Psychotic Disorders

1.Treatment of schizophrenia

2.Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

3.Schizophrenia

4.Korsakoff psychosis

5.Postpartum psychosis

6.Antipsychotic drugs

1.A 35 year old female is brought to the emergency room. She is suffering from schizophrenia and is on haloperidol. She presents with symptoms of fever, sweating, disorientation and rigidity for one day. Her blood pressure is high and on investigation CPK level is increased and there is leukocytosis. What is the likely diagnosis

• a) Acute dystonia
• b) Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
• c) Viral encephalitis
• d) Tardive dyskinesia

2.Assertion (A): Auditory hallucinations and delusions are the common features of Paranoid Schizophrenia.

• Reason(R): Paranoid Schizophrenia can be associated with Lewy bodies in frontal lobe with dementia
• a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
• b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
• c) A is true, but R is false
• d) A is false, but R is

3.Which of the following ways might hallucinations be experienced in schizophrenia

• a) Auditory
• b) Olfactory
• c) Gustatory
• d) All of the above