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Question 1
A patient believes that a television newsreader is sending personal messages directed specifically at them through ordinary broadcasts. This experience is best described as:
Correct Answer:
A delusion of reference
Question 2
A patient describes hearing two or more voices discussing them in the third person, commenting on their actions as they occur. In descriptive psychopathology this is classically termed:
Correct Answer:
Running commentary and third-person auditory hallucination
Question 3
A patient's speech shifts rapidly between loosely connected topics, with the listener able to follow the chain of associations even though the conversation drifts far from the original point. This thought-form abnormality is best described as:
Correct Answer:
Flight of ideas
Question 4
A patient repeatedly imitates the examiner's movements and gestures without being asked to do so. This sign is termed:
Correct Answer:
Echopraxia
Question 5
On mental state examination, a patient reports a pervasive low mood, anhedonia and early morning wakening. Which symptom is most specific to the 'melancholic' or somatic depressive subtype?
Correct Answer:
Diurnal variation with mood worse in the morning
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