Download DNB 2016 Dec PSYCHIATRY PAPER 4 Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016

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Time : 3 hours
Max. Marks :100

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Important instructions:

1. Attempt all questions in order.
2. Each question carries 10 marks.
3. Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
4. Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.

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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.
8. Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.

Write short notes on:

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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. (6+4)
   b) Classificatory approach adopted by DSM-5.
4. a) Salient features of Mental Health Care Bill. (7+3)
   

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   b) What are its advantages over its predecessor mental health Act?
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? (2+(4+4))
   b) Its current concept and possible future use with reference to psychiatry.

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8. a) What is the current understanding of relationship between personality disorders and other mental disorders? (6+4)
   b) Nosological status of Schizotypal personality disorder in ICD-10 and DSM-IV.
9. a) What is culture? (2+8)
   b) Role of culture in psychiatry.
10. What are neurodevelopmental disorders? What are the reasons for including ADHD in this category? (6+4)

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