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1. Visual illusions may occur in normal people T
2. Visual illusions may be influenced by prevailing emotional tone T
3. Visual illusions occur in those totally blind from birth F
4. Visual illusions occur in those suffering sudden blindness in middle age F
5. Visual illusions are more common in dim light than in bright conditions T
6. Emotional lability is seen in severe depression F
7. Emotional lability is seen in pseudobulbar palsy T
8. Emotional lability is seen in simple schizophrenia F
9. Emotional lability is seen in hysteria T
10. Emotional lability is seen in delirium T
11. Patients with Alexithymia have reading difficulties F
12. Patients with alexithymia lack empathy T
13. Patients with alexithymia have decreased fantasy thinking T
14. Patients with alexithymia have decreased symbolic thinking T
15. Patients with alexithymia have difficulties in distinguishing between somatic & psychological feelings T
16. Disorientation helps to distinguish between organic & functional disorders T
17. Visual hallucinations help to distinguish between organic & functional disorders T
18. Poor performance on serial sevens test helps to distinguish between organic & functional disorders F
19. Dysphasia helps to distinguish between organic & functional disorders T
20. Poor registration helps to distinguish between organic & functional disorders T
21. Depersonalisation is found in normal subjects T
22. Deja vu is found in normal subjects T
23. Deja vecu is found in normal subjects T
24. Encapsulated delusions are found in normal subjects F
25. Ideas of reference are found in normal subjects T
26. Over inclusive thinking can be demonstrated with card sorting tests T
27. Over inclusive thinking is a feature of mania F
28. Over inclusive thinking is a recognised feature of thought disorder T
29. Over inclusive thinking is a feature of frontal lobe pathology T
30. Over inclusive thinking can be found in normal people T
31. Hallucinations may be caused by acute anxiety F
32. Hallucinations may be caused by excessive Alcohol drinking T
33. Hallucinations may be caused by sensory deprivation T
34. Hallucinations may be caused by sleep deprivation T
35. Hallucinations may be caused by L-dopa T
36. Gilles de la Tourett’s syndrome is characterised by Coprophagia F
37. Gilles de la Tourett’s syndrome is characterised by subjective sudden release of tension T
38. Gilles de la Tourett’s syndrome is characterised by Tics T
39. Gilles de la Tourett’s syndrome is characterised by Paralysis of limbs F
40. Gilles de la Tourett’s syndrome is characterised by Choreoform movements F
41. Ideas of reference are delusions F
42. Ideas of reference occur in alcoholics T
43. Ideas of reference can lead to isolation T
44. Ideas of reference are always pathological F
45. Ideas of reference may improve spontaneously T
46. Morbid Jealousy is present in 10-15 % of violent patients F
47. Morbid Jealousy is more common in men than women T
48. Morbid Jealousy can occur in dementia T
49. Morbid Jealousy is a characteristic feature of Wernicke’s encephalopathy F
50. Morbid Jealousy is usually a separate diagnostic entity F
51. Disorientation in place is a characteristic feature of confusional state T
52. Disorientation in place is a characteristic feature of severe anxiety F
53. Disorientation in place is a characteristic feature of Wernicke’s encephalopathy T
54. Disorientation in place is a characteristic feature of Korsakoff’s psychosis F
55. Disorientation in place is a characteristic feature of acute manic episodes F
56. Depressive psychosis is associated with visual hallucinations
57. Depressive psychosis is associated with persecutory delusions T
58. Depressive psychosis is associated with delusions of punishment T
59. Depressive psychosis is associated with ideas of harming others T
60. Depressive psychosis is associated with nocturnal worsening F
61. The following remark by a patient during a psychiatric interview suggests that he is suffering from a psychotic illness, “The noise in my left ear is like the see flowing over the roof” F
62. The following remark by a patient during a psychiatric interview suggests that he is suffering from a psychotic illness, “They are taking the thought away from my mind & leaving it empty” T
63. The following remark by a patient during a psychiatric interview suggests that he is suffering from a psychotic illness, “Unwanted thoughts keep coming into my mind “ F
64. The following remark by a patient during a psychiatric interview suggests that he is suffering from a psychotic illness, “My dead wife sometimes appears just before I go to sleep “ F
65. The following remark by a patient during a psychiatric interview suggests that he is suffering from a psychotic illness, “I have heard my name called out although there was none there “
66. The following remark by a patient during a psychiatric interview suggests that he is suffering from a psychotic illness, “An electric current passed through my back & takes away the energy”. T
67. The following remark by a patient during a psychiatric interview suggests that he is suffering from a psychotic illness, “I feel detached from the environment”. F
