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🧠 MBBS PSYCHIATRY QUIZ PREPARATION

TOPIC 1: HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY

College → Zone → State → National Level


QUICK ORIENTATION

This is your first topic and one of the most heavily tested areas in quiz competitions - especially at zone and national level. Examiners love dates, names, eponyms, and "who was the first to..." questions. Memorize every name and year here.

PART 1: FULL CONCEPTUAL COVERAGE


1. DEFINITION

Psychiatry (from Greek: psyche = mind/soul + iatros = healer) is the branch of medicine that deals with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
  • The term "psychiatry" was coined by Johann Christian Reil in 1808
  • Before psychiatry, mental illness was managed by priests, philosophers, and later, "mad-doctors" (alienists)

2. ERAS OF PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY

ERA 1 - Ancient/Pre-Scientific Era (Before 1800)

PeriodKey Events
PrehistoricMental illness = demonic possession; treatment = trepanation (boring holes in skull to let evil spirits out)
Ancient Egypt (~1550 BC)Ebers Papyrus - earliest written record of mental disorders
Ancient Greece (460-370 BC)Hippocrates - "Father of Medicine" - first naturalistic theory of mental illness; described melancholia, mania, phobias, paranoia; introduced humoral theory
Ancient RomeGalen (129-210 AD) - extended humoral theory; described 4 temperaments
Middle Ages (500-1500 AD)Return to demonology; witch trials; exorcism
RenaissanceReginald Scot (1584) - "Discoverie of Witchcraft" - argued witches were mentally ill, not agents of the devil
High-Yield Fact: Hippocrates' 4 humors:
  • Black bile = Melancholia (depression)
  • Yellow bile = Choleric (irritability)
  • Blood = Sanguine (cheerful)
  • Phlegm = Phlegmatic (calm/sluggish)
Mnemonic - "Bile Brings Choleric Patients Sadness Frequently":
  • Black bile → Melancholia
  • Blood → Sanguine
  • Choleric → Yellow bile
  • Phlegm → Phlegmatic

ERA 2 - Reform Era / Moral Treatment (1790-1850)

This era saw the birth of humane psychiatry. Three giants dominate:

Philippe Pinel (France, 1745-1826)

  • "Father of Modern Psychiatry"
  • In 1793, removed chains from patients at Bicetre Hospital (Paris)
  • Later reformed Salpetriere Hospital (for women)
  • Introduced "Traitement Moral" (Moral Treatment) - humane, non-restraint approach
  • Wrote "Traité médico-philosophique sur l'aliénation mentale" (1801) - first psychiatric textbook
  • Classified mental illness into: melancholia, mania, dementia, idiotism
  • His student: Jean-Etienne Esquirol - coined the term "hallucination" (1817)
Quiz Pearl: Who unchained the mental patients? → Pinel at Bicetre, 1793

William Tuke (England, 1732-1822)

  • Quaker reformer
  • Founded York Retreat in 1796 - model humane asylum
  • Non-medical approach emphasizing kindness and dignity

Dorothea Dix (USA, 1802-1887)

  • American reformer
  • Advocated for state mental hospitals across the USA
  • Responsible for founding 32 state hospitals
Mnemonic - "PinTuke-Dix" = Pinel, Tuke, Dix = 3 Reformers

ERA 3 - Scientific Psychiatry / Nosological Era (1850-1950)

Wilhelm Griesinger (Germany, 1817-1868)

  • "Mental diseases are brain diseases" (Geisteskrankheiten sind Gehirnkrankheiten)
  • Founded the concept that psychiatry is part of neurology
  • Coined the term "Einheitspsychose" (Unitary Psychosis) - all mental disorders are one disorder

Emil Kraepelin (Germany, 1856-1926) - THE MOST IMPORTANT NAME

  • "Father of Modern Scientific Psychiatry" / "Father of Biological Psychiatry"
  • In 1896/1899, made the most influential classification in psychiatric history:
    • Dementia Praecox (deteriorating course) → later renamed Schizophrenia by Bleuler
    • Manic-Depressive Insanity (episodic course)
  • Used prognosis (outcome) as the basis for classification - revolutionary
  • Wrote Lehrbuch der Psychiatrie (Textbook of Psychiatry) - 9 editions
  • Founded the German Research Center for Psychiatry (Munich)
  • Described Kraepelin's dichotomy - the two major psychoses
  • Also described paranoia and paraphrenia as separate entities
Quiz Pearl: Kraepelin separated mental illness based on prognosis/course, not symptoms alone.

