MRCPsych part II Clinical Topics Paper:
Individual Statement Sample Questions

The following are examples of some individual statement questions. Candidates are required to answer true or false. The correct answers can be found below.

 

1. Studies exploring the cognitive abnormalities underlying negative symptoms in schizophrenia implicate dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex.

 

2. Cognitive therapy significantly reduces the risk of further manic episodes in bipolar affective disorder.

 

3. Artificially fed infants wake more frequently in the night than breast fed infants.

 

4. Patau's syndrome is usually associated with normal life expectancy.

 

5. The behavioural treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder usually involves flooding.

 


 

Correct answers to single statement questions:

Question 1 True

Question 2 False

Question 3 False

Question 4 False

Question 5 False

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October 2003

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