Table Of ContentBest of Five MCQs for MRCPsych Paper 1
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Best of Five MCQs for
MRCPsych Paper 1
Lena Palaniyappan
Academic Clinical Fellow, Institute of Neurosciences, Newcastle University and
Specialty Registrar, Division of Psychiatry, Royal Victoria Infi rmary, Newcastle, UK
Rajeev Krishnadas
Clinical Lecturer, Sackler Institute of Psychobiological Research, University of Glasgow,
Glasgow, UK
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FOREWORD
I am delighted and honoured to be asked to write a foreword for this excellent book.
The authors are to be commended in producing an excellent series of relevant MCQ questions.
These will form about 70% of Papers I to III in the revised MRCPsych examination. Many trainees
have diffi culties with this kind of question – particularly with the harder ones which will only
increase in frequency as the examiners struggle to make up new questions with each diet! The
MCQs in this volume have the characteristics of being both fair and stretching. Comprehensive
and clear answers to these questions with references from easily available, standard text books
are included. The whole of the prescribed MRCPsych syllabus has been covered in these
questions and answers. The best answer to many questions like this is ‘I’ll look it up’, but this is
not a recourse that one can use in exams and this book should help considerably in passing them.
Professor Nicol Ferrier
Newcastle University
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This work began with an idea of a producing revision aids for new MRCPsych exams. A number
of people helped us to conceive, nurture and develop this idea, and transform it to its current
physical form.
We are thankful to all those who have taught us and supervised us over the years, imparting curi-
osity to learn, and to teach psychiatry.
Dr Thambirajah provided the much needed dopamine to our brains’ reward areas! In addition he
reviewed a few chapters in this series. We are deeply indebted to our other reviewers Dr David
Christmas, Dr Niraj Ahuja and Dr Ranjit Krishnadas.
A special thanks to Prof Ferrier for writing the foreword.
Chris Reid, Jo Hardern & Fiona Goodgame from OUP deserve special mention for their patience
and perseverance.
Heartfelt thanks to Priya and Sindhu; we could not have seen this book as it is now but for their
sacrifi ce of many relaxing evenings and leisurely weekends!
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 Clinical skills
Questions 7
Answers 23
2 Core clinical psychiatry
Questions 39
Answers 59
3 Psychopathology
Questions 79
Answers 95
4 Psychology
Questions 113
Answers 127
5 Psychopharmacology
Questions 147
Answers 159
6 History, social psychiatry, and ethics
Questions 171
Answers 183
Index 193