68. Recognised causes of catatonia include Puerperal psychosis. T
69. Recognised causes of catatonia include Depersonalisation. F
70. Recognised causes of catatonia include Right parietal lobe lesions. T
71. Recognised causes of catatonia include hysterical fugue. T
72. Recognised causes of catatonia include Post ictal states. T
73. Recognised causes of catatonia include mania. T
74. Features of catatonia include motor blocking. T
75. Features of catatonia include Cataplexy. F
76. Features of catatonia include Stereotypy. T
77. Features of catatonia include psychological pillow. T
78. Features of catatonia include Stupor. T
79. Primary delusions may be secondary to auditory hallucinations. F
80. Primary delusions are frequently systematised to secondary delusions. T
81. Primary delusions are characteristically persecutory. F
82. Primary delusions are frequently preceded by delusional mood. T
83. Primary delusions can occur in normal people. F
84. EEG shows characteristic changes in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. F
85. Features of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome include Tremor. F
86. Features of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome include Coprophagia. F
87. Features of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome include higher prevalence in men. T
88. Features of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome include obsessional personality traits. F
89. Persecutory delusions can be shared by others. F
90. Persecutory delusions & paranoid delusions are synonymous. F
91. Persecutory delusions are the same as Erotomania. F
92. Persecutory delusions occur with delusional mood. F
93. Persecutory delusions can occur after delusional mood. T
94. Pathological jealousy is common in female schizophrenics. F
95. Pathological jealousy is commoner in males. T
96. Pathological jealousy is not dangerous. F
97. Pathological jealousy can complicate alcohol dependence. T
98. Pathological jealousy can be readily differentiated from normal jealousy. F
99. Abnormal voluntary movements include echopraxia. T
100. Abnormal voluntary movements include Mannerism. T
101. Abnormal voluntary movements include intentional tremor. F
102. Abnormal voluntary movements include Hemiballismus. F
103. Abnormal voluntary movements include Oro facial dyskinesia. F
104. Fluent speech is seen in nominal aphasia. T
105. Fluent speech is seen in pure word deafness. T
106. Fluent speech is seen in Alexia & agraphia. F
107. Fluent speech is seen in receptive dysphasia. T
108. Fluent speech is seen in Jargon aphasia. T
109. Over inclusive thinking is the base for flight of ideas. F
110. Over inclusive thinking is stimulus generalised. F
111. Over inclusive thinking excludes irrelevant responses. F
112. Over inclusive thinking can occur in mania. T
113. Automatic writing is a dissociative phenomenon. T
114. Fugue is a dissociative phenomenon. T
115. Fear of crowds is a dissociative phenomenon. F
116. Night terrors are dissociative phenomena. F
117. Multiple personality is a dissociative phenomenon. T
118. Over eating occurs in Anorexia nervosa. T
119. Over eating occurs in normal weight bulimia. T
120. Over eating occurs in Depression. T
121. Over eating occurs in Prader Willi syndrome. T
122. Over eating occurs in Kluver – Bucy syndrome. T
123. Musical hallucinations are common in multiple sclerosis. F
124. Musical hallucinations progress to delusions. F
125. Musical hallucinations are originated in the Temporal lobes. T
126. Musical hallucinations are originated in the Frontal Lobes. F
127. Musical hallucinations are usually songs or music from early childhood. T
128. Cochlear lesions may cause musical hallucinations. T
129. Autochthonous delusions & delusional perception are synonymous terms. F
130. Autochthonous delusions are usually persecutory in nature. F
131. Autochthonous delusions are ego dystonic. F
132. Autochthonous delusions can occur in amphetamine induced psychosis. T
133. Autochthonous delusions are primary delusions. T
134. Descriptive psychopathology makes psychodynamic assumptions. F
135. Descriptive psychopathology includes empathy. T
136. Descriptive psychopathology includes changes & observations.
137. Descriptive psychopathology owes much to psychology. F
138. Descriptive psychopathology used in meta-analysis. F
139. Misidentification phenomena include Othello’s syndrome. F
140. Misidentification phenomena include Cotard’s syndrome. F
141. Misidentification phenomena include Munchausen syndrome. F
142. Misidentification phenomena include reduplicative paramnesia. T
143. Misidentification phenomena include environmental reduplication. F
144. Hypnagogic hallucinations are prominent in narcolepsy. F
145. Hypnagogic hallucinations appear when the subject is awakening from sleep. F
146. Hypnagogic hallucinations are usually visual. F
147. Hypnagogic hallucinations occur in alpha rhythm EEG. F
148. Hypnagogic hallucinations occur in deep sleep. F
149. A young women who live with her parents presents with frequent outbursts of anger, a behavioural assessment should include a family assessment. T
150. A young women who live with her parents presents with frequent outbursts of anger, a behavioural assessment should analyse semantic content of her speech. F
151. A young women who live with her parents presents with frequent outbursts of anger, a behavioural assessment should include the contents of the behaviour. T
152. A young women who live with her parents presents with frequent outbursts of anger, a behavioural assessment should include functional analysis. T
153. A young woman, who live with her parents presents with frequent outbursts of anger, a behavioural assessment should include the diagnosis. F
154. The patient does not usually injure himself during pseudo-seizures. T
155. The patient becomes incontinent during pseudo-seizures. F
156. Pseudo-seizures stop when the patient is held. F
157. Pseudo-seizures respond to anticonvulsant. F
158. There are periods of dissociation during pseudo-seizures. T
159. Confabulation is characterised by high suggestibility. T
160. Confabulation is always associated with short-term memory loss. F
161. Confabulation derives from Jamais vu. F
162. Confabulation is synonymous with lying. F
163. Confabulation is related to the normal mechanism of recollection. T
164. Misidentification phenomena include visual hallucinations. F
165. Misidentification phenomena include Erotomania. F
166. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is commoner in males. T
167. Features of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome include Echopraxia. T
168. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is associated with specific learning difficulties. F
It is a tic disorder, which presents with multiple motor & vocal tics. The onset is usually in childhood early adolescence. Vocal tics may consist of throat clearing, grunting or use of obscenities. Corpolalia is the shouting obscene words .The Royal College usually mention Coprophagia as a distracter. Roughly a ¼ have Echolalia or echopraxia may be associate with behavioural problems. Symptoms may be voluntarily suppressed for short periods. May be exacerbated by stress, it disappear in sleep.
