Psychiatry
56 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 15-year-old girl is brought by her mother, who says that for four months she has snapped at everyone, slipped from top of the class to failing, given up netba…
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A 32-year-old woman attends the child health clinic six weeks after an uncomplicated birth. For a month she has felt flat throughout the day, has taken no pleas…
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A 61-year-old man is brought by his daughter seven months after his wife died. He has lost 9 kg, wakes at 3 am, and has not gone back to the bowls club or to hi…
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A 19-year-old man is admitted with a first episode of psychosis after eight weeks of persecutory beliefs and voices. He has never taken an antipsychotic. His bo…
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A 26-year-old woman is reviewed at home on day 8 after the birth of her first child. Over three days she has slept about two hours a night, talks rapidly about…
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A 23-year-old apprentice has had persecutory beliefs and voices commenting on his actions continuously for three months. He has stopped attending work and rarel…
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A 26-year-old accountant is brought to his general practitioner by his sister. For four months he has believed that the presenter of the evening news bulletin a…
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A 19-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by friends two hours after a party. He is frightened, is convinced the other guests were laughing at hi…
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A 58-year-old man is on the second postoperative day after an elective right hemicolectomy. Overnight he became restless and drenched with sweat; this morning h…
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A general practitioner in a regional town is asked to run a drug and alcohol education session at the local secondary school. Media coverage over the past year…
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A 26-year-old man has waited four hours in the emergency department to be seen about a hand injury. He is now standing at the triage window, speaking loudly and…
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A 47-year-old truck driver is referred by his general practitioner with insomnia and low mood after two months of exhaustion. He is in bed for nine hours a nigh…
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A 19-year-old man with moderate depression agrees to start sertraline after a discussion of the options. He has no psychotic features, no manic history, takes n…
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A medical student presents a new admission at the morning meeting. She gives his age, occupation and living situation, the presenting complaint and its history,…
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A 27-year-old man with schizophrenia attends the clinic for review. Grinning broadly and giggling, he tells the registrar that his mother died last month and th…
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A 58-year-old man attends his general practice for review of his mood. Asked how he has been sleeping, he begins with the layout of his bedroom, moves on to the…
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