Eugen Bleuler (Switzerland, 1857-1939)

  • In 1911, renamed "Dementia Praecox" to "Schizophrenia" (schizein = split + phren = mind)
  • Described 4 A's of Schizophrenia:
    • Affect (flattened)
    • Ambivalence
    • Autism
    • Association (loosening of)
  • The above are "Fundamental/Primary symptoms" of schizophrenia
  • Also described accessory symptoms: hallucinations, delusions (now considered primary in DSM-5)
  • Coined the term "Autism" (1911)
Mnemonic - Bleuler's 4A's: "All Autistic Adolescents Avoid"
  • Affect, Autism, Ambivalence, Associations

Karl Jaspers (Germany, 1883-1969)

  • Wrote "General Psychopathology" (1913) - bible of descriptive psychopathology
  • Distinguished primary (not understandable, e.g., delusions) from secondary (understandable) symptoms
  • Defined "un-understandable" as the hallmark of true psychosis

Kurt Schneider (Germany, 1887-1967)

  • Described First-Rank Symptoms (FRS) of Schizophrenia (1959)
  • 11 FRS: audible thoughts, voices arguing, voices commenting, somatic passivity, thought insertion, thought withdrawal, thought broadcasting, delusional perception, made affect, made impulse, made volition
  • "If a FRS is present and no organic cause = Schizophrenia"
Mnemonic for Schneider's FRS - "ABC-DIME":
  • Auditory hallucinations (3 types)
  • Broadcasting of thought
  • Commenting voices
  • Delusion of perception
  • Insertion/withdrawal of thought
  • Made experiences (affect, impulse, volition)
  • External control

ERA 4 - Psychoanalytic Era (1890-1940)

Sigmund Freud (Austria, 1856-1939)

  • Founded Psychoanalysis
  • Key concepts:
    • Topographic model: Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
    • Structural model (1923): Id, Ego, Superego
    • Psychosexual stages: Oral → Anal → Phallic → Latency → Genital
    • Defense mechanisms: Repression, Projection, Displacement, etc.
    • Transference and Counter-transference
    • Free association technique
    • Dream analysis (Royal Road to the Unconscious)
  • Key works: "The Interpretation of Dreams" (1900), "The Ego and the Id" (1923)
  • Anna Freud (his daughter): developed ego psychology and defense mechanisms systematically

Carl Gustav Jung (Switzerland, 1875-1961)

  • Broke from Freud
  • Founded Analytical Psychology
  • Key concepts: Collective Unconscious, Archetypes, Persona, Shadow, Anima/Animus
  • Coined "Complex" and "Introvert/Extrovert"
  • Word Association Test

Alfred Adler (Austria, 1870-1937)

  • Broke from Freud
  • Founded Individual Psychology
  • Key concepts: Inferiority Complex, Compensation, Birth Order, Social interest
  • Coined "Inferiority Complex" and "Superiority Complex"

Otto Rank (1884-1939) - Birth Trauma theory

Melanie Klein (1882-1960) - Object Relations Theory; paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions

Donald Winnicott (1896-1971) - "Good Enough Mother", Transitional Object


ERA 5 - Biological/Pharmacological Revolution (1950-present)

This era marks the most quiz-heavy territory:

1952 - Discovery of Chlorpromazine

  • Henri Laborit (French surgeon) - noticed anti-anxiety properties during surgical anesthesia
  • Jean Delay and Pierre Deniker - first used chlorpromazine to treat psychosis at Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris
  • "Thorazine" = brand name in USA
  • This is considered the most important event in 20th century psychiatry
  • Laborit described it as producing "artificial hibernation"
  • Led to the Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia

1949 - Lithium

  • John Cade (Australia) - discovered lithium's antimanic properties in 1949
  • Mogens Schou (Denmark) - conducted first controlled trials, popularized use
Quiz Pearl: John Cade (1949) = Lithium; Jean Delay (1952) = Chlorpromazine

1958 - Haloperidol

  • Discovered by Paul Janssen (Belgium)

1958 - Imipramine (first TCA)

  • Roland Kuhn (Switzerland) discovered imipramine's antidepressant effects
  • Originally tested as antipsychotic

1952 - MAOIs

  • Nathan Kline and John Crane - discovered iproniazid (first MAOI) had antidepressant effects (1957)
  • Iproniazid originally an anti-TB drug