169. 30 % of those experiencing visual hallucinations are schizophrenic. F
170. Visual hallucinations associated with Micropsia often indicate retinopathy. F
171. Visual hallucinations are suggestive of acute confusional state. T
172. Visual hallucinations can be seen in mania. T
173. Visual hallucinations can occur in partial complex seizures. T
174. Emotional lability is seen in Delirium. T
175. Emotional lability is seen in simple schizophrenia. F
176. Emotional lability is seen in pseudobulbar palsy. T
177. Emotional lability is seen in general paresis of insane. T
178. Emotional lability is seen in mania. T
179. Schizophrenoform psychosis is seen in TL epilepsy. T
180. Schizophrenoform psychosis is seen in Petit mal epilepsy. F
181. Schizophrenoform psychosis is seen in Parkinson’s disease. T
182. Schizophrenoform psychosis is seen in Pellagra. T
183. Schizophrenoform psychosis may be drug induced. T
184. Delusions occur in severe OCD. F
185. Delusions are uncommon in Alzheimer’s disease.
186. Delusions can be reduced in intensity by CBT. T
187. Delusions are necessary for the diagnosis of schizophrenia. F
188. Delusions can occur in normal people. F
189. Autochthonous delusions & delusional perception are synonymous terms. F
190. Autochthonous delusions are pathognomonic of functional psychosis. F
191. Autochthonous delusions are first rank Schneiderian symptoms. F
192. Flattening of affect & depressed mood are equivalent terms. F
193. Situational anxiety & agoraphobia are equivalent terms. F
194. Passivity of action & made volitional acts are equivalent terms. T
195. Pressure of speech & fight of ideas are equivalent terms. F
196. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a misidentification phenomenon. F
197. Narcolepsy usually occurs in adolescence. T
198. Narcolepsy is often associated with structural brain disease. F
199. Narcolepsy is usually associated with sleep paralysis. F
200. Narcolepsy is often associated with hypnagogic hallucinations. F 25%
201. Narcolepsy is clinically defined as sudden loss of muscle loss. F
202. The patient is oriented if he repeats the name of the month in reverse order. F
203. The patient is oriented if he tells the date of birth correctly. F
204. The patient is oriented if he is aware of the role of the doctor. T
205. The patient is oriented if he is aware of the passage of time. T
206. In a patient with apparent delusions one should agree with his or her beliefs. F
207. In a patient with apparent delusions one should confront the patient. F
208. In a patient with apparent delusions one should reassure the patient that they would disappear. F
209. In a patient with apparent delusions one should understand their meaning to the patient. T
210. In a patient with apparent delusions one should test how firmly patient holds his /her beliefs. T
211. Echopraxia favours a diagnosis of an organic rather than functional disorder. F
212. Dysphagia favours a diagnosis of an organic rather than functional disorder. T
213. Poor registration of information favours a diagnosis of an organic rather than functional disorder. F
214. Narcolepsy is associate in most cases with sleep paralysis. F 25%
215. Stimulants such as amphetamines help with Cataplexy but not narcolepsy F
216. HLA DR2 marker is positive in about ½ of all cases of Narcolepsy. F 98%
217.
218. Narcolepsy usually occurs in adolescence. T
219. Ganser syndrome was first described in prisoners. T
220. Ganser syndrome is considered to be a conversion disorder. T
221. Ganser syndrome is usually treated successfully with chlorpromazine. F
222. Ganser syndrome is characterised by approximate answers. T
223. True hallucinations occur in Ganser syndrome. F
224. Briquet’s syndrome is commoner in females. T
225. In Briquet’s syndrome the onset is usually after the age 30. F
226. Briquet’s syndrome is synonymous with St Louis hysteria.
