Download Diplomate of National Board (DNB) 2016 Dec PSYCHIATRY PAPER 1 Previous Question Paper
DECEMBER 2016
POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
PSYCHIATRY
PAPER ? I
PSY/D/16/39/I
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. a) What do you understand by adoption studies?
b) Write the different designs of adoption studies with special
relevance to psychiatry.
2+8
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.
b) Various phases of grief.
2+8
6. a) What is Kohlberg?s theory of moral development?
b) Its various stages with suitable examples.
2+8
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
9. What do you understand by Papez?s circuit? What is its
importance in psychiatry?
5+5
10. a) What is second messenger system?
b) Its significance in Psychiatry.
5+5
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