REGISTEREDNURSE I & II - PSYCHIATRIC Grade 14 & 16... practice as a registered professional nurse in New York State; !Nurse I vs. Nurse II level dependant upon...
REGISTEREDNURSE I & II - PSYCHIATRICGrade 14 &... practice as a registered professional nurse in New York State;!Nurse I vs. Nurse II level dependant upon...
Following an overseas trip which culminated with a stop at the brand new Atlantis hotel in Dubai, Lindsay Lohan is finally back home from her trip to Europe.The “Mean Girls” starlet was spotted out in Beverly Hills sans Samantha Ronson as she headed to an appointment with her psychiatrist before doing a little shopping at Balenciaga on Tuesday (November 25).
Following an overseas trip which culminated with a stop at the brand new Atlantis hotel in Dubai, Lindsay Lohan is finally back home from her trip to Europe.
The “Mean Girls” starlet was spotted out in Beverly Hills sans Samantha Ronson as she headed to an appointment with her psychiatrist before doing a little shopping [...]
Sleep medicine is a growing field. As is often the case in any rapidly expanding field, the literature has become abundant and often controversial. At the same time, specialized textbooks, manuals, periodicals, and papers are not easily accessible and are difficult to interpret for the practical needs of general practitioners, psychiatrists, and other health professionals. A groundbreaking resourc
Providing a comprehensive overview of the main disorders encountered by child and adolescent psychiatrists in clinical practice, this authoritative clinical handbook ranges from eating, sleep and affective disorders to substance abuse, gender identity and sexual abuse. The approach is evidence-based and emphasis is on good clinical practice and quality control of patient care. In contrast to other
HILTON HEAD, SC- Almost regardless of pathologic state, it is widely accepted that genetic information has started to provide-or will soon provide-a profound change in diagnosis and therapy in medicine. The potential for revolutionary changes in clinical management is based on the detail with which genetics is revealing the molecular steps of the pathophysiologic process. In psychiatric illness, t
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008;13(3):377-393 Hypnotherapy in Child Psychiatry: The State of the Art Huynh ME, Vandvik IH, Diseth TH. Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway Children are more easily hypnotized than adults, and hypnotherapy as a method responds to the general developmental needs of children by addressing their ability for fantasy and imagination. Hypnotherapy and self-hypno
New Ways of WorkingThe psychiatrists are currently caught up whining about their own self worth in the Guardian. I would quite like to know when the Royal College of Psychiatrists have ever thought about patients or indeed medical patients [ doctors who are patients]. Here are the Royal College of Psychiatrists supporting their own. A gaggle of 36 Psychiatrists moaned to the yellow clad British Jo
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This 8th volume of the WPA series in Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry provides an update of research evidence and clinical experience concerning personality disorders.
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A 37-year-old woman is abducted, beaten, and repeatedly raped. For five months after the attack she is nervous, tearful, easily fatigued, and has difficulty concentrating. She also notes difficulty sleeping and lack of appetite, and is hyperreactive to unexpected or loud stimuli. By six months she has returned to her characteristic pre-attack behavioral patterns. Which of the following is the most
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This is the first historical dictionary of psychiatry. It covers the subject from autism to Vienna, and includes the key concepts, individuals, places, and institutions that have shaped the evolution of psychiatry and the neurosciences. An introduction puts broad trends and international differences in context, and there is an extensive bibliography for further reading.
Coping Mechanism involves any effort to decrease the stress response. It can be constructive or destructive, task oriented, or defense oriented, regulating the response to protect oneself. If destructive coping mechanism is happened, it often cause a mental health disorder because the person avoids the problem or stress that causes the disorder. And neurotic or psychotic behaviors can result when
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The Medical Basis of Psychiatry, 3rd editionThe Medical Basis of Psychiatry, 3rd editionStationary Office | Pages: 824 | 2008-05-16 | ISBN: 1588299171 | 18 MBPsychiatry has emerged as a burgeoning scientific field with major advances in etiology and treatment of several disorders. Just as there was excitement in the anatomic advances that took place a hundred years ago when Emil Kraepelin and his
I stood at the end of the hallway looking out through the large windows. Outside the sky was gray, the blacktop was damp, and the trees were dripping. It was a stark contrast to the interior. Here, where I stood, the walls were brightly colored, cartoonish faces squinted, frowned, and smiled, and random quotes encouraged [...]
