Psychiatric Nursing Objective Questions with Answers

Psychiatric Nursing Objective Questions with
Answers


Q1. The major neurotransmitter involved in the occurrence of
obsessive compulsive disorder is
(a) Dopamine
(b) Acetylcholine
(c) Epinephrine
(d) Serotonin
Ans: (d) Serotonin
Q2. Services aimed at reducing the prevalence of psychiatric
illness by
shortening the course of the illness is called as:
(a) Secondary prevention
(b) Primary prevention
(c) Tertiary prevention
(d) Primordial prevention
Ans: (a) Secondary prevention
Q3. According to Kubler-Ross theory of grief, which among
the
following behaviour is observed in stage II?
(a) Depression
(b) Anger
(c) Bargaining
(d) Denial
Ans: (b) Anger
Q4. The crisis precipitated by an unanticipated stressful event
that

, creates disequilibrium by threatening one’s sense of biological,
social
or psychological integrity is called:
(a) Situational crisis
(b) Adventitious crisis
(c) Maturational crisis
(d) Social crisis
Ans: (a) Situational crisis
Q5. A person has run away from home adapting a new
identity with
complete amnesia about his earlier life. This disorder is known
as:
(a) Dissociative fugue
(b) Multiple personality disorder
(c) Dissociative amnesia
(d) Conversion disorder
Ans: (a) Dissociative fugue
Q6. The technique of psychoanalysis includes the following
except:
(a) Exploration
(b) Free association
(c) Clay association
(d) Transference
Ans: (c) Clay association
Q7. According to DSM-IV, positive symptoms of schizophrenia
include:
A Hallucination
B Delusions
C Flat affect
D Bizarre behaviour