Psychiatry
294 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A medical student takes an alcohol history from a 55-year-old man in a general practice clinic. In a rapid run, without pausing, she asks: 'You don't drink much…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 38-year-old woman is describing the end of her marriage at an outpatient appointment. She says she is fine about it now, honestly, while her voice shakes and…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 28-year-old man brought in by police is pacing the ward corridor, clenching his fists and shouting that he will not be locked up again. He has not struck anyo…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 45-year-old man admitted involuntarily believes that a government agency has been recording him. He sits with his back to the wall, keeps the door in view, an…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 47-year-old man is admitted for elective inguinal hernia repair. Taking the substance use history, the intern records 12 standard drinks a day for the past 20…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 54-year-old restaurateur is brought by her husband with three weeks of elevated mood, sleeping two hours a night and plans to buy a second premises. She has n…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 15-year-old girl attends a general practice with her mother, who says her daughter has become withdrawn and is failing subjects at school. The doctor has aske…
Pre-internship · middle twist
An 81-year-old woman who came to Australia from Vietnam at the age of 45 is referred because her family say she forgets appointments and repeats herself. She le…
Clinical rotations · niche
A 67-year-old Yolŋu man from a remote community in north-east Arnhem Land is admitted to a Darwin hospital for assessment of low mood and weight loss. His first…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 19-year-old man received his first ever dose of an antipsychotic 14 hours ago, having been admitted with psychosis. He calls the nurse because his neck has pu…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 74-year-old woman is referred three months after her husband died. Two or three times a week, while she is standing at the kitchen sink, she hears him call he…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
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…
Clinical rotations · common
A 79-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department at 2 am by police, having been found walking along a main road in her nightdress. She is pleasant and…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 24-year-old man was admitted yesterday to the psychiatric unit as a voluntary patient with a first episode of psychosis. He has told the team he does not want…
Pre-internship · middle twist