Psychiatry
294 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 13-year-old boy is brought by his father because of daily shouting matches at home over the past 18 months. He argues with every request, swears at his parent…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 16-year-old Aboriginal boy is brought to a regional clinic by his aunt six weeks after his grandmother died. He says he hears his grandmother calling his name…
Pre-internship · niche
An 11-year-old girl has missed 14 days of school this term. On school mornings she has stomach ache and vomits, and settles completely once she is told she may…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 15-year-old girl attends a Perth general practice alone and asks for the contraceptive pill. She explains accurately how it works and why it must be taken dai…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 14-year-old girl attends your general practice with her mother for the fourth time this year with abdominal pain. She has lost 4 kg, stopped playing netball,…
Clinical rotations · common
A 13-year-old boy has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by a paediatrician, who recommends immediate-release dexamphetamine alongside…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 15-year-old boy is referred by the Children's Court after a series of thefts. His mother reports that from the age of eight he lit fires in the backyard and r…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
During the part of a consultation conducted without his parents, a 16-year-old boy tells you he smokes cannabis with friends most weekends. He is attending scho…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 15-year-old girl is brought to the general practice by her mother because her grades have fallen and she is tired all the time. The mother answers most of the…
Clinical rotations · common
A 29-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder has been in dialectical behaviour therapy for four months. Her self-harm has fallen from weekly to once…
Pre-internship · niche
A 24-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder has cut her forearms after arguments about once a fortnight for two years, and has attended the emergen…
Clinical rotations · common
A 28-year-old woman is admitted after an overdose. The team cannot decide between a recurrent depressive illness and a personality disorder. She gives a vague,…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 19-year-old university student is seen the morning after taking twelve paracetamol tablets and scratching her forearm, three weeks after her parents separated…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A first-year doctor on a community mental health placement has been seeing a 24-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder. Over six weeks he has given…
Pre-internship · common
At 11 pm a 27-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder comes to the emergency department after her flatmate ended their friendship. She has three sup…
Pre-internship · common
A 38-year-old man on remand is referred to the prison health service for "anger management". He is charming and articulate. He was expelled from school at 13, h…
Clinical rotations · common
A 17-year-old boy is seen in the emergency department under police guard after seriously assaulting a stranger. Since primary school he has bullied other childr…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 26-year-old woman is assessed by a community mental health team. She has a lifelong pattern of unstable relationships, impulsive self-harm and chronic emptine…
Clinical rotations · niche
A 56-year-old man is referred by his employer after lodging a third complaint alleging that colleagues are conspiring to have him dismissed. He keeps a dated fo…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 41-year-old man with a long-standing diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is reviewed by his community team. Over the past five weeks he has woken at…
Pre-internship · middle twist