227. Briquet’s syndrome ha a good long terms prognosis. F
228. Relatives of patients with Briquet’s syndrome have higher rates of anti-social PD. T
229. Ekbom’s syndrome = a delusional belief of pregnancy in men are correctly paired. F
230. Dacosta’s syndrome = cardiac neurosis are correctly paired. T
231. Dhat = anxiety that penis will retract into the abdomen are correctly paired. F koro
232. Latah = abnormal complaint behaviour including echopraxia & Echolalia are correctly paired. T
233. Koro = concern about debilitating effects of passage semen are correctly paired. F Dhat
234. Cotard’s syndrome is caused by an interaction between chronic respiratory disease & recurrent affective disorder. F
235. Cotard’s syndrome is characterised by delusions of poverty.
236. Cotard’s syndrome includes delusions of physical illness. T
237. Cotard’s syndrome is associated with elevated rather than depressed mood. F
238. Cotard’s syndrome is a form of chronic schizophrenia. F
239. In Delusional perception the consensus significance of objects is distorted. T
240. Delusional perception is not found in schizophrenia. F
241. Delusional perception is the same as delusional ideation. F
242. Conrad called delusional perception apophany. T
243. Delusional perception is characteristic of delirium tremens. F
244. The experience of primary delusions is radically foreign to the healthy person. T
245. Primary delusions are ultimately irreducible phenomena not amenable to psychological understanding. T
246. A loss of coherent goal directed thinking with obscure association between thoughts, is a characteristic feature of primary delusions. F
247. A sudden discontinuation between of thoughts is characteristically seen in primary delusions. F
248. Hearing one’s thought being spoken aloud is a pathological mental experience. T
249. Visual illusions are pathological mental experiences. F
250. Thought insertion is a pathological mental experience. T
251. Déjà vu is a pathological mental experience. F
252. Lilliputian hallucinations are pathological mental experiences. T
253. The primary delusions arise from hallucinations. F
254. Primary delusions are common after petit mal states. F
255. Primary delusions Occur in schizophrenia. T
256. Primary delusions have been described in epileptic fits in association with TLE. T
257. Primary delusions Occur as part of a systematised delusional system. T
258. A syndesis is a formal thought disorder. T
259. Over inclusive thinking is a formal thought disorder
260. Autism is a formal thought disorder. F
261. Concrete thinking is a formal thought disorder. F
262. Neologism is a formal thought disorder. T
263. Errors when interviewing a delusional patient include Failure to make a detailed cognitive assessment. F
264. Burning money is in favour of anxiety neurosis than a psychosis. F
265. Running deliberately into traffic is in favour of anxiety neurosis than a psychosis F
266. Open public defecation in favour of anxiety neurosis than a psychosis .F
267. Coherent speech in favour of anxiety neurosis than a psychosis. T
268. Panic attacks are in favour of anxiety neurosis than a psychosis. T
269. Hypochondriac patients develop physical disease less often than other people do. F
270. Hypochondriasis is always associated with PD. F
271. Hypochondriasis is classified under neurotic stress related & somatoform disorders in ICD 10. T
272. If the patient is asked to paraphrase verbs, Concrete answers are pathognomonic of schizophrenia. F
273. If the patient is asked to paraphrase verbs, Failure to produce answers always indicates subnormality. F
274. If the patient is asked to paraphrase verbs, a long explanation indicates depression. F
275. If the patient is asked to paraphrase verbs, abstract interpretations are often produced by patients with an IQ above normal. T
