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CHRIST UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE-560029Sepcial Supplementary Semester Examination June - 2013

Bachelor of Arts

Code : PSY631 Max. Marks : 100

Sub : ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY - II Duration : 3Hrs

SECTION A

Answer any 10 questions in two to three sentences. 10 X 2 = 20

1 What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

2 In which personality disorder do you find the "inability to form social relationships or a pervasive pattern

of detachment from social relationships" ? Explain the disorder in a few lines.

3 What is meant by 'Depressions that are Not Mood Disorders'?

4 What are Bipolar Mood Disorders? How are they different from Unipolar Mood Disorders?

5 Define Schizophrenia.

6 What is meant by Dementia Praecox? Who used this term?

7 What is meant by positive symptoms of Schizophrenia? Name any two.

8 What is Korsokoff's syndrome?

9What is ecstasy?

10 What is Down Syndrome?

11 What is meant by Pervasive Developmental Disorders?

12 How is learning disability related to phonological processing?

SECTION B

Answer any 4 questions in eight to ten sentences. 4 X 5 = 20

13 Discuss the causal factors of various paraphilias.

14 What is Cyclothymic Disorder? Explain the mood phases involved in Cyclothymic Disorder.

15 Mention different types of delusional disorders. Discuss in detail the persecutory and erotomanic types

with suitable examples.

16 Write a short note on the social effects of morphine and heroin.

17 Differentiate between moderate retardation and severe retardation.

18 Discuss the clinical picture in Down Syndrome.

SECTION C

Answer any 3 questions in 30 sentences/3 sides. 3 X 15 = 45

19 Why are personality disorders coded on Axis 2 of DSM? What are the difficulties in studying the causes

and diagnosing these disorders?

20 Lenore was referred to a clinical psychologist with the following complaints. She has been feeling sad for

the last 2 weeks. She has lost appetite, and has difficulty sleeping. She is weeping most of the time and hasnot reported to work. She shows occasional outbursts of irritability, high levels of verbal output in speech,

elation and inflated self-esteem. Identify the clinical symptoms in the case (5 Marks), name the disorder (2Marks) and explain the causal factors (8 Marks).

21 Describe in detail the clinical features of Schizophrenia.

22 Explain the psychosocial effects of alcohol abuse and dependence (7 Marks). List and discuss any two

psychoses associated with severe alcohol abuse (8 Marks).

23 Explain the brain defects in Mental Retardation.

SECTION D

Read the following case study carefully and answer the question(s) given below. 1 X 15 = 15

24 Mr. JS, 32 years old, umemployed male, auto engineer by qualification, lives with his parents. During his

last visit to the psychiatrist, his father presented the following complaints. Since the past one month he

stopped eating food from the house fearing that it is poisoned, keeps staring at the sky and murmuring to

self. Whenever he goes out he wears the US flag as a scarf. Whenever any planes fly he becomes very

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tensed and tries to avoid going out at that time. He keeps talking about NASA and CIA as enemies. On

inquiry he says that he is wearing the scarf as protection from his enemies. He doesn't want to get a job as

it will make him stay in a place for a long period of time which is unsafe. Identify the disorder and

symptoms from the above case (5 Marks). Explain the clinical picture in detail (10 Marks).

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