Child Psychiatry
Child Psychiatry What are the clinical characteristic features of the Rett disorder? Normal prenatal, perinatal, and psychomotor development through the first 5 months after birth. Normal head circumference at birth….
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry What is the mechanism of menopause? It is the progressive insensitivity of the ovary to the effect of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). What type of somatoform disorder has the…
Psychiatry and Law
Psychiatry and Law How does one evaluate a patient’s competency to give adequate informed consent? Competency is declared by a court, not a physician. Clinical assessment of capacity to make…
Personality Disorders and Other Clinical Conditions
Personality Disorders and Other Clinical Conditions What diagnoses are categorized as somatoform disorders? The following seven diagnoses are offered in DSM-IV under the category of somatoform disorders: Somatization disorder (also…
Psychotic Disorders, Mood Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders
Psychotic Disorders, Mood Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders How common are the anxiety disorders? The most prevalent psychiatric disorders. Lifetime prevalence of any anxiety: 25%. Lifetime prevalence of social phobia and…
Substance-Related Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders What does the motivational enhancement therapy (MET) model for addiction treatment emphasize? The role of ambivalence in the process of change. Which substance causes long-term inhibition of new…
Human Development
Human Development According to whose theory is good-enough mothering important in providing a supportive environment to infants? Good-enough mothering is an essential concept in Donald W. Winnicott’s objectrelation theory. Another…
Cognitive Disorders
Cognitive Disorders Damage in which brain region is most likely to result in impaired social judgment? Orbitofrontal area. How does dementia with Lewy bodies differentiate from dementia of Alzheimer type?…
Psychiatric Interview, Symptomatology, and Diagnosis
Psychiatric Interview, Symptomatology, and Diagnosis What is delusion? It is fixed, false belief that is unreal, idiosyncratic, and not accepted by other members of the same subcultural background. What was…
Neuroscience
Neuroscience How and where is serotonin synthesized? Synthesized from precursor tryptophan. Synthesized in axon terminal (bouton). Cell bodies mainly in median and dorsal raphe nuclei. The rate-limiting factor is availability…
