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Neuropsychiatry Quiz - 2

1. Presence of which of the following features separates delirium from most other psychiatric disorders? A. Depressed mood B. Impairment of memory C. Elevation of mood D. Impairment of consciousness Answer Key
2. Korsakoff's psychosis is due to intake of A. Cannabis B. Opium C. Amphetamine D. Alcohol Answer Key
3. Korsakoff's psychosis is due to the deficiency of A. Thiamine B. Vitamin B12 C. Riboflavin D. Biotin Answer Key
4. Korsakoff's psychosis is typically associated with all except A. Inability to learn new material B. Bradycardia C. Confabulation D. Disorientation of time Answer Key
5. In Korsakoff's psychosis, the lesion is located in A. Uncinate body B. Mamilary body C. Cingulate gyrus D. Frontal lobe Answer Key
6. The following vitamin is used to treat Korsakoff's psychosis A. Vit A B. Vit B1 C. Vit B12 D. Pyridoxine Answer Key
7. Wernicke's encephalopathy may be prevented by A. IV saline B. Large amount of IV glucose D. Thiamine supplement D. Diazepam Answer Key
8. In Wernicke's encephalopathy, the symptom which which responds most promptly to treatment is A. Gait B. Occular manifestations C. Dementia D. Peripheral neuropathy Answer Key
9. Psychogenic amnesia is characterized by A. Confabulation B. Patchy impairment of personal memories C. Anterograde amnesia D. Retrograde amnesia Answer Key
10. All the following are differential diagnosis of senile dementia, except A. Uraemia B. Anaemia C. Decompensated heart disease D. Pulmonary disease E. Schizophrenia Answer Key
11. Treatment of senile dementia includes all the following, except A. Education of the family B. Adequate lighting, especially at night C. Avoidance of social isolation D. Stimulating associates D. Electroconvulsive therapy Answer Key
12. Astasia-Abasia is seen in A. Alzeihmer's disease B. Parkinsonism C. Hysterical conversion disorder D. Schizophrenia Answer Key
13. Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with A. Atonic seizures B. Simple partial seizures C. Complex partial seizures D. Generalised tonic-clonic seizures Answer Key
14. Which of the following is most epileptogenic? A. Haemorrahagic stroke B. Thrombotic stroke C. Embolic stroke D. Lacunar infarct Answer Key
15. Alzeihmer's disease is associated with A. Chromosome 19 B. Chromosome 21 C, Chromosome 20 D, Chromosome 22 Answer Key

1. D	2. D	3. A	4. B	5. B
6. B	7. C	8. B	9. B	10.E
11. E	12. C	13. C	14. D	15. B

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References

Allan Tasman, Jerald Kay, Jeffrey A. Lieberman, Michael B. First and Mario Maj.John. Edrs. Psychiatry, Third Edition.Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2008.
Kaplan HI, Sadock BJ. Synopsis of Psychiatry , Behavioral Sciences/ Clinical Psychiatry. 9th ed. Hong Kong :William and Wilkinson Publishers ;1998.

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