The Medical Basis of Psychiatry, 3rd edition
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Stationary Office | Pages: 824 | 2008-05-16 | ISBN: 1588299171 | 18 MB
Psychiatry has emerged as a burgeoning scientific field with major advances in etiology and treatment of several disorders. Just as there was excitement in the anatomic advances that took place a hundred years ago when Emil Kraepelin
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This new Oxford Textbook will become the definitive source for all psychiatrists and trainees. It covers all areas of general psychiatry in depth, and includes sections on each of the subspecialties (for example child psychiatry and forensic psychiatry). It is designed to be used by those in
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Based on powerful epidemiological data such as numbers afflicted, mortality rates from suicide, personal and familial consequences, and skyrocketing fiscal costs, major depressive disorder (MDD) has the sad and ignominious distinction of being a leader among disabling disorders worldwide. With lifetime prevalence risks of 13% for men and 21% for women, the magnitude of this
Just watched - 'the doctor who hears voices' on channel 4 - an approach to mental illness that regards existing medicating/hospitalising practices - as harmful - perhaps even making the illness worse. This non-medicating approach...
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Dementia is most frequently associated with aging and is, at present, under-diagnosed and under-represented all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different
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Philosophical ideas about the mind, brain, and behavior can seem theoretical and unimportant when placed alongside the urgent questions of mental distress and disorder. However, there is a need to give direction to attempts to answer these questions. On the one hand a substantial research
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From Chapter 1 "Depression, like many other mental disorders, is characterised by the presence of a number of symptoms which are changeable over time." Among these symptoms are a depressed mood and a loss of interest; physical and cognitive changes may also occur. Because of difficulties in diagnosis (and varied criteria) only estimates in the global number of cases of
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From Chapter 1 "Depression, like many other mental disorders, is characterised by the presence of a number of symptoms which are changeable over time." Among these symptoms are a depressed mood and a loss of interest; physical and cognitive changes may also occur. Because of difficulties in diagnosis (and varied criteria) only estimates in the global number of cases of
By Stephen J. Dubner The debate about the effectiveness and safety of psychiatric drugs rambles on while new (if not conclusive) psychological studies come out with the frequency of fad diets. We invited some people who think a lot about such issues - David B. Baker, John Medina, Dan Ariely, Satoshi Kanazawa, Peter D. Kramer, and Laurie Schwartz - and asked them the following: How much progress have psychology and psychiatry really made in the last century? Do we know enough about the human psyche to prescribe the medication that we do? Here are their answers. More... Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company
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Matter of Security provides an account of the development of arousal and affect regulation, which offers a new way of thinking about mental disorders in offenders. This book also discusses the development of personality in terms of interpersonal functioning and relationships with others, which is essential to understanding both interpersonal violence and abnormal personality
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This is a subject I hadn’t planned on addressing on this blog, but now I feel I must. This sort of brain-dead bigotry and contempt is par for the course on, say, the Something Awful forums, but when it’s printed in The Newspaper of Record it merits a public response, however ineffectual that response is likely to be. Be warned that this post is long and has little or no direct relationship to
Last month, my cousin Pete came out to Los Angeles on a trip for work, and since then all he ever talks about is his visit to the Church of Scientology’s "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum. Seriously, he won’t shut up about the thing.
He just sent me his photo journal chronicling the event, promising that he’d cool it if I put it online. So, here it is. Enjoy?
Dear Cousin Brian,
Wowzers! Me and my best pal from work Bernie Goldman just got back from an I.T. team-building retreat in Hollywood, California (or, as Bernie likes to call it "Hollyweird, California") and we had SOOOOOO much fun. We ate at Planet Hollywood (!), stayed at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (!!) on Hollywood Boulevard (!!!), and went to the "Ripley’s Believe It or Not" museum. I not-believed 20% of the exhibits while Bernie not-believed 25%. Bernie’s very skeptical.
