2. Obsessional personality disorder is also called:

A. Anankastic personality disorder

B. Schizoid personality disorder

C. Histrionic personality disorder

D. Paranoid personality disorder

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3. Which of the following is most effective in OCD management?

A. Psychodynamic psychotherapy

B. Interpersonal psychotherapy

C. Cognitive behaviour therapy

D. Supportive psychotherapy

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4. The drugs which have been shown to alleviate the symptoms of OCD include all, EXCEPT:

A. clomipramine

B. fluvoxamine

C. paroxetine

D. sertraline

E. thioridazine

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5. Recurrent, intrusive, senseless ideas, thoughts, and images that are ego-dystonic and involuntary are termed as

A. Obsessions

B. Compulsions

C. Hypochondreasis

D. Obstrusiveness

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6. Yale–Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS; Goodman et al. 1989) is a

A. 10-item, 40-point semistructured instrument

B. 8-item, 20-point semistructured instrument

C. 20-item, 40-point structured instrument

D. 20-item, 80-point structured instrument

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7. Which of the following is the most acceptable etiologic hypothesis in OCD?

A. Dopamine hypothesis

B. Serotonin hypothesis

C. Acetylcholine hypothesis

D. Glutamate hypothesis

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8. Which of the following is NOT included in the OCD spectrum disorders?

A. Trichotillomania

B. Tourette's disorder

C. Body dysmorphic disorder

D. Kleptomania

E. Schizotypal disorders

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9. Which of the following is a charecteristic of OCD?

A. Denial of obsessive thoughts

B. An awareness of the senselessness of obsessions

C. Presence of auditary hallucinations

D. Presence of delusion of infidelity

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10. The most common obsession is

A. fear of contamination

B. pathological doubt

C. need for symmetry

D. aggressive obsessions

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11. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms are intimately linked with

A. Bipolar disorders

B. Autistic disorders

C. Tourette's disorder

D. ADHD

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12. Psychodynamic explanation of obsessive compulsive disorders include

A. fixation during oral stage of psychosexual develpment

B. fixation during anal stage of psychosexual development.

C. fixations or conflicts during phalic phase of development

D. improper develpment of latency phase of psychosexual development

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13. Which of the following defence mechanism is more common with OCD?

A. Sublimation

B. Projection

C. Denial

D. Undoing

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14. Which of the following area of brain is known to be associated with OCD?

A. Reticular system

B. Nigrostraital pathway

C. Basal ganglia

D. Corpus callosum

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15. Which of the following is a tricyclic antidepressant?

A. fluvoxamine

B. fluoxetine

C. Escitalopram

D. Clomipramine

E. Sertraline

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