1960 - Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)

  • Leo Sternbach (Roche) - first benzodiazepine
  • Followed by diazepam (Valium, 1963) - became most prescribed drug in the world

1987 - Fluoxetine (Prozac)

  • First SSRI, discovered by Bryan Molloy and David Wong at Eli Lilly
  • Transformed treatment of depression globally

1990 - Clozapine revival

  • Originally synthesized 1958, withdrawn 1975 due to agranulocytosis
  • Reintroduced 1990 as "atypical" antipsychotic for treatment-resistant schizophrenia

ERA 6 - Deinstitutionalization Era (1960-1980)

  • 1963 - Community Mental Health Centers Act (USA, signed by President Kennedy)
  • Mass discharge of psychiatric patients from state hospitals
  • Led to "transinstitutionalization" - from hospitals to prisons and homeless shelters
  • Thomas Szasz (1961) - "The Myth of Mental Illness" - controversial anti-psychiatry movement
  • R.D. Laing (UK) - anti-psychiatry; schizophrenia as a "sane response to an insane world"

3. CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS - HISTORY

DSM History (USA)

DSMYearKey Features
DSM-I1952First edition; heavily psychoanalytic
DSM-II1968Homosexuality listed as disorder
DSM-III1980Landmark - introduced diagnostic criteria; multi-axial system; 265 diagnoses
DSM-III-R1987Revised
DSM-IV1994297 diagnoses
DSM-IV-TR2000Text revision
DSM-52013Removed multi-axial system; dimensional approach; 300+ diagnoses
DSM-5-TR2022Current version; text updates; added Prolonged Grief Disorder
Quiz Pearl: Homosexuality was removed from DSM in 1973 (between DSM-II and DSM-III, via a vote by APA).
Quiz Pearl: DSM-5 uses Arabic numerals (not Roman), and uses hyphen (5-TR), not a period.

ICD History (WHO)

ICDYearKey Notes
ICD-61948First to include mental disorders
ICD-81965
ICD-91977Used extensively in India
ICD-101992F-codes for mental disorders; gold standard globally for 30 years
ICD-112022Currently in force; effective January 1, 2022
Key ICD-11 changes:
  • Gaming Disorder added (6C51)
  • Complex PTSD added
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder added
  • "Schizophrenia" retained but changed duration criteria
  • Personality disorders completely reorganized
  • Gender incongruence moved OUT of mental disorders section (to sexual health)
  • Removed intellectual disability as "mental retardation"

4. INDIAN PSYCHIATRY HISTORY

Key Institutions

YearInstitutionSignificance
1745Hospital for Lunatics, BombayFirst psychiatric institution in India (under East India Company)
1787Madras Lunatic AsylumSecond in India
1817Calcutta Mental Hospital (Thane)Third major asylum
1918Ranchi European Mental HospitalFirst modern psychiatric hospital
1954Nimhans, BangalorePremier institute
Note: The first psychiatric hospital in India is debated: Bombay (1745) vs Calcutta vs Madras - the generally accepted answer for quizzes is Bombay (1745).

Key Indian Psychiatrists

NameContribution
Vidya SagarPioneer of family involvement in treatment; Amritsar
N.S. VahiaYoga therapy in psychiatry
M.V. GovindaswamyFounded Indian Journal of Psychiatry
L.P. VarmaFather of Indian Psychiatry
  • Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) founded in 1947 (same year as Indian independence)
  • Indian Journal of Psychiatry - oldest psychiatry journal in Asia
  • Mental Healthcare Act 2017 - replaced Mental Health Act 1987; gives patients rights and autonomy; defines mental illness based on WHO principles

5. FAMOUS EXPERIMENTS & CASES

Study/CaseKey Finding
Pavlov's Dogs (1890s)Classical conditioning; stimulus-response learning
Skinner Box (1938)Operant conditioning; B.F. Skinner
Milgram Experiment (1963)Obedience to authority; 65% gave "lethal" shocks
Stanford Prison Experiment (1971)Philip Zimbardo; normal people in roles = pathological behavior; terminated early
Rosenhan Experiment (1973)"On Being Sane in Insane Places"; pseudopatients faked hallucinations; all admitted; raises questions about psychiatric diagnosis
Watson & Raynor - Little Albert (1920)Classical conditioning of fear in humans
Harlow's Monkeys (1950s)Attachment in rhesus monkeys; contact comfort > food
Seligman's Learned Helplessness (1965)Dogs unable to escape shock; model for depression

