Download DNB 2020 December PsychIatry Paper I Question Paper

Download Diplomate of National Board (DNB) 2020 December PsychIatry Paper I Question Paper

FINAL EXAM
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2020
PSYCHIATRY
PAPER-I

Time: 3 hours
PSY/D/20/39/I
Max. Marks:100
Important Instructions:
You are provided with 5 answer sheet booklets. Each individual answer sheet booklet consists
of 10 pages excluding the covering jackets.
Answers to all the questions must be attempted within these 5 answer sheet booklets which
must be later tagged together at the end of the exam.
No additional supplementary answer sheet booklet will be provided.
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. Define
neurotransmitters.
Describe
various
types
of
2+4+4
neurotransmitters. Describe role of dopamine in Psychiatry.

2. Write about the functional neuroanatomy of basal ganglia. Discuss the
5+5
psychiatric implications of basal ganglia.

3. Define epigenetics. Discuss its contribution and implications in
2+(4+4)
Psychiatry.

4. What is emotional intelligence? Describe components of emotional
2+4+4
intelligence. Mention the relationship between emotional intelligence
and I.Q.
5. Define culture. Describe the role of culture in shaping illness
2+8
behaviour and symptomatology in mental disorders.

6. What do you understand by qualitative research? How does it differ
2+8
from quantitative research in terms of essential features, strengths &
limitations?
7. What is memory? Describe its subtypes and neural correlates.
2+(3+5)

8. What is odds ratio? How does it differ from relative risk? Describe the
2+8
differences giving examples.

9. Define sleep. Describe various stages of sleep in brief. Discuss the
2+3+5
neurobiology of sleep and wakefulness.

10. a) List the different theories of personality.
3+3+4
b) Describe the trait theories of personality.

c) Describe the five-factor model and its significance.
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POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.

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