But the absolute best part of the trip came about completely by accident: our visit
A 37-year-old woman who was diagnosed with AIDS 3 years earlier is unable to work, is physically debilitated, and requests her physician to provide her with medications with which to take her own life. The most common emotional disorder that results in such requests by patients isA. bipolar I disorder, manic typeB. borderline personality disorderC. factitious disorderD. major depressive disorderE. schizophrenic disorderAnswer
Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment and prevention of mental illness. A psychiatrist is a physician who, after earning an M.D takes at least four years of training in the treatment of mentally ill patients.
Many techniques are used in treating mentally ill patients. A psychiatrist might discuss [...]
A 4-year-old girl is discovered pulling the tail of the family dog. Her mother, who had warned her previously that this behavior was unacceptable, now assigns the girl to a 5 minute time out period. A timer is set up so that the girl can keep track of the time period. After two minutes of the period, the girl begins to scream and cry. At this point, the mother's best response would be toA. do nothing until the time out period has endedB. explain to the child why this type of punishment is necessaryC. offer the child a choice between becoming quiet or "being paddled"D. reset the timer to add an additional 5 minutes to the time out periodE. tell the child that if she quiets down she will be rewarded by a treat at the end of the time out periodAnswer
A child psychiatrist would like to evaluate the intellectual ability of a 3-year-old patient. Which of the following is the most appropriate test for him to use?A. Denver Developmental ScaleB. Stanford-Binet ScaleC. WAIS-RD. WISC IIIE. WPPSIAnswer
Author: Bill Fulford, Tim ThorntonPaperback: 912 pagesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA; (August 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 0198526946(R)Mental health research and care in the twenty first century faces a series of conceptual and ethical challenges arising from unprecedented advances in the neurosciences, combined with radical cultural and organisational change. The Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry is aimed at all those responding to these challenges, from professionals in health and social care, managers, lawyers and policy makers; service users, informal carers and others in the voluntary sector; through to philosophers, neuroscientists and clinical researchers. Organised around a series of case studies in five key topic areas - concepts of disorder, the philosophical history of psychopathology, philosophy of science, ethics and philosophical value theory, and philosophy of mind - the book provides a detailed introduction to the field and a fra
Author: David Semple, Roger SmythPaperback: 976 pagesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 15, 2005) Language: EnglishISBN: 0198527837 The Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry is a new book directed at medical students, doctors coming to psychiatry for the first time, psychiatric trainees, and other professionals who may have to deal with patients with psychiatric problems. It is written by a group of experienced psychiatrists and is designed to provide easy access to the information required by psychiatry trainees on the wards or on-call. It closely follows the familiar format of the Oxford Handbooks series, and provides coverage that is comprehensive, evidence based and practical. The content of the handbook is written in the concise, note-based style characteristic of the series, with topics confined to single pages. The book is divided into four sections: fundamentals of psychiatric practice; general adult psychiatry; psychiatric subspecialties; and useful reference mater
Author: Sharon Taylor, Kenneth NunnellyPaperback: 400 pagesPublisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited (March 1, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN: 0727915932For all busy health care professionals who work with troubled children and adolescents with behavioural and emotional problems. Presented in a concise, practical and accessible guide to the assessment and treatment of the child in distress. The first section offers a bird's eye view of psychiatric disorder, including definitions, demography, aetiology and assessment. Section two describes the clinical picture of the more common disorders and overviews their treatment. The finer details of the most commonly used treatments are presented in section three. The style is jargon free and to the point, with an emphasis on management with tips on what to say to families. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
Outstanding coverage of high-yield psychiatry topics, Lange Q&A: Psychiatry is a comprehensive Q&A review of psychiatry for medical students preparing for the USMLE Step 2 exam and the psychiatry clerkship exam. Readers will find 750 questions, broken out by chapters covering various topics of testing and two comprehensive practice tests. All questions are in board format to better prepare students for what they will see on the exam. Detailed explanations explain why the answer is correct or incorrect.About the AuthorIvan Oransky, MD is the deputy editor of The Scientist. He has served as editor-in-chief of Pulse, the medical student section of the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) and of Praxis Post. Author or co-author of several books, including The Common Symptom Answer Guide (McGraw-Hill, 2004) and three previous editions of Lange Q&A Psychiatry, he has written for publications including the Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Fitness, The Forward, The Lancet, The New Re
