5 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers on “Emergency Psychiatry” for Psychiatry Post Graduate Students:

1. ‘Suicide’ is more prone in the following:

A. Unemployed youth

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B. Adolescent girl

C. Married woman

D. Old man

2. Akathisia means:

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A. Sensory loss

B. Gait disturbance

C. Motor restlessness

D. Orofacial movements

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3. Suicidal tendency is most commonly seen with:

A. Schizophrenia

B. Obsessive disorders

C. Mania

D. Depression

Common causes of suicide:

1. Major depression

2. Alcoholism

3. Schizophrenia

4. Among persons who successfully commit suicide, the two most frequent diagnoses are major depression and:

A. Alcoholism

B. Borderline personality disorder

C. Dementia

D. Schizophrenic or schizophreniform disorder

5. The proposition of suicides which have already been pre­ceded by earlier suicide attempts is:

A. 10 percent

B. 20 percent

C. 50 percent

D. 60 percent

E. 100 percent

Answer

1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.D