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SPMM Fresh Question Set 2 (Hiyield 1) – Q’s And A’s
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SPMM Fresh Question Set 2 (Hiyield 1) – Q’s And A’sDuration of mania Right Ans - 1 week
Duration of adjustment disorder resolution once stressor removed Right
Ans - 6 months
Most common psychiatric disorder amongst those who present to ED with
self-harm Right Ans - adjustment disorder
Change in the DSM-5 criteria for schizophrenia spectrum Right Ans -
removal of all subtypes of schizophrenia (paranoid, disorganised, catatonic,
undifferentiated, residual)
ICD version which removed homosexuality as psychiatric disorder Right
Ans - ICD-9 published in 1977 listed homosexuality as mental disorder
removed from ICD-10 in 1990
Neuropsychiatric inventory- clinician rating scale (NPI-C) Right Ans -
observer rated scale, focussing on neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with
dementia
Strongest treatable risk factor for vascular dementia Right Ans -
hypertension
Syst-Eur and PROGRESS studies showed small but significant reductions in
dementia from treating hypertension
Procedural memory Right Ans - non-declarative memory (component of
long term memory)
eg driving a car
WAIS Right Ans - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
tests are either hold or no hold
Hold tests reflect the use of old knowledge and are relatively resistant to
effects of brain damage and ageing - include vocab, information, object
assemble and picture completion
, No hold tests require speed of response, working memory or creation of new
relations between unrelated items, more likely to show early decline with
ageing and cognitive impairment - include digit symbol, digit span,
similarities, block design
This is why WAIS is not best to test premorbid intelligence
BMI at which to do routine ECG in anorexia Right Ans - 16 or if drugs
affecting QT interval or if electrolyte abnormalities
Rough and ready predictors of higher physical risk - low BMI + abnormalities
on ECG, rapid gradient of weight loss, abnormal electrolytes, mucle wasting
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency Right Ans - autosomal
recessive form of male pseudohermephorditism
due to impaired testicular conversion of androstenedione to testosterone
can produce impaired virilisation of genetically male infants and children and
excessive virilisation of female adults
affects male sexual development and their bodies so not produce enough
testosterone
% of women with absent follicular development who have bulimia Right
Ans - 20%
Bulimia associated with PCOS
Iconic memory Right Ans - memory of visual stimuli
includes visual short term memory and long term memory
sensory memory that lasts milliseconds before disappearing
Environmental factors associated with ADHD Right Ans - prenatal /
perinatal risks - prematurity, low birth weight, exposure to toxins
parental and family factors - child neglect, inconsistent parenting, high
expressed emotion, family conflict, early institutional rearing
acquired neurobiolocal risks eg head trauma
Recognition memory Right Ans - ability to recognise previously
encountered events, objects or people
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