FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2014
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PSYCHIATRY
PAPER - I
PSY/J/I14/39/1
Time : 3 hours
Max. Marks : 100
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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.
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- Define incidence and prevalence. What are different types of (1+1)£3+5--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- prevalence? Discuss briefly their significance.
- What are evoked potentials? Describe various components of 2+3+5
 evoked potentials. Discuss briefly abnormalities seen in evoked
 potentials in psychiatric disorders.
- Enumerate first rank symptoms. How are they different from 2315--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- second and third rank symptoms? Discuss in brief the current
 status of first rank symptoms.
- Define memory. Describe the types of memory and discuss 1+(3+6)
 biological basis of memory.
- What is difference between meta-analysis and systematic review? 4+(3+3)--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com --- Describe briefly two important meta-analytic studies in Psychiatry.
- Discuss structure and functions of frontal lobes as relevant to 5+5
 Psychiatry.
- Define personality. Describe briefly the eight stages of life cycle 2+8
 and personality development as given by Erik Erikson.
- Compare DSM-5 with DSM-IV and ICD-10 highlighting important 5+5
 differences.
- What is structured clinical assessment? Name some structured 2+2+(3+3)
 clinical instruments used in epidemiological studies. Discuss
 advantages and disadvantages of this approach in Psychiatry.
- What are defense mechanisms? Discuss briefly four mature 2+8
 defense mechanisms with examples.
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