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Psychopathology

Practise multiple-choice questions on psychopathology, including diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, and treatment approaches. Questions are completely free to view and attempt.

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Question 01

When a Patient repeats words of examiners, it is known as:

  1. Echolalia
  2. Echopraxia
  3. Hallucination
  4. Perseveration
Question 02

Pressured speech, neologisms, echolalia, and mutism are examples of:

  1. disorders of mood and affect
  2. disorders of motor activity
  3. disorders of speech
  4. disorders of thinking
Question 03

A 35-year-old woman believes that Nana Akuffo Addo is in love with her. She has never met Nana Akuffo Addo. However, she believes that he is posting her love letters through adverts in the newspaper. Which of the following terms is most appropriate to describe her belief?

  1. Capgras' delusion
  2. Coutard's syndrome
  3. Delusion of morbid jealousy (Othello's syndrome)
  4. Erotomania (De Clerambault’s delusion)
Question 04

A 22-year-old African man covers his head with a cap. He claims that he is doing this to prevent people from hearing his thoughts, which apparently can be transmitted from his head. What is the most likely description?

  1. Thought blocking
  2. Thought broadcasting
  3. Thought echo
  4. Thought insertion
Question 05

An 80-year-old woman diagnosed with severe depression believes that her intestines have stopped working and her other internal organs are degenerating, suggesting that she is dead and a walking corpse. Which of the following delusions is most appropriate to describe her belief?

  1. Grandiose delusions
  2. Guilt delusions
  3. Nihilistic delusions
  4. Persecutory delusions
Question 06

An irritable urge to move about with inner restlessness is called:

  1. Akathisia
  2. Akinesia
  3. Hyperkinesia
  4. Dyskinesia
Question 07

Exaggerated self-importance is a feature of which delusion?

  1. Bizarre delusion
  2. Delusion of grandeur
  3. Delusion of reference
  4. Somatic delusion
Question 08

The study of abnormal psychology is primarily concerned with:

  1. Cognitive biases and heuristics
  2. Human development and growth
  3. Normal behaviors and cognition
  4. Unusual or maladaptive behaviors
Question 09

Which of the following best defines psychopathology?

  1. The study of abnormal behavior and psychological dysfunction
  2. The study of mental disorders and their treatment
  3. The study of normal psychological functioning
  4. The study of personality disorders exclusively
Question 10

What term describes a false belief that is firmly held despite evidence to the contrary?

  1. Compulsion
  2. Delusion
  3. Hallucination
  4. Obsession