Essentials of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is an EXCELLENT concise and a Comprehensive review. This book is easy to read. At the end of each covered chapter there are questions and answers with explanations. It is a great resource for General practitioners as well as Child and adolescent psychiatrists.Essentials of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry can help those non-specialists better understand the problems of young patients by presenting specific guidance on more than a dozen commonly seen conditions, such as attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, eating disorders, and tic disorders.Essentials of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry distills the authoritative advice found in the third edition of The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Updating and pruning that volume's detailed and comprehensive content, Essentials omits those chapters directed primarily toward sub-specialists and ret
William V. Good & Jefferson E. Nelson (MedMaster, Inc.) "PREFACE Although humor is used in this book to highlight diagnostic findings, it is not our intent to laugh at people with psychiatric problems. On the contrary, we hope that reading this book will enable you to help and understand patients better. Where appropriate, we have integrated the DSM III (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, American Psychiatric Association) into the text. For lists of diagnostic criteria and a complete review of the psychiatric nomenclature, the reader is referred to this reference manual. We are indebted to Susan Domaschk for her help in preparing this book. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In the four years since this book was last revised a number of important events have occurred in psychiatry. Some of these include: the introduction of the DSM- III-R (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised, American Psychiatric Association, 1987)
The best-selling general psychiatry text since 1972, Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry is now in its thoroughly updated Tenth Edition. This complete, concise overview of the entire field of psychiatry is a staple board review text for psychiatry residents and is popular with a broad range of students in medicine, clinical psychology, social work, nursing, and occupational therapy, as well as practitioners in all these areas. The book is DSM-IV-TR compatible and replete with case studies and tables, including ICD-10 diagnostic coding tables. You will also receive access to the complete, fully searchable online text, an online test bank of approximately 100 multiple-choice questions and full answers, and an online image bank.Book's DetailsTitle: Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry Authors: Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. SadockList Price: $99.00Paperback: 1472 pagesPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 10 edition (May 1, 200
After reviewing your comments and based on the video discussed in the last article, I’ve decided to review some of the general themes often cited by opponents of psychiatry. Here is the first anti-psychiatry argument.
Psychiatry applies subjective labels to patients.
Do we do more harm than good when we define patients’ conditions based on commonly accepted labeling guidelines? How valid are the guidelines? Presumably, using established rating scales, the clinician can more objectively formulate a diagnosis.
Or can they?
In the field of medicine, the patient’s account is termed “subjective” and the physician’s “objective.” The physician is charged with processing the patient’s statements under an objective lens by utilizing various medical tools. Psychiatry, as a medical discipline, functions in the same manner; however, at the moment it does not benefit extensively from the “scientific” biochemical tests and
The psychiatric profession is under attack by the Church of Scientology. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a Scientology advocacy group, released an intense “documentary” called “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death” in 2006. Recently, I stumbled upon a video clip of this pointed film. Interestingly, many videos under the general theme of anti-psychiatry have emerged since Tom Cruise’s outburst on Oprah.
After viewing this clip, I would like to know your reactions. Specifically, in this roundtable, let’s aim to establish fruitful discussion on how modern psychiatric practices have benefited or harmed our society, or both. Are people merely misinformed? Can proper nutrition and excerise solve all the disorders of the mind? Are psychotropics more harmful than good?
Below, I have outlined a few controversial claims made by the CCHR:
Psychiatrists follow a long-standing “master plan” for world domination.
Psychiatry is responsible
I just saw this very neat article on Psychiatry. It's 9000 words so a bit to read but very informative and gives a neat view how Big Pharma is pulling the strings in the medical profession.Nice piece of research (better than me I must admit).It sort of puts the text to my earlier post with the cartoon, "could we up the dosage" in fact this is exactly what Psychiatry has become. A Big Pharma pusher - if you don't know what I am talking about you need to see the DVD I posted about earlier Psychiatry: An Industry of Death.