276. If the patient is asked to paraphrase verbs, Clang associations are suggestive of schizophrenia. T
277. Morbid jealousy is a characteristic feature of Cotard syndrome. F
278. Pregnancy symptoms in a male are a characteristic feature of Couvarde syndrome. T
279. Nihilistic delusion is a characteristic feature of Capgras syndrome. F
280. Amorous delusion is a characteristic feature of De Clerambault’s syndrome. T
281. Delusion of infestation is a characteristic feature of Ekbom’s syndrome. T
282. Obsessional thoughts are always unpleasant. T
283. Obsessional thoughts are never over valued ideas. T
284. Obsessional thoughts are resisted. T
285. Obsessional thoughts are recognised as coming from out side patient’s mind. F
286. Lying may occur in malingering. T
287. Lying is characteristic of Briquette’s syndrome. F
288. Lying may occur in patients who have a strong suicidal intent. T
289. Lying is commonly found in criminals. T
290. Lying is part of social desirability response set. T
291. People with a fear of blushing may have a social phobia. T
292. People with a fear of blushing are not vulnerable if bored. F
293. People with a fear of blushing avoid brightly-lit rooms. T
294. People with a fear of blushing may blush when alone. T
295. People with a fear of blushing may feign anger / toothache. T
296. Auditory hallucinations may occur alcohol withdrawal syndrome T
297. Auditory hallucinations are associated with sub-vocal speech. T
298. Auditory hallucinations are prominent in Erotomania. F
299. Auditory hallucinations may be a cause of suicide. T
300. Hypochondriacal delusions are seen in Anxiety states. F
301. Hypochondriacal delusions are seen in Illness phobia. F
302. Hypochondriacal delusions are seen in Schizophrenia. T
303. Hypochondriacal delusions are seen in Compensation neurosis. F
304. Hypochondriasis may occur in the form of over valued ideas. T
305. Hypochondriasis may occur in the form of primary delusions. T
306. Hypochondriasis may occur in the form of Secondary delusions. F
307. Descriptive psychopathology explains mental disorders in terms of psychodynamic aetiology. F
308. Descriptive psychopathology owes much to the philosophical description of phenomenology. T
309. Descriptive psychopathology employs empathetic understanding. T
310. Descriptive psychopathology defines mental experiences by inducing & observing change. F
311. Descriptive psychopathology rarely differentiates between the form & content of morbid mental changes. F
312. Ideas of reference are delusions. F
313. Ideas of reference occur in normal people. T
314. Ideas of reference are reasonably common in paranoid personalities. T
315. Ideas of reference are first rank symptoms. F
316. Ideas of reference are usually associated with passivity feelings. F
317. Primary delusions indicate a very poor prognosis in schizophrenia. F
318. The awareness of passage of time is a good test of orientation. T
319. The awareness of Doctors role is a good test of orientation. T
320. The ability to perform mental arithmetic is a good test of orientation. F
321. Correctly drawing a clock face is a good test of orientation. F
322. Gender identity is the morphological sex assigned at birth. F
323. Gender identity is the sex in which the child is reared. F
324. Gender identity is the child’s own belief about his / her own sex. T
325. Gender identity is defined by preference of sexual partner. F
326. Gender identity is coded on the X chromosome. F
327. Anhedonia & dysphoria are synonyms terms. F
328. Pathological jealousy may be seen in schizophrenia. T
329. Pathological jealousy is commoner in men. T
330. Pathological jealousy occurs late in alcoholism. T
331. Pathological jealousy differs from normal jealousy by the quality of evidence of the infidelity. T
332. Pathological jealousy is not dangerous to others in the absence of depressive symptoms. F
333. Olfactory hallucinations occur in Alzheimer’s disease.
334. Olfactory hallucinations occur in cocaine withdrawal. F
335. Olfactory hallucinations occur in vascular dementia. T
336. Olfactory hallucinations occur in delirium tremens. T
337. Olfactory hallucinations occur in medial temporal lobe lesions. T
338. Misidentification phenomena include Autoscopy. F
339. Misidentification phenomena Propagnosia. F
340. Characteristic features of hysterical amnesia include, clouding of consciousness. F
