Psychoneuroimmunology — MCQs

Which of the following produces neuropsychiatric symptoms?

Due to fear which of the following hormones increases rapidly?

All are first rank symptoms of schizophrenia, except:

All of the following are increased in Acute stress except

Choose the correctly matched pairs regarding the drugs used in schizophrenia: 1. D2 antagonism: Reduces positive symptoms 2. 5HT2A antagonism: Reduces negative symptoms 3. 5HT1A agonism: Weight loss 4. Muscarinic antagonism: Reduces extrapyramidal symptoms

Which of the following neurotransmitters is NOT suspected to be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia?

A 45-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression is being considered for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). His brain MRI shows an old infarct in the left frontal lobe with residual gliosis. Which parameter should be most carefully adjusted during TMS therapy?

Schizophrenia is a common presentation in which genetic disease?

Thyrotoxicosis is most commonly associated with which of the following psychiatric manifestations?

What is the commonest type of organic hallucinosis?