Pathological jealousy is a paranoid symptom or syndrome ? Comments Inam Ul Haque Masood I believe it is a syndrome as it is a constellation of symptoms which gives uniqueness to the syndrome Abbas Sepah The other name is Othello's syndrome, so it's a syndrome Valeed Ahmed Yeah othello s :D,    Have heard this name dozens of times.  ok it is a syndrome as there is a group of systematized symptoms consitent with the central theme of the delusion and not just the delusion

An adult patient is severely depressed refuses get treated for HCV infection. How should this patient be dealt with ? First treat depression and then for HCV Treat for HCV and depression without consent Obtain a court order to treat for both Comments Anam Najam First treat depression and then for HCV Waleed   Ahmed When a mentally ill patient refuses consent to medical treatment, the steps are Step 1 treat the psychiatric condition Step 2 treat the medical condition If psychiatric condition can not be treated, consider legal action e.g. Court order or consent from relative Angel's Dua agreed

Which of the following is responsible for dementia seen in adults with Down’s syndrome? A. Loss of genetic material in chromosome 21 B. Extra genetic material in chromosome 21 C. Genetic material lost from chromosome 14 D. Loss of genetic material corresponding to presenilin -1 E. Loss of genetic material corresponding to Apoe4 Ok extra genetic material is the correct answer. The gene that codes for b amyloid is located on chromosome 21. Since down syndrome is due to trisomy 21 so there is increased amount of genetic material that production of its product proteins. Product protein of the APP gene located on chromosome 21 is beta amyloid that is central to the aetiology of alzheimers

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You are about to check a patients Blood pressure. As you Reach the bedside and open your BP apparatus, the patient extends her arm to let you check her BP although you have not asked for a consent yet. What is the best next step Take verbal consent Check her BP without asking Comments   Asma Zafar A    Immo Mani Check without asking   Sarmad Mushtaq A   Nazia Tanveer B    Salma Sultan Obviously without asking   Valeed Ahmed Extending her arm when she sees a bp apparatus is implicit consent which obviates the need for an explicit consent. The other exceptions for explicit consent are emergency and neccessity (harm likely, competency in doubt)   Misbah Mustafa Means explicit consent should still be taken right?    Valeed Ahmed No. It is not needed.   Inam Ul Haque Masood Her extending the arm so that you can take blood pressure is a sign of consent and I believe that taking verbal consent is not mandatory