1. Eugen Bleuler renamed dementia precox as

A. Autism

B. Schizophrenia

C. Bipolar affective disorder

D. Melancholia

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2. Bizarre and childish thinking, speech, and very disordered motor actions are characteristics of:

A. Catatonic schizophrenia

B. Paranoid schizophrenia

C. Undifferentiated schizophrenia

D. Disorganized/hebephrenic schizophrenia

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3. First rank symptoms of schizophrenia (FRSS), which is widely accepted in making a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia was described by:

A. Kurt Schneider

B. Eugen Bleuler

C. Eric Erickson

D. Emil Kraepelin

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4. First rank symptoms of schizophrenia (FRSS) include all the following, EXCEPT:

A. Third person/running commentary auditory hallucinations

B. Thought alienation phenomena

C. Passivity phenomenon

D. Mood disturbances

E. Delusional perception

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5. Eugen Bleuler's characteristic symptoms (fundamental symptoms) of schizophrenia include all the following, EXCEPT:

A. Ambivalence

B. Autism

C. Affective disturbances

D. Apraxia

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6. The first effective antipsychotic drug was:

A. Chlorpromazine

B. Thioridazine

C. Haloperidol

D. Trifluperazine

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7. Prefrontal lobotomy was proposed as a treatment for serious mental illnesses by___________ in 1935.

A. Ugo Cerletti

B. Walter Cannon

C. Egas Moniz

D. Adolph Meyer

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8. The preferred antipsychotic in poor medication compliance or high risk of relapse is:

A. A serotonin-dopamine antagonist

B. Clozapine

C. Injectable form of a long-acting antagonist (haloperidol/fluphenazine)

D. Aripiprazole

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9. Clozapine is associated with a higher risk of _____________ than other antipsychotics.

A. extrapyramidal symptoms

B. seizures

C. neuroleptic malignant syndrome

D. anticholinergic side effects

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10. Which of the following drugs is most safe in pregnant patients with acute schizophrenia?

A. Haloperidol

B. Chlorpromazine

C. Trifluperazine

D. Thioridazine

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11. Which is not an important expressed emotion (EE) affecting the course of schizophrenia?

A. Over involvement

B. Hostility

C. Criticism

D. Non-sequential communication

 

12. Which is a characteristic finding in schizophrenia?

A. Larger than normal lateral ventricles

B. An underactive dopamine system in the brain

C. An underactive serotonin system

D. Presence of seizure attacks

 

13. Primary symptoms of schizophrenia according to Bleuler are all, EXCEPT

A. Disorders of affect

B. Loosening of associations

C. Ambivalance

D. Automatic obedience

 

14. The most frequent period of onset of schizophrenia is

A. Adolescence

B. Childhood

C. Middle age

D. Old age

 

15. The probability that children of a schizophrenic patient develop the disease is

A. Twice the general population

B. Five times the general population

C. Ten times the general population

D. Fifteen times the general population

E. Twenty five times the general population

 

1. Psychiatry, 3rd ed, vol 2. Edited by Tasman A, Kay J, Lieberman JA, First MB, Maj M. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
2. Kaplan HI, Sadock BJ. Synopsis of Psychiatry , Behavioral Sciences/ Clinical Psychiatry. 9th ed. Hong Kong : William and Wilkinson Publishers;1998.

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