held with strong conviction
2) They are false beliefs
3) They feature a lack of insight
4) They are diagnostic of schizophrenia
A) only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd answers are correct
B) only the 1st and 3rd answers are correct
C) only the 2nd and 4th answers are correct
D) only the 4th answer is correct
E) all of the answers are correct
A) only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd answers are correct
If somebody is disoriented, probably he/she will not know:
1) The date
2) Where he/she is
3) Which season it is
4) What his/her name is
A) only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd answers are correct
B) only the 1st and 3rd answers are correct
C) only the 2nd and 4th answers are correct
D) only the 4th answer is correct
E) all of the answers are correct
E) all of the answers are correct
Grandiose delusions can appear in:
1) Schizophrenia
2) Mania
3) Frontal lobe syndrome
4) Amphetamin intoxication
A) only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd answers are correct
B) only the 1st and 3rd answers are correct
C) only the 2nd and 4th answers are correct
D) only the 4th answer is correct
E) all of the answers are correct
E) all of the answers are correct
Clouding of consciousness is characterized by a disturbance in the following areas:
1) Attention
2) Perception
3) Orientation
4) Memory
A) only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd answers are correct
B) only the 1st and 3rd answers are correct
C) only the 2nd and 4th answers are correct
D) only the 4th answer is correct
E) all of the answers are correct
E) all of the answers are correct
Which of the following is not a motor disorder seen in schizophrenia?
A) Catatonia
B) Cataplexy
C) Negativism
D) Waxy flexibility
E) Automatic obedience
B) Cataplexy
