LEK questions: Psychiatry

241 questions in Psychiatry. Open a question to see the answer options and a hint.

1. The efficacy of minimal smoking cessation counseling (the 5xP rule), defined as the total smoking cessation for a year, is about: Question 15
2. Enamel defects, esophagus and stomach mucosa erosions, muscle weakness due to dyselectrolitemia are the symptoms of: Question 54
3. Which of the following scores in the Fagerström test suggests strong addiction to nicotine: Question 56
4. Human personality is a complex structure. The ICD-10 classification distinguishes specific personality disorders which do not include: Question 66
5. The GP carried out the Fagerström test in a person smoking for the last 3 years. The result of 3 points means: Question 153
6. The minimal anti-smoking intervention consists in: Question 163
7. The basis of the treatment of inorganic sleep disturbances is education on sleep hygiene. Which is the false recommendation? Question 212
8. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) allows you to evaluate: Question 68 (part 2)
9. Bulimia is the least commonly accompanied by: Question 1
10. The depressive episode in the course of the bipolar disorder is characterized, more frequently than the one in the course of recurrent depressive disorder, by: Question 2
11. Which of the following medications is not used for premature ejaculation treatment? Question 5
12. Indicate the true statement concerning dementia: Question 6
13. Which of the following types of dementia is characterized by the shortest life expectancy? Question 7
14. The time criterion for diagnosis of insomnia is the persistence of symptoms above: Question 8
15. A 23-year-old male reports that he has been hearing the “voice in his head, which comments what the man is doing and tells him to commit suicide”. Which syndrome is… Question 9
16. The main symptoms of atypical depression include: Question 10
17. An emergency medical ambulance has been called for a 71-year-old patient who passed out. On examination: heart rate 85/min., blood pressure 100/60 mmHg, the ECG… Question 12
18. Indicate the proper definition of personality: Question 13
19. The only disorder of sexual preference (paraphilia) which incidence in females and males is similar is: Question 14
20. In women taking oral contraceptives an interaction with normotymic medications may occur. Which of the following may be recommended as safe medications that do not… Question 15
21. In a 25-year-old female patient suffering from schizophrenia akathisia occurred as a result of pharmacotherapy. The patient probably takes: Question 16
22. Muscle pain, dysphoria, psychomotor agitation, tearing, increased perspiration, and goose bumps are some of the symptoms of abstinence after the withdrawal of: Question 17
23. Hebephilia is a subtype of: Question 18
24. Which of the following shows significant preventive activity against suicidal tendencies? Question 19
25. Beck’s cognitive triad includes the following elements of a person's belief system present in depression: Question 20
26. Persistent pain is one of the symptoms accompanying depression that can significantly worsen its course. Which of the following antidepressants should be considered in… Question 21
27. Nyctophobia is a fear of: Question 22
28. The most characteristic disorders of thought content in paranoid syndrome are: Question 24
29. During which of the following sleep phase/stage loss of the tonus of striated muscles and dreams occur? Question 26
30. A 49-year-old woman came to the pharmacy and asks for a prescription drug that may help her fall asleep at night and soothe her nerves affected by a ‘difficult family… Question 27
31. Which of the following names is given to involuntary movements of the limbs or mimic muscles, not occurring during sleep, which intensify on emotional stimuli and are… Question 28
32. The somatic signs of anorexia include: Question 29
33. Agitation is defined as: Question 30
34. The main symptom of alcohol hallucinations is: Question 32
35. In psychiatry the term ”mania” denotes: Question 33
36. Which area of the brain is responsible for memory consolidation? Question 34
37. What is the time criterion for the diagnosis of dysthymia in children? Question 35
38. In which of the following personality disorders are father’s features the primary risk factor? Question 36
39. Please indicate the true statements concerning pseudomnesias: Question 37
40. The most common side-effects of the SSRI include: Question 38
41. Qualitative disorders of motor activity do not include: Question 39
42. Amenorrhea occurred in a 25-year-old patient with schizophrenia when the pharmacotherapy was started. She was most probably treated with: Question 40
43. A need for wearing cloths of the opposite sex, mainly to get sexual arousal and the looks of the opposite sex, is called: Question 41
44. Indicate the false statement: Question 42
45. Parasomnias do not include: Question 43
46. The treatment of aggravated symptoms of alcohol withdrawal syndrome includes: Question 45
47. Dysfunctional behaviour, euphoria, a feeling of power, excessive vigilance, superiority beliefs, strife, aggression, repetitive, stereotyped behaviours, auditory and… Question 46
48. In the treatment of a depression episode due to bipolar disorders one should order first: Question 47
49. The assumption and maintenance of inappropriate or bizarre and usually uncomfortable postures (e.g. with rotation or bending) is called: Question 49
50. A patient feels fear of public speaking - is predominantly afraid of being judged by other people. The most probable diagnosis is: Question 50

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