14 free questions tagged Psychiatry, each with a full explanation of every option.
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A 35-year-old man with a known diagnosis of schizophrenia is brought to the emergency department by police after neighbours reported him shouting in the street…
A 24-year-old university student commenced sertraline 50 mg daily three weeks ago for a depressive episode. His flatmates bring him to the emergency department…
A 31-year-old woman presents six weeks after the birth of her first child. She tearfully describes vivid, unwanted images of smothering the baby with a pillow t…
A 46-year-old woman with bipolar disorder has been stable on lithium carbonate for five years. She presents with two days of nausea, vomiting and unsteadiness o…
A 17-year-old girl is admitted for nutritional rehabilitation. She weighs 39 kg with a height of 168 cm, having lost 15 kg over six months through severe dietar…
A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after taking 20 paracetamol tablets following an argument. He is medically cleared and a psychiatric as…
A 28-year-old man with schizophrenia that failed to respond to two previous antipsychotics has been taking clozapine for four months with good effect. He presen…
A 34-year-old woman taking sertraline 100 mg daily for depression presents with two hours of agitation and profuse sweating. Two days earlier her general practi…
A 74-year-old man is brought to his general practitioner by his daughter, who is worried about his memory over the past three months. He has stopped attending h…
A 52-year-old man is admitted to hospital after a fall at home and is managed with analgesia and bed rest. Thirty-six hours after admission he becomes restless…
A 40-year-old woman presents with a 6-month history of intermittent upper abdominal discomfort described as postprandial fullness and occasional epigastric pain…
Which of the following is the most evidence-based therapy for treating borderline personality disorder?
Which of the following congenital abnormalities is most commonly associated with lithium use during pregnancy?
What is the first-line medical treatment for major depressive disorder?
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