PRITE 2025 | 110 Solved Psychiatry Exam Questions | Neuro, Psychopharm, Child Psych, Ethics, Development, DSM, Clinical Pearls

This comprehensive document contains 110 fully solved and verified multiple-choice questions from the PRITE 2025 examination (Psychiatry Resident-In-Training Exam). Designed to reflect real test content and structure, it is an essential review tool for psychiatry trainees, clinicians, and mental health professionals preparing for board exams or enhancing clinical expertise. The material spans an impressive breadth of psychiatry-related domains, ensuring high-yield coverage of the following topics: Key Topics Covered: Psychiatric Diagnosis (DSM-5-TR) – depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia, PTSD, substance use, dissociative disorders, neurocognitive conditions Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – including neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism, ADHD, Tourette’s, DMDD), developmental milestones, and Piagetian stages Neuroscience & Neuroanatomy – neurotransmitters, neuroimaging, sleep regulation, cortical systems, basal ganglia circuits, and histological findings Psychopharmacology – indications, side effects, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, drug interactions (e.g., antipsychotics, antidepressants, stimulants, methadone, Suboxone) Therapeutic Modalities – psychodynamic therapy, CBT, family therapy, motivational enhancement, and structural family therapy Forensic Psychiatry & Ethics – confidentiality, informed consent, capacity, duty to warn, legal standards for involuntary hospitalization Research, Genetics & Epidemiology – linkage analysis, epigenetics, p-values, regression models, inheritance patterns, health care system insights Special Populations & Clinical Pearls – elderly patients, medically ill psychiatric patients (e.g., HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, epilepsy), reproductive psychiatry Learning, Development, and Behavior – classical vs operant conditioning, language acquisition, temperament, bereavement understanding by age Neuropsychiatric Emergencies & Consult-Liaison – serotonin syndrome, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, delirium, suicidality, pharmacogenomics (e.g., HLA-B*1502), and infectious CNS lesions (e.g., toxoplasmosis) Who This Document Is For: This resource is particularly valuable to: Psychiatry Residents (PGY-1 to PGY-4) preparing for PRITE or board exams Medical Students in psychiatry clerkships or those preparing for shelf/NBME exams Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants in mental health tracks Clinical Psychologists seeking interdisciplinary reinforcement International Medical Graduates (IMGs) preparing for USMLE Step 2/3 with psych focus General practitioners aiming to improve psychiatric diagnostic and prescribing skills Researchers in behavioral neuroscience, medical education, and psychiatry What Makes This Resource Effective: 110 high-yield, board-style MCQs, mirroring the format and difficulty of the actual PRITE Each answer marked with a brain emoji