6. NOBEL PRIZES RELATED TO PSYCHIATRY

YearLaureateDiscovery
1906Golgi & Ramon y CajalNeuron doctrine
1927Julius Wagner-JaureggMalaria therapy for neurosyphilis (GPI)
1949António Egas MonizPrefrontal leucotomy (lobotomy)
1970Axelrod, Katz, von EulerNeurotransmitter storage/release
2000Eric KandelMemory and synaptic plasticity (Aplysia model)
2003Lauterbur & MansfieldMRI development
Quiz Pearl: Wagner-Jauregg (1927) = ONLY psychiatrist to win Nobel. He used malaria to treat GPI (General Paralysis of the Insane = neurosyphilis).
Quiz Pearl: Egas Moniz = Nobel for lobotomy (controversial; his patient later shot him).

7. KEY EPONYMS & SYNDROMES (Historical)

EponymDescription
Folie à deuxShared delusion between two people (now Shared Psychotic Disorder / ICD: folie à plusieurs)
Ganser SyndromeApproximate answers (Vorbeireden); described by Sigbert Ganser (1898) in prisoners
Capgras SyndromeDelusion that a person is replaced by an identical impostor; Joseph Capgras (1923)
Cotard SyndromeNihilistic delusion - believes one is dead or organs have vanished; Jules Cotard (1880)
Fregoli SyndromeDifferent people are actually one person in disguise
Munchausen SyndromeFactitious disorder; named after Baron von Munchausen (famous liar)
Ekbom SyndromeDelusion of parasitosis; Karl-Axel Ekbom (1938)
Othello SyndromeMorbid jealousy; named after Shakespeare's character
Kluver-Bucy SyndromeTemporal lobe lesion: hypersexuality, hyperphagia, visual agnosia, docility, hyperorality
Wernicke-KorsakoffThiamine deficiency; Wernicke's encephalopathy + Korsakoff's psychosis

8. KEY PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS - HISTORICAL ORIGINS

TestOriginatorYearUse
Rorschach TestHermann Rorschach1921Projective; inkblots
TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)Henry Murray1935Projective; ambiguous pictures
MMPIHathaway & McKinley1943Objective personality assessment
Binet-Simon ScaleBinet & Simon1905First IQ test; for school placement
Stanford-BinetLewis Terman1916Revised; introduced IQ concept
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)David Wechsler1955Most widely used IQ test
WISCDavid Wechsler1949IQ test for children
Bender-Gestalt TestLauretta Bender1938Visual-motor; detects organicity

9. NEUROTRANSMITTER DISCOVERIES (Historical High-Yield)

NeurotransmitterDiscovererYear
AdrenalineOtto Loewi1921 (Nobel 1936)
SerotoninMaurice Rapport et al.1948
DopamineArvid Carlsson1957 (Nobel 2000)
Norepinephrinevon Euler1946
GABAEugene Roberts1950
AcetylcholineHenry Dale/Otto Loewi1914/1921
EndorphinsHughes & Kosterlitz1975

10. MENTAL HEALTH LAWS - HISTORICAL

CountryActYear
IndiaLunacy Act1858
IndiaIndian Lunacy Act1912
IndiaMental Health Act1987
IndiaMental Healthcare Act2017 (current)
UKMental Health Act1983 (amended 2007)
USACommunity Mental Health Centers Act1963
Mental Healthcare Act 2017 (India) - Key Points:
  • Gives every person right to access mental healthcare
  • Prohibits electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) without anesthesia
  • Decriminalizes suicide attempt (Section 115)
  • Defines "mental illness" without using the term "mental disorder"
  • Advance Directive allowed
  • Nominated Representative concept
  • Prohibits chaining of mentally ill persons
  • Came into force: July 7, 2018

