Table Of ContentBest of Five MCQs for MRCPsych Paper 3
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Best of Five MCQs for
MRCPsych Paper 3
Lena Palaniyappan
Clinical Lecturer, Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Rajeev Krishnadas
Clinical Lecturer, Sackler Institute of Psychobiological Research, University of Glasgow,
Glasgow, UK
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FOREWORD
Do you ever look at the breadth of the MRCPsych curriculum and fi nd your heart sinking? As a
candidate it can feel that there is just too much to learn – so many topics – so many books and
papers – where do you even begin? This book represents an excellent way of starting. It forensically
approaches the MRCPsych Paper 3 curriculum and identifi es areas that can be easily examined
using best of fi ve-style MCQs. Doing this is essential to reduce and focus down on what and how
you learn. This book will help you impose a structure on your entire approach to revising for the
exam. You can use it both to test what you have learned to date – but also crucially to help you
direct and plan your learning also. It will help you focus your reading and learning.
You will learn that that the best approach is to prepare with the exam in mind. This involves both
learning the sort of information required and also considering how you will deliver this effec-
tively under exam conditions. Addressing all the component parts of the MCQ and containing
450 questions and answers Best of Five MCQs for MRCPsych Paper 3 goes a long way towards focus-
ing and structuring your revision. If a candidate used this book to identify key topics and then
supplemented the answers here with short additional reading, I believe they would be well-placed
to pass this component of the exam.
But of course, knowledge is only one part of passing the exam. The authors know this and provide
a helpful overview to the whole exam, and how to prepare for it. Candidates are advised how best
to plan their revision, structure their learning, work alone and with others to revise – and reminds
readers that there really is life afterwards! It will make it less likely you fail this part of the exam.
But if you do, remind yourself why you are interested in psychiatry and in your patients. Step back
and try to keep things in perspective, take a holiday, talk to family and friends. Time is a big healer.
Then when you’re ready, pick the right time to do the exam – that works for you and your life.
Sit it for your own reasons rather than because others expect it of you. Use the techniques and
focus this book gives you to pass. It will certainly help.
Professor Chris Williams
Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry
University of Glasgow
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This third book in MRCPsych MCQ series has been helped by numerous trainees attending SPMM
Course and PassAppraisaL course in London for paper 3 revision. We are grateful for all trainees,
who are mostly members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists now, for supporting our work in
producing this series.
Special thanks to Dr. Adil Akram for reviewing two chapters (Forensic and General psychiatry) in
this book. Dr Rinku Alam provided constructive insight into psychotherapy chapter. Dr Sunanda
Ghosh offered very helpful advice on child psychiatry. Dr Rahul Tomar provided immensely practi-
cal suggestions in rewriting some questions in the chapter on old age psychiatry. We are grateful
to Dr Agnihotri and Dr Chekuri for reviewing the addictions chapter; Dr Jim Crabb and Dr Adam
Burnell for reviewing the organic and liaison psychiatry chapter and Dr Everett Julyan for reviewing
the psychotherapy. We are indebted to Professor Chris Williams for providing the foreword.
Dr Sree Murthy offered many helpful suggestions throughout the production of this book. Heartfelt
thanks to Priya and Sindhu for tolerating our never-ending affairs with the word processors.
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 General adult psychiatry
Questions 9
Answers 21
2 Forensic and rehabilitation psychiatry
Questions 35
Answers 45
3 Child psychiatry and learning disabilities
Questions 59
Answers 69
4 Old age psychiatry
Questions 81
Answers 91
5 Substance use disorders
Questions 105
Answers 115
6 Organic, liaison, and perinatal psychiatry
Questions 131
Answers 141
7 Psychotherapy
Questions 155
Answers 165
