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Psychopathology Quiz-4


Q1.A thought process in schizophrenia characterised by thinking is governed by privateand illogical rules, where the patient may consider two things identical because they have identical predicates or properties:
A.    Delusional perception
B.    Loosening of associations
C.    von Domarus Law
D.    Thought echo

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Q2. All the statements about thought blocking are correct, EXCEPT:
A.    a characteristic feature of schizophrenia
B.    also be seen in complex partial seizures (temporal lobe epilepsy)
C.    a sudden interruption of stream of speech before the thought is completed
D.    included in Schneider’s first rank symptoms
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Q3. Normal words are used in an unconventional or distorted way but the derivation can be under stood, even if bizarre:
A.    Paraphasias
B.    Neologisms
C.    Echolalia
D.    Verbigeration

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Q4. A condition first described  by Mayer-Gross, a subtype of schizophrenia with an acute onset, clouding of consciousness, disorientation, dream-like states, and perceptual disturbances with rapid shifting:
A.    Oneiroid Schizophrenia
B.    Van Gogh Syndrome
C.    Pseudoneurotic Schizophrenia
D.    Paraphrenia




Q5. A disorder which occurs late in life, usually in the sixth decade, reported more common in women, especially unmarried or widowed women, with delusions of persecution of bizarre and fantastic content:
A.    Pfropf Schizophrenia
B.    Late Paraphrenia
C.    Van Gogh Syndrome
D.    Oneiroid Schizophrenia
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Q1. C Q2. D Q3. A Q4. A Q5. B

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