I found this quote on the site of PsykiatriFonden - who is farily active these days on the PR front in Denmark. They even convinced the Crown Princess Mary to become a "protector" for their association.The most recent campaign they are running is "anyone who promotes that they can help stress is a fake." - now hold on, that means that they can do something about it? No they even say it themselves.Quote from PsykiatriFonden, a Politically-Neutral Advocacy Organisation for Mental IllnessThe perception of psychiatry and the role of the psychiatrist Despite improvements in the scientific understanding of mental health disorders and advances in their treatment, there is still a lack of respect towards professionals working in psychiatry. Our image in the general public, as well as in our own ranks, is not as good as it should be. The general public is sceptical and the media often carries stories about patients who are overdrugged, patients who receive insufficient psychotherapy and lack of
Category: Scholarship /PhD research studentships in england britainPhD research studentships Institute of Psychiatry. The Division of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry is advertising Medical Research Council supported PhD Studentships.The Institute of Psychiatry achieved a 5 rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, the highest possible rating for quality. The Division of Psychological Medicine comprises over 700 researchers organised in 26 research sections. The Division has an international reputation for the study of diverse psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, affective disorders, dementia and anxiety disorders.Researchers in the division come from a variety of disciplines, including laboratory sciences (e.g. molecular genetics and neuropathology), clinical neurosciences (e.g. neuroimaging, neuropharmacology and neuroendocrinology), population sciences (epidemiology), health services research and clinical trials.Graduates from a similarly wide
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PhD research studentships Institute of Psychiatry. The Division of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry is advertising Medical Research Council supported PhD Studentships.
The Institute of Psychiatry achieved a 5 rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, the highest possible rating for quality. The Division of Psychological Medicine comprises over 700 researchers organised in 26 research sections. The Division has an international reputation for the study of diverse psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, affective disorders, dementia and anxiety disorders.
Researchers in the division come from a variety of disciplines, including laboratory sciences (e.g. molecular genetics and neuropathology), clinical neurosciences (e.g. neuroimaging, neuropharmacology and neuroendocrinology), population sciences (epidemiology), health services research and clinical trials.
Graduates from a simil
I just watched this DVD for the second time. I am not sure what to say... yuk or wow! The fact of the matter is that this is an eye-opener of the best kind.It is like a wake-up call. We have psychiatry creeping in on us every day and twisting some of the wildest viewpoints to "ok". OK well pretty much anyone knows instrinctively these guys are up to no-good. They success rate sort of proves it. But nobody really has the evidence to to show it.This DVD does the job.What we are looking at here is just like the Emperor's New Clothes, Psychiatry goes around and pretends to be an authority on a subject they actually have no results in, and millions believe they have the answers but nobody dares to look at the results.Well see the DVD yourself, it is quite revealing.http://www.cchr.org/index.cfm/14396
An adolescent reports difficulty sleeping. Which one of the following statements concerning insomnia is correct?A.Getting up at the same time every day can increase the restfulness of sleep.B.Daytime drowsiness, excessive snoring, and confusion if awakened from sleep are associated with restless legs syndrome.C.Insomnia rarely occurs in the elderly.D.There is little correlation between insomnia and depression.E.Patients must take hypnotic drugs for a prolonged period to cure insomnia.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Adolescent, Insomnia
An 18-year-old white male is having rapid mood changes, and his speech is pressured and difficult to interpret. These findings suggest a/an:A.obsessive-compulsive disorder.B.manic episode.C.paranoid schizophrenia.D.borderline personality.E.antisocial personality.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Mood Disorders
In a 19-year-old college student taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), addition of bupropion (Wellbutrin) should be considered if the patient develops which one of the following side effects?A.DystoniaB.NauseaC.HeadacheD.Sexual dysfunctionE.Desire for cigarettesAnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, SSRI, Serotonin
The physician counseling a 4-year-old child about the death of a loved one should keep in mind that children in this age group:A.often feel no sense of loss.B.often believe that they are somehow responsible for the death.C.should not attend a funeral.D.should usually be told the loved one is having a long sleep.E.usually accept the finality of death with little question.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Child, Grief
