Family Medicine PAEA - Psychiatry Questions and
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Quiz: A child has been under treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD). No response has occurred with behavioral adaptations.
Which of the following categories of medication should this patient be given?
o A. stimulants
o B. anxiolytics
o C. antipsychotics
o D. antidepressants
Ans: A
( Stimulants, such as Ritalin, Dexedrine, and Cylert, are effective in 50 to 80%
of children with ADHD)
Quiz: Which of the following antipsychotic medications is associated with
significant agranulocytosis but not with extrapyramidal side effects?
o A. Clozapine (Clozaril)
o B. Haloperidol (Haldol)
o
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, o C. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
o D. Fluphenazine (Prolixin)
Ans: ( Clozapine is referred as an "atypical" antipsychotic agent. It can cause
agranulocytosis and should be monitored with weekly CBC. This is not a first
line treatment drug)
Quiz: Which of the following is effective in the long-term treatment of panic
attacks?
o A. Triazolam
o B. Propranolol (Inderal)
o C. Lorazepam (Ativan)
o D. Fluoxetine (Prozac)
Ans: D
(SSRI's, such as fluoxetine, are the initial drugs of choice for the long-term
treatment of panic disorders)
Quiz: Phenothiazines exert their antipsychotic effects by blocking
o
o
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, o A. alpha-adrenergic receptors
o B. dopamine receptors
o C. histamine receptors
o D. serotonin receptors
Ans: B
(Blockage of the dopamine receptors in the mesolimbic areas of the brain is
responsible for the antipsychotic effects of the phenothiazines; blockage of the
dopamine receptors in the nigrostriatal areas lead to the motor side effects,
such as dystonia and akathisia)
Quiz: Which of the following historical factors differentiates post-traumatic
stress disorder from acute stress disorder?
o A. The inability of the person to recall an important aspect of the event
o B. Avoidance of stimuli that invokes recollections of the event
o C. A belief that their future has been foreshortened because of the event
o D. The presence of sleep disorder
o
o
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, Ans: C
(Post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder have many of the
same characteristics. A sense of a foreshortened future, such as not expecting a
normal life span or a career due to the trauma, distinguishes post-traumatic
stress disorder from an acute stress disorder. The other answers are common
to both disorders)
Quiz: A patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder would most likely have
which of the following findings?
o A. Raw, red hands
o B. Priapism
o C. Memory impairment
o D. Abdominal pain
o
o
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Quiz: A child has been under treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD). No response has occurred with behavioral adaptations.
Which of the following categories of medication should this patient be given?
o A. stimulants
o B. anxiolytics
o C. antipsychotics
o D. antidepressants
Ans: A
( Stimulants, such as Ritalin, Dexedrine, and Cylert, are effective in 50 to 80%
of children with ADHD)
Quiz: Which of the following antipsychotic medications is associated with
significant agranulocytosis but not with extrapyramidal side effects?
o A. Clozapine (Clozaril)
o B. Haloperidol (Haldol)
o
o
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, o C. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
o D. Fluphenazine (Prolixin)
Ans: ( Clozapine is referred as an "atypical" antipsychotic agent. It can cause
agranulocytosis and should be monitored with weekly CBC. This is not a first
line treatment drug)
Quiz: Which of the following is effective in the long-term treatment of panic
attacks?
o A. Triazolam
o B. Propranolol (Inderal)
o C. Lorazepam (Ativan)
o D. Fluoxetine (Prozac)
Ans: D
(SSRI's, such as fluoxetine, are the initial drugs of choice for the long-term
treatment of panic disorders)
Quiz: Phenothiazines exert their antipsychotic effects by blocking
o
o
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, o A. alpha-adrenergic receptors
o B. dopamine receptors
o C. histamine receptors
o D. serotonin receptors
Ans: B
(Blockage of the dopamine receptors in the mesolimbic areas of the brain is
responsible for the antipsychotic effects of the phenothiazines; blockage of the
dopamine receptors in the nigrostriatal areas lead to the motor side effects,
such as dystonia and akathisia)
Quiz: Which of the following historical factors differentiates post-traumatic
stress disorder from acute stress disorder?
o A. The inability of the person to recall an important aspect of the event
o B. Avoidance of stimuli that invokes recollections of the event
o C. A belief that their future has been foreshortened because of the event
o D. The presence of sleep disorder
o
o
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, Ans: C
(Post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder have many of the
same characteristics. A sense of a foreshortened future, such as not expecting a
normal life span or a career due to the trauma, distinguishes post-traumatic
stress disorder from an acute stress disorder. The other answers are common
to both disorders)
Quiz: A patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder would most likely have
which of the following findings?
o A. Raw, red hands
o B. Priapism
o C. Memory impairment
o D. Abdominal pain
o
o
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