Download DNB 2016 Dec PSYCHIATRY PAPER 4 Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016
POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
PSYCHIATRY

PAPER ? IV
PSY/D/16/39/IV
Time : 3 hours
Max. Marks : 100

Important instructions:

? Attempt all questions in order.
? Each question carries 10 marks.
? Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
? Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
? Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
? Answer all the parts of a single question together.
? Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
? Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.

Write short notes on:

1. What is metabolic syndrome? Give its relationship and
significance with antipsychotic drugs.

5+5
2. What are the advantages of MRI over SPECT? What is the role
of SPECT in psychiatry?

4+6
3. a) Categorical v/s dimensional approach in classification.
b) Classificatory approach adopted by DSM-5.

6+4
4. a) Salient features of Mental Health Care Bill.
b) What are its advantages over its predecessor mental health
Act?

7+3
5. What is stigma in psychiatry? As a psychiatrist, how can you
help to reduce and combat stigma in psychiatry.

3+7
6. What is Evidence-Based Medicine? What are the key skills
required for the evidence based practice and what are the various
methods of its practice?

2+(4+4)
7. a) What is pharmacogenetics?
b) Its current concept and possible future use with reference to
psychiatry.

2+(4+4)
8. a) What is the current understanding of relationship between
personality disorders and other mental disorders?
b) Nosological status of Schizotypal personality disorder in ICD-
10 and DSM-IV.

6+4
9. a) What is culture?
b) Role of culture in psychiatry.

2+8
10. What are neurodevelopmental disorders? What are the reasons
for including ADHD in this category?

6+4
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