Download DNB 2016 Dec PSYCHIATRY PAPER 1 Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS

DECEMBER 2016

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PSYCHIATRY

PAPER - I

PSY/D/16/39/1

Time : 3 hours Max. Marks :100

Important instructions:

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• 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.

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• 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. a) What do you understand by adoption studies? 2+8
   

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   b) Write the different designs of adoption studies with special relevance to psychiatry.
2. Name various serotonin pathways in brain and their significance in Psychiatry. 3+7
3. Define hallucination. Mention its characteristics differentiating it from true percept. 2+8
4. Various tests of significance and their application in psychiatry. 5+5
5. a) Define grief reaction. 2+8
   

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   b) Various phases of grief.
6. a) What is Kohlberg’s‘theory of moral development? 2+8
   b) Its various stages with suitable examples.
7. Define defense mechanisms. Give their classification and explain the defence mechanisms used in phobic disorders. 2+(3+5)
8. Define intelligence. What are the different tests of intelligence? 2+8

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9. What do you understand by Papez's circuit? What is its importance in psychiatry? 5+5
10. a) What is second messenger system? 5+5
    b) Its significance in Psychiatry.