A 10-year-old male comes in for follow-up of his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). At the time of his last visit 1 month ago he was taking methylphenidate (Ritalin) each morning. At the time his mother reported that he did extremely well in class during the morning, but by the end of the day he was having problems with inattentiveness. This carried over into difficulties concentrating on homework after school. These problems were affecting his grades and causing distress to him and his mother. The child expressed a desire not to take medicine during the school day. You switched his medicine at that visit to a long-acting form of methylphenidate (e.g., Concerta).At this visit the mother reports that her son is now doing well through the entire school day and is able to get his homework done. However, she notes that his appetite at dinner has decreased and that he has lost 2 lbs. She also reports that it is somewhat more difficult for him to fall asleep.What is the most ap
A 19-year-old female comes to your office accompanied by her boyfriend. In the last 9 months she has withdrawn from college and has requested a leave of absence from her part-time job. She no longer will accept social engagements. Though she was formerly active in church and teaching Sunday school, she has also withdrawn from theses activities. Her relationship with her boyfriend remains strong, she sleeps well, and she continues independent running and cycling.Which one of the following would be appropriate as initial treatment?A.Lithium (Eskalith)B.Paroxetine (Paxil)C.Haloperidol (Haldol)D.Alprazolam (Xanax)E.Trazodone (Desyrel)AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Depression, anxiety
A mother brings her 18-year-old daughter to you because of excessive showering and dressing rituals, which have been present for 3 years. You suspect, and a psychiatric consultant concurs, that the daughter has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Which one of the following statements about this patient is true?A) Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a rare psychiatric diagnosis in adolescence.B) Her disease is likely to remit spontaneously.C) Unlike a schizophrenic patient, she would consider her rituals irrational.D) If behavior therapy fails, treatment with any tricyclic antidepressant will be effective in controlling her symptoms.E) If clomipramine (Anafranil) is used for drug therapy, blurred vision and dry mouth would be very uncommon side effects.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
In evaluating an 8-year-old boy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder you would especially want to know:A) the results of an electroencephalogram.B) the result of a trial of antidepressants.C) the result of an enhanced CT scan of the head.D) the results of psychometric tests.E) your receptionist's assessment of the child's behavior in the waiting room.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, ADHD
Which one of the following statements concerning suicide is correct?A) Elderly grandparents have the lowest rate of suicide.B) Adolescent males are much less likely than adolescent females to commit suicide.C) Firearms are the most common method for committing suicide.D) Youth suicides are rarely related to media reports of suicides.E) Homosexual adolescent and heterosexual adolescent suicides are of equal incidence.AnswerTags: Psychiatry, Suicide, MCQ, Multiple choice Questions
An 18-year-old white female is considered a difficult patient. She is hostile and exceedingly demanding, often requests specific medications, and once asked you to bring her back a souvenir from your vacation. She seems accident-prone and has frequently gotten into minor trouble as a teenager. She has multiple somatic complaints and has been diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome by another physician.Of the following, the most likely diagnosis is:A) chronic mononucleosis.B) dysthymia.C) depression.D) borderline personality disorder.E) antisocial personality disorder.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Somatic
A 7-year-old is brought in by his parents for evaluation of possible attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). You review the history carefully and perform a thorough physical examination, including visual and hearing evaluations. You conclude that the problem is more likely due to ineffective discipline than to ADHD.Which one of the following would be a strong clue that your interpretation is correct?A) The child has frequent motor and vocal ticsB) The child acts as if he is in "another world" when playingC) If a sibling is present, the child will play alongside, rather than with, the siblingD) There is a clear pattern of varying sleep cycles, varying from periods when the child needs little sleep and is euphoric, t to periods of excessive sleep and a depressed moodE) The parents react extremely emotionally when the child misbehaves during the office visitAnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, ADHD
Which one of the following is true regarding attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?A) It frequently coexists with specific learning disabilities/cognitive deficitsB) It is more prevalent in girlsC) Megavitamins have proved helpful in the treatment of ADHDD) It rarely coexists with psychiatric behavioral disordersE) Antisocial personality disorders are unusual in adults who had ADHD as childrenAnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, ADHD, Pediatrics
You diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a 10-year-old male, and the parents ask about medication treatment.Which one of the following would you tell the parents with regard to potential side effects of medication treatment?A) Methylphenidate (Ritalin) may precipitate seizures.B) Although anorexia may occur, it will not lead to substantial short term weight loss.C) Methylphenidate has significantly fewer side effects than dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine).D) The effect on eventual adult height is minimal in patients treated with methylphenidate or dextroamphetamine.E) Children treated with stimulants have an increased risk of developing addiction to illegal drugs in adolescence.Answer Tags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Child, ADHD
