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Psychiatric Nursing Quiz

Personality Disorders
This page was last updated on 01/07/2010

1. As per DSM-IV-TR classification, antisocial personality disorders is classified under

A. Cluster-A

B. Cluster-B

C. Cluster-C

D. Cluster-D

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2. Which of the following is NOT a charecteristic of schizotypal personality disorder?

A. Inappropriate, inconsistant affect

B. Odd eccentric appearance/behaviour

C. Odd beliefs or magical thinking

D. Excessive sensitiveness to set backs and rebuffs

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3. Pathological fire-setting is also called

A. Pyromania

B. Kleptomania

C. Trichotillomania

D. Dipsomania

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4. Which of the following drug is found to be effective in intermittent explosive disorders?

A. Fluoxetine

B. Topiramate

c. Fluoxamine

D. Carbamazepine

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5. As per DSM-IV-TR classification, personality disorders with odd and eccentric behaviours are classified under

A. Cluster - A

B. Cluster- B

C. Cluster- C

D. Cluster- E

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6. Which of the following condition is not classfied under personality disorders in ICD-10 classification?

A. Paranoid

B. Schizoid

C. Schizotypal

C. Dissocial

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7. Narcissistic  personality disorder is charecterised by

A. Callous unconcern for feelings of others

B. Self-dramatization, theatericality

C. Ideas of grandiosity and inflated sense of self-importance

D. Significant and persistant disturbances of identity of self.

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8. Incapacity to experience guilt and to profit from experience, particularly punishment is seen in

A. Antisocial personality disorder

B. Schizotypal personality disorder

C. Schizoid personality disorders

D. Dependent personality disorder

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9. Which of the following instrument is related to assessment of personality traits?

A. BPRS

B. PANSS

C. MMSE

D. AIMS

E. MMPI

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10. Trichotillomania refers to

A. Pathological fire-setting

B. Pathological-stealing

C. Compulsive-hair pulling

D. Compulsive-drinking

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ANSWER KEY

1.A
2.D
3.A
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. E
10. C
         

Reference

  1. Kaplan HI, Sadock BJ. Synopsis of Psychiatry , Behavioral Sciences/ Clinical Psychiatry. 9th ed. Hong Kong :William and Wilkinson Publishers ;1998.
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