LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
MA DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIAL WORK
THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2004
SW 3971 /SW 917 – III – PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Date : 03.04.04
Duration: 9 – 12 noon
Max : 100 marks
Hours : 3 hrs
SECTION – A
Answer ALL the questions.
Answer to each question should not exceed 50 words. (10 x 2 = 20 marks)
01.
Give the symptoms in the stages of a patient with Alzheimers Disease.
02.
What are the symptoms in Acute Brain Syndrome?
03.
What is “Token Economy”?
04.
Give a definition for “Alcoholism”. What are the steps in the treatment of a patient with
Alcoholism?
05.
What is Psychosomatic Disorder? Give the symptoms of any TWO Psychosomatic Disorders.
06.
Enumerate Bleulers Cardinal symptoms in Schizophrenia.
07.
List the causes of Mental Retardation. What is “Downs Syndrome”?
08.
What are “Culture Bound Syndromes”? Give an example.
09.
Give the expansion for “PLISSIT”.
10. What is “Post Traumatic stress Disorder?
SECTION – B
Answer any FOUR questions.
Answer to each questions should not exceed 300 words.
11.
Write a note on History of Psychiatry.
12.
Explain the importance of the Family in Schizophrenia
13.
Discuss the problem of Suicide in India.
14.
Discuss the various types of Psychosexual Problems.
15.
Write notes on (a) Hysterical Neurosis
(b) Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis.
SECTION – C
(4 x 10 = 40 marks)
Answer any TWO questions. Answer to each question should not exceed 600 words.
(2 x 20 = 40 marks)
16.
Explain the various aspects of the History and Mental Status Examination of the Psychiatric
Patient.
17.
Discuss the following 4 childhood problems:
(a) Sleep Disturbance
(b) School Phobia
(b) Learning Disability
(d) Early Infantile Autism
18.Write notes on
(a) Manic Depressive Illness. (b) Epilepsy
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