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The MRCPsych examinations, conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists are the most important exams for psychiatric trainee to achieve specialist accreditation. Written by authors with previous exam experience and edited by the distinguished team behind Revision Notes in Psychiatry, Get Through MRCPsych Paper A: Mock Examination Papers provides candidates with the most realistic and up-to-date MCQ and EMIs, closely matched to themes appearing most often in the Paper A exam.

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Intermittent Explosive Disorder Intermittent explosive disorder (IED)  involved o utbursts of impulsive aggression with no persistent mood disruption   between the outbursts.   It requires only  3 months  for the total duration of two episodes  every week on, average.  There must have been At least three episodes with damage to property or injury to humans/animals  w ithin 12 months. It is diagnosed only if age is above 6 years.  A man with explosive outburst depicted in a painting See the ICD-11 Criteria for Intermittent explosive disorder here.  Deficits in the prefrontal cortex on MRI have been associated with impulsivity (can aid diagnosis). 1 Findings of Etiological (but not necessarily diagnostic importance): Reduced prefrontal grey matter >> antisocial personality disorder . 2 Reduced amygdala volume has been associated with a lack of empathy . Increased amygdala responses to anger stimuli > Intermittent explosive disorder Elevated CSF testosterone >> a

Obsession An obsession is an intrusive thought or impulse that enters the mind despite efforts to exclude them. Most of the time, patients consider them false and totally against their own beliefs. For example, someone might think their hands are dirty and thus repeatedly wash their hands. But notice they clean their hands to reduce the distress of their intrusive thoughts. That is, they know their hands are clean, but due to the intrusive thoughts of dirt, they want to ensure that their hands are clean again.