11. TOP 20 HIGH-YIELD PEARLS - HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY

  1. "Psychiatry" coined by Johann Christian Reil (1808)
  2. Hippocrates first proposed naturalistic theory of mental illness
  3. Philippe Pinel unchained patients at Bicetre (1793) - moral treatment
  4. Emil Kraepelin classified Dementia Praecox vs. Manic-Depressive Insanity (1896/1899)
  5. Bleuler coined "Schizophrenia" (1911) + 4 A's
  6. Schneider's FRS - First Rank Symptoms of schizophrenia
  7. Freud's structural model - Id, Ego, Superego (1923)
  8. Chlorpromazine first antipsychotic - Delay & Deniker (1952)
  9. Lithium - John Cade (1949)
  10. Imipramine - Roland Kuhn (1958) - first TCA
  11. DSM-III (1980) = landmark; introduced criteria-based diagnosis
  12. Homosexuality removed from DSM - 1973
  13. DSM-5 (2013) - removed multi-axial; DSM-5-TR (2022) current
  14. ICD-11 effective January 1, 2022
  15. Nobel Prize - only psychiatrist: Wagner-Jauregg (1927) for malaria therapy
  16. Rosenhan Experiment (1973) - "On Being Sane in Insane Places"
  17. IPS (Indian Psychiatric Society) founded 1947
  18. Mental Healthcare Act 2017 - suicide decriminalized, ECT without anesthesia prohibited
  19. Ganser Syndrome - approximate answers (in prisoners)
  20. Capgras, Cotard, Fregoli - three major delusional misidentification syndromes

REVISION MNEMONICS

For Era Sequence: "Ancient People Reform Science Psycho Biology"

  1. Ancient era
  2. Pre-reform (Middle Ages)
  3. Reform (Pinel, Tuke, Dix)
  4. Scientific (Kraepelin, Bleuler)
  5. Psychoanalytic (Freud, Jung, Adler)
  6. Biological (Drugs, ECT)

For Chlorpromazine: "LDD - Laborit Discovers Delay Deploys"

  • Laborit noticed it → Delay & Deniker deployed it clinically (1952)

For Kraepelin vs. Bleuler:

  • Kraepelin = Kategorized (Dementia Praecox vs MDP)
  • Bleuler = Baptized it Schizophrenia

For Nobel Prizes:

  • Wagner-Jauregg = Worms (malaria parasites treated GPI) = 1927
  • Moniz = Mutilated frontal lobe (lobotomy) = 1949


PART 2: QUESTIONS (150 MCQs + SCENARIOS)

⚠️ DO NOT READ ANSWERS YET. ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS, THEN REPLY WITH YOUR ANSWERS.


SECTION A: EASY MCQs (1-50)

