Download RGUHS (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences) MD (Doctor of Medicine) 2015 MD Psychiatry Oct Question Paper
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka
Post Graduate Degree Examination ? OCTOBER 2015
Time: Three Hours Max. Marks: 100 Marks
MD PSYCHIATRY PAPER- I
(Revised Scheme)
Q. P. CODE: 7441
Your answers should be specific to the questions asked
Draw neat labeled diagrams wherever necessary
LONG ESSAYS 2 x 20 = 40 Marks
1. Discuss the ?Theories of Attitude?, factors in attitude change and its psychiatric
implications
2- Discuss the Biopsychosocial origins of?Aggression? and its clinical relevance.
SHORT ESSAYS 6 x 10 = 60 Marks
3- What are Transference and countertransference? How are they recognised and
handled?
4- Describe the concept of Social Quotient and its role in social and communication
skills.
5- Type I and Type II errors in research design.
6- Describe psychiatric Instruments to measure obsessions and obsessionality.
7- Describe what are ?simple sequence repeats? (microsatellites) and their relevance
to psychiatry.
8- Structure, connections and functions of Thalamus
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MD. Degree Examination - OCTOBER 2015
[Time: 3 Hours] [Max. Marks: 100]
PSYCHIATRY
PAPER - II (Revised Scheme)
Q.P. CODE : 7442
Your answers should be specific to the questions asked.
Draw neat labeled diagrams wherever necessary. Answer all questions
LONG ESSAY 2 X 20 = 40 Marks
1.
Define stress and describe its neurobiologicai co-reiates. Describe non pharmacological
management of stress that can be used effectively in clinical practice.
2. Describe in detail about various types of sleep disorders in general psychiatry practice and
discuss how a disturbance in sleep architecture can be used as a diagnostic tool.
SHORT ESSAY 6 X 10 = 60 Marks
3. Describe single proton Emission Computerized Tomography and its usefulness in psychiatry.
4. What is the ciinicai management of cannabis dependence?
5. Describe the common treatable causes of dementia.
6. How to manage an acute maniac excitement in a general hospital setting?
7. Describe what are Schneider?s?first rank symptoms and their clinical relevance in psychiatry
classifications.
8. What is ulcerative colitis and describe the psychological aspects management of this disease.
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Time: Three Hours Max. Marks: 100 Marks
MD PSYCHIATRY PAPER- III
(Revised Scheme)
Q. P. coma: 7443
Your answers should be specific to the questions asked
Draw neat labeled diagrams wherever necessary
LONG ESSAYS 2 x 20 = 40 Mark:
1- Describe the prevalence, presentation, putative aetiologies, management, course
and outcomes of post partum psychological reactions and psychiatric disorders.
2- Is it possible and desirable to integrate indigenous mental health care practices
with modern psychiatry? ? Discuss with evaluation of existing literature.
SHORT ESSAYS 6 x 10 = 60 Mark:
3- Write notes on the indications for and types of family therapies. Briefly delineate
the procedure of family therapy.
4- Electrophysiological changes during and soon after ECT and their clinical
significance.
5- Civil responsibility with reference to contracts and marriage in the context of
psychiatric disorders
6- Clinical features and implications of Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
7- Risk factors, chromosomal abnormalities, manifestations and comorbidites 0f
Down?s syndrome
8. Description and uses of play therapy in children
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MD. Degree Examination - OCTOBER 2015
[Time: 3 Hours] [Max. Marks: 100]
PSYCHIATRY
PAPER ? IV (Revised Scheme)
Q.P. CODE : 7444
Your answers should be specific to the questions asked.
Draw neat labeled diagrams wherever necessary. Answer all questions
LONG ESSAY 2 X 20 = 40 Marks
1. Write an essay about all psychiatric manifestations that are commonly encountered in patients
A suffering from Epilepsy. Enumerate the clinical features of partial complex seizures and
management.
2. Discuss the common psychiatric problems associated with various endocrinal disorders and
describe in detail about psychiatric disorders associated with Addison?s disease and its
management.
SHORT ESSAY 6 X 10 = 60 Marks
3. Describe the clinical features of tuberous sclerosis.
4. Write a short essay an sub acute combined degeneration of the spinal cord and common
psychiatric symptoms associated with it
5. Write in detail about acute transient global aphasia.
6. What is periodic catatonia and describe the possible etiological factors.
7. Discuss the liaison treatment required in the management of various auto immune disorders.
A 8. Fragile X syndrome.
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