Download DNB 2015 Dec PSYCHIATRY P I Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2015
PSYCHIATRY
PAPER - I
PSY/D/15/39/

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Important instructions:

1. Attempt all questions in order.
2. Each question carries 10 marks.

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3. Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
4. Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
5. Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
6. Answer all the parts of a single question together.
7. Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.

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8. Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.

Write short notes on:

1. a) What is memory? (5)
   b) What are the different types of memory? (5)
   c) Anatomical sites of different types of memory
   

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   d) How will you assess memory in a clinical situation?
2. a) Define Intelligence & Intelligence Quotient (IQ). (1+1)
   b) Different types of tests for assessment of IQ available in India. (8)
3. a) What is ‘Theory of Mind'? (3)
   b) What are the neuro-anatomical substrates of “Theory of Mind’? (5)
   

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   c) What is the significance of ‘Theory of Mind' in Psychiatry? (2)
4. a) Important contributions of Erik Erikson. (3)
   b) Different stages of life-cycle as described by Erik Erikson. (7)
5. a) What is culture?
   b) How does it influence psychopathology
   

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   c) Significance of culture in Psychiatry.
6. a) What is Qualitative research?
   b) Essential features, strengths & limitations of qualitative research.
   c) Importance of qualitative research in psychiatry.
7. What is ‘Synaptic Plasticity?
   

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   What are its clinical implications and relevance in Psychiatry?
8. What is Dopamine?
   Various Dopaminergic tracts and their clinical relevance in Psychiatry
9. Define normality.
   Different perspectives of normality.
   

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   Various psycho-analytic concepts of normality.
10. How do you assess pre-morbid personality in a clinical setting? (5)
    Various tests for assessment of personality (5)

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