Q1. The term "Psychiatry" was coined by:
  • A) Hippocrates
  • B) Johann Christian Reil
  • C) Philippe Pinel
  • D) Emil Kraepelin
Q2. Philippe Pinel unchained mental patients at which hospital?
  • A) Salpetriere
  • B) York Retreat
  • C) Bicetre
  • D) Bethlem Royal Hospital
Q3. The 4 A's of Schizophrenia were described by:
  • A) Emil Kraepelin
  • B) Kurt Schneider
  • C) Eugen Bleuler
  • D) Karl Jaspers
Q4. The term "Schizophrenia" was coined by:
  • A) Kraepelin
  • B) Bleuler
  • C) Freud
  • D) Jung
Q5. First-rank symptoms of schizophrenia were described by:
  • A) Bleuler
  • B) Kraepelin
  • C) Kurt Schneider
  • D) Jaspers
Q6. "Inferiority complex" was coined by:
  • A) Carl Jung
  • B) Sigmund Freud
  • C) Alfred Adler
  • D) Otto Rank
Q7. Which drug is considered the first antipsychotic?
  • A) Haloperidol
  • B) Lithium
  • C) Chlorpromazine
  • D) Imipramine
Q8. Chlorpromazine was first used to treat psychosis by:
  • A) Henri Laborit
  • B) Jean Delay and Pierre Deniker
  • C) Paul Janssen
  • D) Roland Kuhn
Q9. Lithium was discovered as an antimanic agent by:
  • A) Mogens Schou
  • B) John Cade
  • C) Nathan Kline
  • D) Paul Janssen
Q10. Imipramine (first TCA) was discovered by:
  • A) Roland Kuhn
  • B) Nathan Kline
  • C) Leo Sternbach
  • D) Bryan Molloy
Q11. The first benzodiazepine discovered was:
  • A) Diazepam
  • B) Alprazolam
  • C) Chlordiazepoxide
  • D) Lorazepam
Q12. First benzodiazepine was synthesized by:
  • A) Paul Janssen
  • B) Roland Kuhn
  • C) Leo Sternbach
  • D) Nathan Kline
Q13. DSM-III was a landmark because it:
  • A) Removed homosexuality
  • B) Introduced diagnostic criteria
  • C) Added multi-axial system
  • D) Both B and C
Q14. Homosexuality was officially removed from DSM in:
  • A) 1952
  • B) 1968
  • C) 1973
  • D) 1980
Q15. The current version of DSM is:
  • A) DSM-IV-TR
  • B) DSM-5
  • C) DSM-5-TR
  • D) DSM-6
Q16. ICD-11 came into force on:
  • A) January 1, 2019
  • B) January 1, 2021
  • C) January 1, 2022
  • D) January 1, 2023
Q17. The Nobel Prize related to lobotomy was won by:
  • A) Wagner-Jauregg
  • B) Egas Moniz
  • C) Eric Kandel
  • D) Arvid Carlsson
Q18. Wagner-Jauregg won the Nobel Prize for treating:
  • A) Schizophrenia with insulin coma
  • B) Depression with ECT
  • C) GPI (neurosyphilis) with malaria
  • D) Mania with lithium
Q19. The Rosenhan Experiment (1973) is known as:
  • A) Obedience to Authority
  • B) On Being Sane in Insane Places
  • C) The Stanford Prison Experiment
  • D) The Milgram Study
Q20. Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) was founded in:
  • A) 1945
  • B) 1947
  • C) 1950
  • D) 1954
Q21. "Collective Unconscious" is a concept by:
  • A) Sigmund Freud
  • B) Alfred Adler
  • C) Carl Jung
  • D) Melanie Klein
Q22. Who founded Analytical Psychology?
  • A) Freud
  • B) Adler
  • C) Jung
  • D) Rank
Q23. Father of Modern Psychiatry is:
  • A) Kraepelin
  • B) Pinel
  • C) Hippocrates
  • D) Bleuler
Q24. York Retreat was founded by:
  • A) Dorothea Dix
  • B) Philippe Pinel
  • C) William Tuke
  • D) Benjamin Rush
Q25. "Mental diseases are brain diseases" was stated by:
  • A) Freud
  • B) Griesinger
  • C) Kraepelin
  • D) Bleuler
Q26. The Rorschach Inkblot Test was developed in:
  • A) 1905
  • B) 1916
  • C) 1921
  • D) 1935
Q27. TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) was developed by:
  • A) Herman Rorschach
  • B) Henry Murray
  • C) David Wechsler
  • D) Alfred Binet
Q28. The Binet-Simon Scale (first IQ test) was developed in:
  • A) 1900
  • B) 1905
  • C) 1916
  • D) 1943
Q29. "Dementia Praecox" was renamed "Schizophrenia" in:
  • A) 1896
  • B) 1899
  • C) 1911
  • D) 1923
Q30. Capgras syndrome involves:
  • A) Belief one is dead
  • B) Delusion of parasitosis
  • C) Belief a person is replaced by an impostor
  • D) Approximate answers to questions
Q31. Cotard syndrome is characterized by:
  • A) Morbid jealousy
  • B) Nihilistic delusions (belief one is dead)
  • C) Shared delusions
  • D) Visual agnosia
Q32. Ganser syndrome is characterized by:
  • A) Visual hallucinations
  • B) Approximate answers (Vorbeireden)
  • C) Morbid jealousy
  • D) Nihilistic delusions
Q33. Fluoxetine (first SSRI) was introduced in:
  • A) 1975
  • B) 1980
  • C) 1987
  • D) 1992
Q34. Haloperidol was discovered by:
  • A) Jean Delay
  • B) Roland Kuhn
  • C) Paul Janssen
  • D) Leo Sternbach
Q35. Learned helplessness model of depression was proposed by:
  • A) Aaron Beck
  • B) Martin Seligman
  • C) B.F. Skinner
  • D) Ivan Pavlov
Q36. The Mental Healthcare Act in India currently in force was passed in:
  • A) 1912
  • B) 1987
  • C) 2017
  • D) 2018
Q37. According to Mental Healthcare Act 2017, ECT without anesthesia is:
  • A) Allowed in emergencies
  • B) Prohibited
  • C) Allowed for children
  • D) Allowed with patient consent
Q38. "Folie à deux" refers to:
  • A) Two doctors diagnosing the same patient differently
  • B) A shared delusional disorder between two people
  • C) A patient with two personalities
  • D) Double-blind study in psychiatry
Q39. Harlow's experiments with rhesus monkeys demonstrated the importance of:
  • A) Food in attachment
  • B) Contact comfort in attachment
  • C) Peer relationships
  • D) Operant conditioning
Q40. The Stanford Prison Experiment was conducted by:
  • A) Stanley Milgram
  • B) Philip Zimbardo
  • C) Solomon Asch
  • D) Leon Festinger
Q41. The first psychiatric hospital in India was established in:
  • A) Calcutta (1817)
  • B) Madras (1787)
  • C) Bombay (1745)
  • D) Ranchi (1918)
Q42. "Father of Indian Psychiatry" is considered to be:
  • A) N.S. Vahia
  • B) L.P. Varma
  • C) Vidya Sagar
  • D) M.V. Govindaswamy
Q43. The first ICD edition to include mental disorders was:
  • A) ICD-4
  • B) ICD-6
  • C) ICD-8
  • D) ICD-9
Q44. Gaming Disorder was added in:
  • A) DSM-5
  • B) DSM-5-TR
  • C) ICD-10
  • D) ICD-11
Q45. Kraepelin's classification was primarily based on:
  • A) Etiology
  • B) Pathology
  • C) Prognosis/course
  • D) Symptoms at onset
Q46. The word "psychiatry" comes from Greek meaning:
  • A) "Mind doctor"
  • B) "Soul healer"
  • C) "Brain physician"
  • D) "Nerve specialist"
Q47. Object Relations Theory was proposed by:
  • A) Freud
  • B) Jung
  • C) Melanie Klein
  • D) Erik Erikson
Q48. "Transitional Object" concept was given by:
  • A) Melanie Klein
  • B) Donald Winnicott
  • C) Anna Freud
  • D) John Bowlby
Q49. The first MAOIs were discovered from a drug originally used to treat:
  • A) Malaria
  • B) Tuberculosis
  • C) Hypertension
  • D) Epilepsy
Q50. The Milgram Experiment (1963) demonstrated:
  • A) The role of contact comfort
  • B) Obedience to authority
  • C) Social conformity
  • D) Learned helplessness