341. Characteristic features of hysterical amnesia include disturbance of recall. T
342. Characteristic features of hysterical amnesia include Confabulation. F
343. Characteristic features of hysterical amnesia include disturbance of retention.
344. Characteristic features of hysterical amnesia include selective loss of memory for emotionally significant events. T
345. Pareidolia can be seen in normal people. T
346. Trance states are associated with constrained attention. T
347. Morbid jealousy is seen more often in women than men. F
348. Stupor is compatible with consciousness. T
349. Drivelling is a disorder of the tempo of thoughts F
350. Desultory thinking is characterised by sudden intrusion of ideas that are out of context. T
351. Stereotypes are goal directed repetitive movements. F
352. Episodic over-activity is a characteristic feature of catatonia. T
353. Depersonalisation when associated with neurosis is typically welcomed as a relief from anxiety. F
354. Oneroid states are associated with impaired consciousness. T
355. Disturbance of body image can be seen in normal female adolescence. T
356. Dysmorphophobia typically persists even after corrective surgery. T
357. Fugue is a recognised complication of narcolepsy. F
358. Hypnogogic hallucinations are often associated with an increase in alpha rhythm on EEG. F
359. In depersonalisation – Derealisation the action of others often seen contrived. T
360. Perseveration is characteristically seen in OCD. F
361. Puerperal psychosis is characterised by a steadily worsening course. F
362. Cotard’s syndrome typically includes symptoms of pregnancy in a male. F
363. An insistent claim by a patient that others can easily read their thoughts is synonymous with thought broadcasting. F
364. Tactile hallucinations often occur in the hyperventilation syndrome. F
365. Pseudo-hallucinations are seen in normal bereavement reactions. T
366. Capgras syndrome is characteristically delusional. T
367. Windigo is a culture bound syndrome related to abdominal bloating. F
368. Cataplexy is precipitated by emotional states. T
369. Alexithymia is a mood congruent behaviour. F
370. Reflex hallucinations involve more than one modality. T
371. Bleuler’s primary symptoms of schizophrenia include loosening of association. T
372. Bleuler’s primary symptoms of schizophrenia include impaired affect. T
373. Bleuler’s primary symptoms of schizophrenia include catatonia. F
374. Formal thought disorder is characterised by metonyms. T
375. Paranoia may be differentiated from schizophrenia on the bases on outcome. T
376. Paranoia may be differentiated from schizophrenia on the bases of response to medications. F
377. Paranoia may be differentiated from schizophrenia on the bases of personality. T
378. According to Beck anhedonia is a cognitive feature of depression. F
379. According to Beck poverty of thought is a cognitive feature of depression. F
380. Grimacing is a catatonic sign. T
381. Perseveration is a catatonic sign. F
382. Depersonalisation is more common in females. T
383. Depersonalisation normally responds to TCA. F
384. Alexithymia has been linked to Somatisation. T
385. Alexithymia refers to difficult emotional expression. T
386. Alexithymia is characterised by paucity of fantasy. T
387. Ideas if reference is a feature of borderline PD. F
388. Impulsivity is a feature of borderline PD. T
389. Anosoagnosia is a formal thought disorder. F
390. Disturbance of identity is a feature of borderline PD. T
391. The Oneroid State occurs in sleep. F
392. The Oneroid State results in vivid imagery like awaking dreams. T
393. Depersonalisation results in personality change. F
394. Depersonalisation is commonly seen in psychomotor epilepsy. T
395. Alexithymia is a form of depression. F
396. High self-esteem is associated with making down ward social comparison. T
397. High self esteem is associated with feeling of exaggerated control over life events T
398. Nihilistic delusions usually have religious content. F
399. Dysmorphophobia may be caused by dissociative mechanisms. F
400. Descriptive psychopathology is based upon explanatory model of psychic events F
401. In waxy flexibility the patient’s limb remains in the position in which it is placed. T
402. Flattening of affect is the diminution of emotional response. T
403. Depersonalisation disorder has an onset in early adult life. T
404. Cotard’s syndrome is more common in the elderly. T
