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INI CET Psychiatry Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering Psychiatry as it is examined in INI CET. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Psychiatry deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What are the core DSM-5 diagnostic features of anorexia nervosa?
Restriction of energy intake leading to significantly low body weight, intense fear of gaining weight or behaviour interfering with weight gain, and disturbed body image/undue influence of weight on self-evaluation.
How is bulimia nervosa distinguished from binge-eating disorder?
Both involve recurrent binge eating; bulimia nervosa includes recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviours (e.g., self-induced vomiting, laxatives, fasting, excessive exercise), whereas binge-eating disorder has binges WITHOUT regular compensatory behaviour.
What are the DSM-5 frequency and duration criteria for bulimia nervosa?
Binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviours both occurring, on average, at least once a week for 3 months.
What is the Russell's sign and which eating disorder is it associated with?
Calluses or scarring on the dorsum of the hand/knuckles from self-induced vomiting; classically associated with bulimia nervosa (also seen in purging-type anorexia).
What is the DSM-5 duration criterion for chronic insomnia disorder?
Sleep difficulty occurring at least 3 nights per week for at least 3 months, despite adequate opportunity for sleep, causing significant distress or impairment.
What is obstructive sleep apnea and a key diagnostic finding on polysomnography?
Repetitive episodes of upper airway collapse during sleep causing apneas/hypopneas; diagnosis requires an Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) of 5+ with symptoms, or 15+ regardless of symptoms.
What is the difference between a parasomnia occurring in NREM versus REM sleep, with examples?
NREM parasomnias arise from deep slow-wave sleep with no/poor dream recall (e.g., sleepwalking, sleep terrors); REM parasomnias involve dream enactment with recall (e.g., REM sleep behaviour disorder, nightmare disorder).
What are the four phases of the normal human sexual response cycle described by Masters and Johnson?
Excitement (arousal), plateau, orgasm, and resolution. (DSM models add a desire phase preceding excitement.)
What is the difference between a sexual dysfunction and a paraphilic disorder?
A sexual dysfunction is a clinically significant disturbance in the ability to respond sexually or experience sexual pleasure; a paraphilic disorder is intense atypical sexual interest causing distress/impairment or harm to others (e.g., pedophilic, exhibitionistic disorder).
What is the DSM-5 minimum duration for diagnosing a paraphilic disorder?
The atypical arousal pattern must be present for at least 6 months and cause distress/impairment or involve nonconsenting persons.
How is gender dysphoria defined in DSM-5?
A marked incongruence between one's experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender, lasting at least 6 months, associated with clinically significant distress or impairment.
What pathological feature distinguishes Alzheimer's disease dementia?
Extracellular beta-amyloid (senile) plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated tau, with early prominent impairment of recent memory and a gradually progressive course.
What are the core clinical features that distinguish dementia with Lewy bodies?
Fluctuating cognition, recurrent well-formed visual hallucinations, spontaneous parkinsonism, REM sleep behaviour disorder, and marked sensitivity to antipsychotics; presence of Lewy bodies (alpha-synuclein).
What are the key features distinguishing delirium from dementia?
Delirium has acute onset, fluctuating course, impaired attention/consciousness, and is usually reversible (often from a medical cause); dementia has insidious onset, progressive course, relatively preserved consciousness early, and prominent memory loss.
What is the hyperactive versus hypoactive subtype of delirium, and which is more often missed?
Hyperactive: agitation, restlessness, hallucinations. Hypoactive: lethargy, reduced activity, withdrawal — this subtype is more commonly missed and carries a worse prognosis.
What features help distinguish late-life (geriatric) depression from dementia (pseudodementia)?
In depressive pseudodementia, onset is relatively rapid, the patient complains about memory loss, gives 'don't know' answers, and cognition improves with antidepressant treatment; in dementia, deficits are progressive and the patient often minimizes them.
What are the two core symptom domains of ADHD, and how many symptoms are needed for a child diagnosis?
Inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity; at least 6 symptoms in either domain (5 for those 17 and older) present for at least 6 months in 2+ settings, with onset before age 12.
What are the two core diagnostic domains of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in DSM-5?
(1) Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts; and (2) restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities; with onset in early developmental period.
How does conduct disorder differ from oppositional defiant disorder?
Conduct disorder involves repetitive violation of others' basic rights or major societal norms (aggression to people/animals, destruction, deceit/theft, serious rule violations); ODD is a pattern of angry/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behaviour, and vindictiveness without major rights violations.
What is separation anxiety disorder and its duration requirement in children?
Developmentally inappropriate, excessive fear/anxiety about separation from attachment figures; symptoms must persist for at least 4 weeks in children and adolescents (6 months in adults).
Under India's Mental Healthcare Act 2017, what is an Advance Directive?
A document by which a person specifies how they wish to be (or not be) treated for mental illness and nominates a representative, to be respected if they later lose decision-making capacity.
What are the four core bioethical principles relevant to psychiatric practice?
Autonomy (respecting patient self-determination), beneficence (acting in the patient's best interest), non-maleficence (do no harm), and justice (fair distribution of care and resources).
What is the M'Naghten rule in forensic psychiatry?
A legal test for the insanity defense: a defendant is not criminally responsible if, due to a defect of reason from disease of the mind, they did not know the nature/quality of the act or did not know that it was wrong.
What is the difference between competence to stand trial and criminal responsibility (insanity defense)?
Competence to stand trial concerns the defendant's CURRENT mental state — ability to understand proceedings and assist counsel; criminal responsibility (insanity) concerns the defendant's mental state at the TIME of the offense.
What this deck covers
The Psychiatry deck follows the INI CET Psychiatry syllabus — 10 chapters and 32 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 5.1 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 201 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Psychiatry flashcards FAQ
How many Psychiatry flashcards are in this INI CET deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these INI CET flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Psychiatry cards cover?
They follow the INI CET Psychiatry syllabus — 10 chapters and 32 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.