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NEET PG 2023 PSYCHIATRY
Recall Q
NEET PG 2023, recall , Psychiatry
Q1: A middle aged women presents with
episodes of sudden onset breathlessness,
palpitations, tremors, sweating, fear of having an
impending cardiac arrest/heart attack since 6
months...increased heart rate,....5 to 6 episodes
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per month..., no triggers for such episode. each
episode lasts for 30 minutes. All investigations
were normal.
• A. GAD
• B. Panic disorder
• C. Seizure Disorder
• D. Depression
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• Ans 1. B
• Episodic anxiety attacks with feeling of impending doom (cardiac
arrest) is more suggestive of diagnosis of panic attack here, rather
than generalised anxiety (chronic continuous anxiety, not episodic
exacerbations).
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Q2: Patient of schizophrenia was first started on a
haloperidol and thioridazine, but he wasn’t
responding to that medicine, so was switched to
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developed
hyperglycaemia, dyslipidaemia and excessive
salivation. What could be the offending drug?
• A. Clozapine
• B. Aripiprazole
• C. Ziprasidone
• D. Risperidone
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• Ans 2. A Clozapine
• Hyperglycaemia, dyslipidaemia and sialorrhea (excessive salivation)
are amongst well known side effects of a famous drug used in
schizophrenia management, known as clozapine.
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Q3: Clinical history is suggestive of premature
ejaculation in male, with history of
relationship conflicts with wife. Non
pharmacological treatment for the couple
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used in this condition?
• A. squeeze therapy
• B. Sensate focus technique
• C. Cognitive behavioural therapy
• D. Exposure and response prevention
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• Ans 3. A Squeeze therapy
• In cases of premature ejaculation, an exercise known as the squeeze
technique is used to raise the threshold of penile excitability. In that
exercise, the man or the woman stimulates the erect penis until the
earliest sensations of impending orgasm and ejaculation are felt. Penile
stimulation is then stopped abruptly, and the coronal ridge of the penis
is squeezed forcibly for several seconds. The technique is repeated
several times.
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Q4: History of chronic alcohol abuse now
presented with acute onset confusion, 6th
nerve palsy, gaze palsy, ataxia. Likely
diagnosis? AfraTafreeh.com
A. Wernicke’s encephalopathy
B. Korsakoff’s psychosis
C. Delirium tremens
D. De Clerambaut syndrome
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Ans 4. A
• The symptoms given here are classical representation of triad of
wernicke’s encephalopathy
G : global confusion
O : Ophthalmoplegia
A : Ataxia