FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2015

POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.

PSYCHIATRY

PAPER – III PSY/J/15/39/III

Time : 3 hours Max. Marks : 100

Important instructions:

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. a) Specific learning disabilities (SLD). b) How will you assess SLD in your locality while conducting school mental

health programme?

6+4

2. a) How will you assess a case of child sexual abuse? b) Outline the management and define your role as a mental health

professional in the light of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act 2012.

5+(3+2)

3. a) National Mental Health Programme (NMHP). b) How will you organize your District Mental Health Programme (DMHP)?

4+6

4. a) Define ethics. b) Principles of ethics. c) Ethical codes recommended by Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS).

2+4+4

5. a) Levels of prevention in psychiatric disorders. b) Primary prevention of mental illness.

4+6

6. a) Clinical manifestation of depression in a geriatric patient. b) How does it differ from normal adult depression? c) Enumerate the principles of management in case of geriatric depression.

3+3+4

7. a) Enumerate various psycho-social aspects of ageing b) Robert Butler’s concept of “Ageism” in our modern day society.

3+7

8. a) Define criminal responsibility. b) How will you asses a case (referred by court) of a person accused of

murder and pleading defense on the ground of treatment of schizophrenia in the past.

2+8

9. a) Different types of Hindu adoption practiced in India. b) Role of mental health professional in foster care.

5+5

10. a) What is factitious disorder? b) Diagnosis and management of factitious disorder by proxy.

4+6

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