29 - Multiple choice questions and extended matching items

Summary

Multiple choice questions

Select the single best option for each question stem

1 Tacrolimus:

a causes anxiety, depression, and psychosis

b does not cause dizziness, headache and insomnia

c is always safe to administer with ziprasidone

d decreases sildenafil levels

e has no effect on mood.

2 Body dysmorphic disorder:

a is usually cured by cosmetic surgery

b responds to lithium

c is usually easily treated

d is nearly always comorbid with other psychiatric diagnoses

e is classified as an eating disorder.

3 Psychiatric illness:

a is as common on surgical wards as on medical wards

b does not affect the availability of NHS funding for a surgical procedure

c can predict mortality in some surgical patient groups

d has no impact on length of stay in surgical patients

e is routinely screened for in surgical patients.

4 Mental disorder is:

a a positive predictor of good outcome in patients with physical illness

b an independent predictor of outcome in patients with physical illness

c more common in the community than in the general hospital

d easily detected in the general hospital setting

e less prevalent in older people admitted to the general hospital than younger people.