405. Affect illusions are banished by attention. T
406. Visual hallucinations characteristically occur in organic states. T
407. Formication is the sensation of insects crawling under the skin. T
408. Hallucinations of the bereaved are usually pseudo-hallucinations. T
409. Delusions are always self-referent. T
410. Delusional memory is also called retrospective delusions. T
411. Deafness & social isolation results in maintenance of delusions. T
412. The cultural & social background of the patient determines the content of delusions. T
413. In De Clerambault’s syndrome a women believes that a man of higher social standing is in love with her. T
414. Koro is seen in Malaysia. T
415. In Lafolie adeux the person who acquire the delusion first is usually the dominant partner. T
416. Delusional perception is a 2-stage process. T
417. In flight of ideas there is a loss of connection between each of these the 3 sequential ideas expressed. F
418. The inability to give literal meaning to words or sentences is called concrete thinking. F
419. In Dopple Ganger phenomena the patient is aware of one self-being both out side & inside himself. T
420. Amok is characterised by depersonalisation, rage, automatism & violent acts. T
421. Diminished dreams & fantasies is a feature of alexithymia. T
422. Catatonia is not abolished by voluntary activity. T
423. Religious delusions are more common in western societies as compared to developing countries. F
424. Descriptive psychopathology attempts to explain different psychological symptoms F
425. Delusions seen in delirium are similar to those seen in schizophrenia. F
426. The body clock runs a little faster than a normal 24-hour cycle. F 25 hours
427. True perception & fantasy always occur separately. F
428. In functional hallucinations a percept is needed to produce hallucinations. T
429. Autoscopy is the inability to one self in the mirror. F
430. Extracampine hallucinations are hallucination in one sensory modality following a stimulus in another. F
431. Illusions are a feature of Capgras syndrome. F
432. Primary delusions are by definition not understandable to others. T
433. Delusional perception is a first rank symptom of schizophrenia. T
434. People almost always act on their delusions. F
435. Delusions of infidelity are usually resistant to treatment. T
436. Nihilistic delusions are a depressive form of self-blame. T
437. Delusional perception can occur in normal people without mental illness. F
438. An obsession is an overvalued idea. F
439. People with flight of ideas may be mute in severe cases. T
440. Crowding of thought is a disturbance of flow of thinking. F Depersonalisation is a subjective experience of unreal change in external world. F
441. The Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI) is useful in distinguishing between various forms of psychopathology. F
442. Mannerism is repetitive purposeless movements. F
443. Mood & affect are defined differently. T
444. De Clerambault’s syndrome is commoner in women than men. T
445. Gilles De La Tourrette’s syndrome is commonly seen in early adulthood. F
446. Phenomenology involves the observation & categorisation of abnormal psychic events. T
447. The presence of perseveration suggests a functional illness. F
448. Completion illusions are vanished by attention. T
449. Synaesthesic is the experience of hearing colours & seeing sounds. T
450. Pseudo-hallucinations occur in inner subjective space. T
451. Pseudo-hallucinations strongly suggest an organic illness. F
452. Delusions of worthlessness are an example of primary delusions. F
453. Delusional atmosphere may be seen in prodromal phases of schizophrenia. T
454. Persecutory delusions may help in protecting the patient from low self-esteem. T
455. In circumstantial thinking the subject takes a long time to answer questions & goes into unnecessary details. T
456. Speech is usually coherent in severe loosening of association. F
457. The presence of depression invariably indicates the presence of mental illness. F
458. Hypochondriacal symptoms are left sided in the majority of patients. T
459. Anhedonia means inability to experience pleasure. T
460. Overvalue ideas are always wrong. F
461. All delusions are paranoid in phenomenological terms. T
462. In somatic passivity the patient experiences an alien drive to carry out a motor activity. F
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