Psychiatry
294 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
An 86-year-old man who lives alone is brought to the emergency department by his daughter because he has been muddled for two days and twice called her by his l…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 72-year-old woman born in Vietnam attends with her daughter, who reports that over two years her mother has become repetitive, has twice left the stove burnin…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 78-year-old woman is on day six after an elective right hemicolectomy. Since the second postoperative day she has had episodes lasting about twenty minutes in…
Pre-internship · niche
You are the intern on a geriatric medicine ward in Perth. An 84-year-old woman who developed a hyperactive delirium during her admission for pneumonia is being…
Clinical rotations · niche
A 74-year-old man has been in hospital for ten days with a severe depressive episode. He is convinced that his bowel has rotted away and that he is being punish…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 23-year-old woman is brought in by her partner with three weeks of escalating persecutory beliefs, agitation and rambling speech. Over the past week he has no…
Clinical rotations · niche
Police bring a 54-year-old man to the emergency department at 2 am after he shouted at passing cars and swung at an officer. He is known to the mental health se…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 62-year-old accountant is brought to the emergency department by police after he shoved a shop assistant who asked him to stop taking lollies from an open dis…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 58-year-old man is brought to a regional emergency department after threatening a neighbour with a length of timber. He is shouting, will not sit, and has twi…
Pre-internship · middle twist
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…
Clinical rotations · common
A 78-year-old man admitted a fortnight ago with a first psychotic illness had his risperidone increased from 1 mg to 3 mg daily seven days ago. Since then he ha…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 31-year-old man is waiting to be seen in a busy emergency department, brought in by his brother, who says he has stopped his medication. He has schizophrenia…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 22-year-old apprentice is brought to a regional emergency department by friends at 11 pm after telling them he wanted to die. Six hours later his breath alcoh…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 44-year-old man attends the community mental health clinic. He has recurrent major depressive disorder and came home nine days ago after a two-week admission…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 76-year-old woman was admitted five days ago with a severe depressive episode. Her general practitioner started amitriptyline 75 mg at night three weeks ago a…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 58-year-old man was admitted three and a half days ago after a fall from a ladder; his wife said he drinks nightly at the club. He was settled and oriented fo…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 24-year-old man admitted with a first episode of psychosis started olanzapine six days ago and had the dose increased four days ago; he has also taken sertral…
Pre-internship · niche
An 84-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer is admitted from her retirement village because over four days she has become drowsy by day, restless at nigh…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
You are the intern covering the orthopaedic ward at 2 am. A 79-year-old man, two days after hemiarthroplasty for a fractured neck of femur, is climbing over the…
Pre-internship · middle twist
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…
Clinical rotations · common