A patient with bipolar disorder is being treated with lithium. Of the following, which one is the most likely side effect of this therapy? A) HypoparathyroidismB) SIADH C) Hypothyroidism D) Diabetes insipidus E) HypoaldosteronismAnswer Tags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders
Which one of the following is a common early side effect of fluoxetine (Prozac)?A) ConstipationB) Loss of appetiteC) Orthostatic hypotensionD) Atrioventricular blockE) Skin rashAnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Drugs, Side Effects
Of the following antidepressants, which one is LEAST likely to cause drug interactions?A) Citalopram (Celexa)B) Fluoxetine (Prozac)C) Paroxetine (Paxil)D) Mirtazapine (Remeron)E) Imipramine (Tofranil)Answer Tags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Depression
An 18-year-old female visits you because she is having difficulty sleeping, cannot concentrate, and is more irritable. She also says that people around her remark on how overly alert and wary she seems to be and how easy it is to startle her. With gentle probing you discover that 6 months ago she was driving a car that was involved in an accident in which a close friend was killed. Since that time she avoids driving and always tries to avoid the intersection where the accident occurred. In spite of trying to put it out of her mind, she still dreams about the event, and even during the day may relive the accident. Her mother is concerned because she has begun to withdraw from participation in school and church activities and just broke off a relationship with her long-term boyfriend.The most probable PRIMARY diagnosis in this patient is which one of the following?A) Acute stress disorderB) Adjustment reaction with depressed moodC) Major depressionD) Generalized anxiety disorderE) Post-t
An 18-year-old female complains of generalized headache, dizziness (characterized as lightheadedness), and generally not feeling well for 3 days. This started at the same time as her menses and coincided with a major examination in a college class she is taking. Her review of symptoms is otherwise negative. Her past medical history includes a recent acute onset of low back pain related to lifting and a recent depressive episode which responded well to medication. Her current medications include an oral contraceptive, which she has taken for 2 years, a corticosteroid nasal spray, and ibuprofen for the past 2 weeks. She was on paroxetine (Paxil), 30 mg/day, for 7 months, but this was stopped 5 days ago because of sexual dysfunction. Because of her symptoms she has not taken any medications for the past 2 days. Since then the headache has eased substantially, but the feeling of lightheadedness has remained. A physical examination is unremarkable.Which one of the following is the most like
Which one of the following statements would be the most accurate advice to give to an adolescent beginning light therapy for seasonal affective disorder?A) The 10,000-lux fixture is more effective and less time consuming than the 2500-lux fixture.B) Sunscreen must be avoided for maximal benefit from therapy.C) Light treatment is most effective when given in one daily session.D) Patching the eyes during therapy is optional.E) If clinical response is not demonstrable after 7 days of therapy, alternative therapy is indicated.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Seasonal Affective Disorder
You diagnose depression in a 17-year-old white male and prescribe bupropion (Wellbutrin XL). He returns for a follow-up visit 4 weeks later. He now reports less despondency, but says he has developed severe insomnia. He also tells you that his mind "races" all the time, and that he has received two speeding tickets in the past 2 weeks.Which one of the following would be appropriate now?A) Substitute sertraline (Zoloft) for the bupropionB) Add valproate (Depakote)C) Add alprazolam (Xanax)D) Add imipramine (Tofranil) at bedtimeE) Add haloperidol (Haldol)AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Depression, Mania
Which one of the following is characteristic of drug-seeking behavior in patients who abuse prescription drugs? A) They refuse non-narcotic alternatives.B) They rarely report drug allergies. C) They request that other modalities be tried first before narcotics are used. D) They minimize their symptoms. E) They frequently only see one physician.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Addiction
Which one of the following is indicated in the diagnostic workup for attention-deficit/hyperÂactivity disorder (ADHD)?A) A TSH levelB) An EEGC) A blood lead levelD) Continuous performance testingE) Home- and school-specific ADHD rating scalesAnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, ADHD
Following a bereavement the following are shown to be true except A. Approximately 20% of widowers die in the first year. B. Mortality is greater for women than for men. C. Mortality is still greater than expected at 2 years post bereavement.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Bereavement
A 42 year old man presents witha depressive illness. the following factors would support an unfavourable prognosis Except A. loss of mother prior to 12 years of age. B. previous depressive illness. C. involvement with local charitable organisations. D. obsessional personality. E. a wife house bound with multiple sclerosis.AnswerTags: MCQ, Psychiatry, Depression
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