Neurotic and Stress-Related Disorders

What physiological change produces the symptoms of hyperventilation syndrome?

A bereaved person repeatedly experiences vivid mental images and dreams of the deceased and idealizes the deceased. What is the characteristic emotional quality of these preoccupations in grief?

Which presentation of conversion-type hysteria is more common in children?

What is the usual duration of a panic attack?

Which pairing correctly matches the temporal pattern of anxiety with its diagnostic category?

In generalized anxiety disorder, continual worry and anticipation that something bad will happen to oneself belong to which symptom domain?

A patient experiences recurrent, unpredictable episodes of sudden intense fear accompanied by a feeling of impending doom. Which diagnosis best matches this presentation?

A patient with generalized anxiety disorder reports muscle aches, trembling and inability to relax. Under which symptom domain are these features classified?

What minimum duration of generalized, persistent anxiety is specified in the description of generalized anxiety disorder?

Which statement about organic aetiology characterizes neurotic and stress-related disorders?

Which statement correctly describes buspirone?

Injection of which substance is stated to produce panic attacks?

How do learning theories explain anxiety developing in response to a stimulus that is not normally anxiety provoking?

Which associated problems are described as common in post traumatic neurosis?

What concordance rates for anxiety neurosis were reported in monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs, respectively?

Which drug is described as having anxiolytic, antipanic, antiphobic and antidepressant effects?

A patient has periodic attacks of respiratory distress, giddiness, perioral tingling, fingertip numbness and occasional tetany. Which syndrome best explains this symptom cluster?

During cognitive behaviour therapy for panic attacks, what is the purpose of cognitive restructuring?

Which combination of physiological changes is associated with hyperventilation syndrome?

What frequency of anxiety states is reported among relatives of patients with anxiety?

A patient has intense, persistent fear of a specific place and a compelling desire to avoid it. Which appraisal of the fear is characteristic of phobic disorders?

Which sex distribution is described for illness phobia (nosophobia)?

What proportion of psychiatric inpatients and outpatients is constituted by obsessive compulsive disorder in the supplied epidemiological description?

Which behavioural therapy involves supervised maximum exposure to a feared stimulus until anxiety reduction or exhaustion?

A patient with social phobia seeks medication for acute use before a performance. Which drug is specifically described as effective in this setting?

A patient with a phobia receives relaxation training followed by gradual exposure to feared situations in a hierarchy of increasing intensity. Which behavioural therapy is being used?

Which description defines compulsions in obsessive compulsive disorder?

When does obsessive compulsive disorder usually begin?

A patient observes the therapist engaging in non-avoidance behaviour with the patient's feared stimulus. Which behavioural technique does this illustrate?

What does the description of obsessions as ego-dystonic mean?

Which tricyclic antidepressant is described as an effective blocker of spontaneous panic attacks?

Which approach is characteristic of supportive psychotherapy?

A patient turns a light switch on and then off, believing that the second act reverses the first. Which defense mechanism is illustrated?

What role may pregnancy, delivery, illness, death of a close relative, frustration and overwork play in the early-experience account of obsessional illness?

A behavioral intervention for OCD is intended to decrease the frequency of rituals or obsessive thoughts. Which technique matches this aim?

Which pair correctly describes twin concordance rates for obsessional illness?

A patient describes a gruesome fantasy but denies any associated anxiety or disgust. Which psychoanalytic defense mechanism does this illustrate?

What is the stated aim of exposure procedures in the behavioral treatment of OCD?

A patient behaves in a passive or masochistic manner that opposes his impulses. Which psychoanalytic defense mechanism explains this behavior?

Which neurotransmitter is implicated in mediating impulsivity, suicidality, aggression, anxiety, social dominance and learning in the biochemical account of OCD?