1. Defense mechanism in obsessive compulsive disorders is

A. Reaction formation

B. Displacement

C. Projection

D. Sublimation

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2. Features of obsessive compulsive disorders include all, except

A. Punctuality

B. Perfection

C. Parsimonious

D. Demonstrative

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3. Obsessive compulsive personality is characterized by

A. Severe and rigid conscience

B. Lack of normal capacity for relaxation

C. Underlying hostility

D. Fastidiousness

E. All of the above

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4. A defense mechanism typical of obsessive compulsive disorders is

A. Denial

B. Undoing

C. Projection

D. Displacement

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5. All of the following are features of obsessive compulsive disorders, except

A. Anxiety relieved by doing the act

B. Sense of guilt

C. Magical thought

D. Patient is aware of helplessness

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6. All of the following are poor prognostic factors in obsessive compulsive disorders, except

A. Childhood onset

B. Obsessional premorbid personality

C. Dominant symptoms of depression and phobia

D. Long history of illness

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7. Drug of choice in obsessive-compulsive disorders is

A. Haloperidol

B. Imipramine

C. Clomipramine

D. Nortriptyline

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8. Which of the following drug is most appropriate for treatment of obsessive compulsive disorders?

A. Fluoxetine

B. Doxepine

C. Reboxetine

D. Clozapine

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9. Which of the following technique is found to be effective in obsessive ruminations?

A. Psychoanalysis

B. Interpersonal therapy

C. Logo therapy

D. Thought stopping

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10. Obsessive-compulsive behavior is believed to grow out of

A. Conflict with parents

B. Rigid compulsive mothering

C. Forced compliance

D. Repression in childhood age

E. All of the above

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