Psychopathology (neurocognitive disorders)

Question 1

The DSM-5 requires the presence of which of the following for a diagnosis of delirium?
A. disorientation to time and place
B. impaired attention and awareness
C. a perceptual disturbance
D. impaired memory

Answer 1

B. impaired attention and awareness

Question 2

The course of ____________ varies and may involve an acute onset of symptoms or a stepwise or progressive decline in functioning with fluctuations in symptoms or plateaus of varying length.

A. vascular neurocognitive disorder
B. alcohol-induced neurocognitive disorder
C. neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer’s disease
D. neurocognitive disorder due to Parkinson’s disease

Answer 2

D. neurocognitive disorder due to Parkinson’s disease

Question 3

For a patient in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease, an MRI is most likely to reveal degeneration in which of the following?
A. cerebral cortex
B. substantia nigra
C. hypothalamus
D. entorhinal cortex

Answer 3

D. entorhinal cortex

Question 4

Which of the following produces the most rapidly progressing neurocognitive disorder?
A. Alzheimer’s disease
B. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
C. Lewy body disease
D. frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Answer 4

B. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Question 5

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Answer 5

the most common type of Neurocognitive Disorder due to Prion Disease characterized by a rapid progression of symptoms that often meet the criteria for major NCD in as few as six months
Symptoms include confusion and disorientation, impaired memory and judgment, and other neurocognitive deficits; ataxia, myoclonus, chorea, and other prominent motor symptoms; and psychiatric symptoms that may include apathy, anxiety, and/or mood swings

Question 6

Which of the following is least likely to be exhibited by a patient with neurocognitive disorder due to HIV infection or other subcortical neurocognitive disorder?
A. forgetfulness
B. apathy
C. aphasia
D. psychomotor retardation

Answer 6

C. aphasia