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Activation of which of the following receptors is thought to be responsible for the
anti-anxiety, motor-impairing and sedative-hypnotic effects of alcohol?
A. D2
B. CB1
C. 5-HT3
D. NMDA
E. GABA-A - ANSWER✔✔E
GABA-A: Alcohol-> Anti-Anxiety, Anti-Motor
A patient reports insomnia, frequent nighttime awakenings and excessive daytime
sleepiness. A sleep study reveals brief LE jerks with brief repeated arousals. The
patient is unaware of these movements. What is the dx?
A Narcolepsy
B Primary insomnia
C Sleep terror disorder
D Periodic limb movement disorder
E Circadian rhythm sleep disorder - ANSWER✔✔D
Periodic Night Wakenings, Periodic limb movements (LE jerks) and Periodic
Daytime sleepiness. Person unaware of movements.
Which of the following symptoms is considered to be an irreversible effect of
chronic anabolic steroid use?
A Infertility
B Hirsutism
C Impotence
D Gynecomastia
E Testicular atrophy - ANSWER✔✔B
Hirsutism is Here to Stay with Steroids
An infant who engages in an interactive game of peek-a-boo most closely
demonstrates the concept of which of the following cognitive abilities?
A Centering
B Egocentrism
C Conservation
D Object permanence
E Tertiary circular reactions - ANSWER✔✔D
,Peek-a-boo: Permanence
A 26-year-old patient presents with HA and clumsiness of the R hand for several
weeks. PE is noteworthy for difficulty with RAM on R hand, an overt intention
tremor on finger to nose testing, and mildly dysmetric finger tapping. CN intact
and there is no pailledema. Damage to which of the following structures will most
likely be seen on MRI?
A. Medulla
B. Putamen
C. Cerebellum
D. Cisterna magna
E. Cerebellar tonsils - ANSWER✔✔C
RAM, coordination, clumsy= Cerebellum
A resident who runs a lecture course for medical students is told that the medical
school now requires all teachers to consider "learning styles" when planning
curicula. Which of the following changes to curriculum would be supported by
existing literature?
A Transition all lectures to small group problem-based formats
B Offer several different modalities and allow students to choose
C Make no changes, lecture based curricula results in higher test scores
D Allow students to self-declare learning styles and opt out of certain requirements
E Use supplemental material designed to address the needs of all types of learners.
- ANSWER✔✔E
A therapist is treating a high-achieving patient who has become increasingly
anxious about the perception of her work. This has led to the patient working long
hours to be viewed positively by her team. The therapist asks whether the long
hours are truly needed to be successful and the pt responds "I always have to work
harder than anyone else to succeed." In cognitive theory, this statement is an
example of
A a schema
B globalization
C internalization
D an automatic thought
E a compensatory strategy - ANSWER✔✔A
Schema- experiences/interactions that project how someone understands/sees the
world.
Globalization- International trade/socialization
,Internalization- learning by experience rather than being told
Automatic thought- image/thought produced by trigger
Compensatory strategy- behavioral/environmental changes to help with deficits in
attention, memory, executive function
Which of the following is the most significant barrier to accessing mental health
services in school-based health centers?
A lower quality of care
B stricter referral process
C Health insurance restrictions
D Concerns about confidentiality
E Limited access to appointments - ANSWER✔✔D
School based health centers- have a hard time with confidentiality
Which of the following forms of psychotherapy is most likely to describe a
therapeutic goal as "improving ego functioning and self esteem"?
A Family therapy
B Exposure therapy
C Supportive therapy
D Dialectical behavioral therapy
E Interpersonal psychotherapy - ANSWER✔✔C
Supportive- Improvement of Ego, function, Self esteem
Which letter corresponds to the brain structure that is commonly termed the
habenular nucleus?
SKIP - ANSWER✔✔Habenular nucleus
Epithalamus: Emotional response to smell
A 27-year-old patient is seen for intermittent muscle twitching. Exam demonstrates
full strength with normal muscle bulk. An EMG study demonstrates spontaneous
discharges which are relatively constant and represent firing of the motor unit. The
findings are typical of
A cramps
B spasms
C myokymia
D fibrillations
E fasciculations - ANSWER✔✔E
cramp- sustained m. spasm
spasms- painful m. contractions
, myokymia- lower eye lid muscle contractions
fibrillations- not visible, detectable by EMG
fasciculations- visable and detectable spontaneous/constant
A professional dancer who sees a psychiatrist for psychotherapy made her
Broadway debut last week. Although her performance and show won wide
acclaim, she cannot stop replaying a minor misstep she made. It does not appear
the misstep was noticed by the audience or other performers. Despite being
congratulated she feels that she has let herself down. Which of the following
cognitive errors is the patient displaying?
A Minimization
B Personalization
C Overgeneralization
D Selective abstraction
E Dichotomous thinking - ANSWER✔✔D
- Minimization- thinking it isn't a big deal and it is
- Personalization- seeing self as cause of negative: guilt/shame
- Overgeneralization- using isolated event to generalize other events
- Selective abstraction- conclusions from an isolated detail of an event
- Dichotomous thinking
Which of the following is the primary purpose of mental health courts?
A Adjudicate insanity defense
B Determine fitness to stand trial
C Divert offenders with mental illness away from incarceration
D Provide preliminary rulings on psychiatric malpractice cases
E Civilly commit dangerous mentally ill patients to outpatient treatment -
ANSWER✔✔C
The psychiatrist who is assessing a pt's suitability for psychotherapy notes that the
pt prominently uses the defenses of isolation of affect and intellectualization. The
pt's description of many life events appear to involve reaction formation. Which of
the following personality traits is most likely to characterize this pt?
A schizoid
B parnaoid
C histrionic
D narcissistic
E obsessive-compulsive - ANSWER✔✔E
Intellectualization: using thinking to avoid feeling emotional stress.
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