FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016
POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
PSYCHIATRY
PAPER III
PSY/D/16/39/III
Time 3 hours
Max. Marks 100
Important instructions:
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. What do understand by the term Intellectual Disability?
Its transition from DSM-IV to DSM-5.
5+5
2. Treatment of Nocturnal enuresis.
10
3. What do you understand by elderly abuse and neglect?
Its management.
5+5
4. Fundamental principles of ethics in psychiatry.
10
5. What are the principles of rehabilitation in psychiatry?
Various techniques used in rehabilitation in psychiatry.
5+5
6. What is meant by the term "Minimal Cognitive Deficit"? What
is its relation to dementia?
7+3
7. Write the concept of prevention.
Various types of prevention in reference to psychiatry.
3+7
8. What is school refusal? Write its prevalence, clinical
features, differential diagnosis and management.

9. What is National Mental Health Policy of India? What are its
characteristic features?
2+8
10.What is involuntary hospitalization? What are the various
ways by which a patient can be admitted involuntary to a
psychiatric hospital?
2+8