1. Eugen Bleuler renamed dementia precox as:

A. Autism

B. Schizophrenia

C. Bipolar affective disorder

D. Melancholia

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2. ______________ schizophrenia is charecterised by bizarre and childish thinking, speech, and very disordered motor actions .

A. Catatonic schizophrenia

B. Paranoid schizophrenia

C. Undifferentiated schizophrenia

D. Disorganized/hebiphrenic schizophrenia

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3. First rank symptoms of schizophrenia (FRSS), which is widely accepted in making a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia was described by:

A. Kurt Schneider

B. Eugen Bleuler

C. Eric Erickson

D. Emil Kraepelin

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4. First rank symptoms of schizophrenia (FRSS) include all the following, EXCEPT:

A. Third person/running commetary auditory hallucinations

B. Thought alienation phenomena

C. Passiviy phenomenon

D. Mood disturbances

E. Delusional perception

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5. Eugen Bleuler's charecteristic symptoms (fundamental ayptoms) of schizophrenia include all the following, EXCEPT:

A. Ambivalance

B. Autism

C. Affective disturbances

D. Apraxia

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6. The first effective antipsychotic drug was:

A. Chlorpromazine

B. Thioridazine

C. Haloperidol

D. Trifluperazine

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7. Prefrontal lobotomy was proposed as a treatment for serious mental illnesses by___________ in 1935.

A. Ugo Cerletti

B. Walter Cannon

C. Egas Moniz

D. Adolph Meyer

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8. The prefered antipsychotic in poor medication compliance or high risk of relapse is:

A. A serotonin-dopamine antagonist

B. Clozapine

C. Injectable form of a long-acting antagonist (haloperidol/fluphenazine)

D. Aripiprazole

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9. Clozapine is associated with a higher risk of _____________ than other antipsychotics.

A. extrapyramidal symptoms

B. seizures

C. neuroleptic malignant syndrome

D. anticholinergic side effects

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10. Which of the following listed drug is the most safe in pregnant patients with acute schizophrenia?

A. Haloperidol

B. Chlorpromazine

C. Trifluperazine

D. Thioridazine

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