MCQs in Psychiatry for Medical Students by John Lally & John Tully

Author:John Lally & John Tully [Lally, John and Tully, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RCPsych Publications
Published: 2016-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Diagnosis

Options:

(a) Borderline personality disorder

(b) Early-onset dementia

(c) Hypochondriacal disorder

(d) Antisocial personality disorder

(e) Generalised anxiety disorder

(f) Dissociative fugue

(g) Somatisation disorder

(h) No diagnosis

Select the most likely diagnosis for each of the vignettes below from the list above. (Only one diagnosis applies to each vignette.)

1 A 22-year-old man is preoccupied with the idea he has stomach cancer. He has had several investigations that rule it out, but he is difficult to reassure. He seems to eventually accept that he does not have this condition and instead insists he has bowel cancer. His mood is low and he is very anxious, but he does not fulfil criteria for a diagnosis of depressive or anxiety disorder.

2 A 33-year-old woman is referred to a psychiatry out-patient clinic. She has had a number of gastrointestinal symptoms for several years, and also aches and pains in her joints. Both have been investigated intensively and no cause has been found. You are the fourteenth doctor she has seen in the past 2 years.

3 A 45-year-old goes missing from his place of work in London for several days. Family members who live close by have not seen him in over a week. Some days later, he is found by police in the north of Scotland, where his late mother was from. He had been under enormous pressure at work. He has no recollection of the episode. He did not engage in any untoward behaviour during his trip.

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