Psychiatry (kaplan and sadocks) Exam
Questions and Correct Answers Graded
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Panic disorder - Answer: Characterized by feelings of intense fear or terror that come on suddenly in
situations when there is nothing to fear
Agoraphobia - Answer: Frequent consequence of panic disorder, although it can occur in the absence of
panic attacks
Hoarding disorder - Answer: Behavioral pattern accumulating items in the person.
Selective mutism - Answer: Characterized by a persistent refusal to speak in specific situations despite
the demonstration of speaking ability in other situations
Pica - Answer: Eating of non-nutritional substances
Binge eating disorder - Answer: A variant of bulimia nervosa with occasional, once a week, binge eating
Bulimia nervosa - Answer: Is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent and frequent binge eating
with or without vomiting
Anorexia nervosa - Answer: Is an eating disorder characterized by loss of body weight and refusal to eat.
Insomia disorder - Answer: Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
Hypersomnolence or hypersomia - Answer: Occurs when person sleeps to much and feels excessively
tired despite normal or prolonged quantity of sleep
Narcolepsy - Answer: Marked by sleep attacks, usually with loss of muscle tone
Questions and Correct Answers Graded
A+
Panic disorder - Answer: Characterized by feelings of intense fear or terror that come on suddenly in
situations when there is nothing to fear
Agoraphobia - Answer: Frequent consequence of panic disorder, although it can occur in the absence of
panic attacks
Hoarding disorder - Answer: Behavioral pattern accumulating items in the person.
Selective mutism - Answer: Characterized by a persistent refusal to speak in specific situations despite
the demonstration of speaking ability in other situations
Pica - Answer: Eating of non-nutritional substances
Binge eating disorder - Answer: A variant of bulimia nervosa with occasional, once a week, binge eating
Bulimia nervosa - Answer: Is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent and frequent binge eating
with or without vomiting
Anorexia nervosa - Answer: Is an eating disorder characterized by loss of body weight and refusal to eat.
Insomia disorder - Answer: Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
Hypersomnolence or hypersomia - Answer: Occurs when person sleeps to much and feels excessively
tired despite normal or prolonged quantity of sleep
Narcolepsy - Answer: Marked by sleep attacks, usually with loss of muscle tone