SECTION B: MODERATE MCQs (51-100)

Q51. Kraepelin's dichotomy separated psychoses primarily based on which feature?
  • A) Age of onset
  • B) Symptom profile
  • C) Long-term prognosis and course
  • D) Response to treatment
Q52. Bleuler's "Fundamental Symptoms" of schizophrenia are:
  • A) Hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, catatonia
  • B) Affective flattening, ambivalence, autism, association disturbance
  • C) Auditory hallucinations, passivity phenomena, thought alienation
  • D) Negative symptoms, positive symptoms, cognitive symptoms
Q53. Which of the following is NOT one of Schneider's First Rank Symptoms?
  • A) Thought insertion
  • B) Audible thoughts
  • C) Visual hallucinations
  • D) Somatic passivity
Q54. Karl Jaspers' major contribution to psychiatry was:
  • A) Classification of psychoses
  • B) General Psychopathology and descriptive phenomenology
  • C) Psychoanalytic theory
  • D) Introduction of rating scales
Q55. "Einheitspsychose" (Unitary Psychosis) theory was proposed by:
  • A) Kraepelin
  • B) Griesinger
  • C) Bleuler
  • D) Morel
Q56. The term "dementia praecox" (before Kraepelin) was coined by:
  • A) Bleuler
  • B) Griesinger
  • C) Morel (as "démence précoce")
  • D) Pinel
Q57. Anti-psychiatry movement was primarily associated with:
  • A) Freud and Jung
  • B) Thomas Szasz and R.D. Laing
  • C) Kraepelin and Bleuler
  • D) Delay and Deniker
Q58. The Community Mental Health Centers Act (USA, 1963) was signed by:
  • A) Franklin Roosevelt
  • B) Harry Truman
  • C) John F. Kennedy
  • D) Lyndon Johnson
Q59. Wagner-Jauregg's Nobel Prize (1927) is controversial because:
  • A) His results could not be replicated
  • B) Deliberate infection with malaria is now considered unethical
  • C) He shared it with another psychiatrist
  • D) It was based on animal experiments
Q60. Clozapine was initially withdrawn from the market in 1975 due to:
  • A) Tardive dyskinesia
  • B) Agranulocytosis
  • C) Seizures
  • D) Prolonged QT interval
Q61. The Freudian defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are attributed to others is:
  • A) Repression
  • B) Displacement
  • C) Projection
  • D) Reaction formation
Q62. Freud's psychosexual stage associated with the Oedipus Complex is:
  • A) Oral
  • B) Anal
  • C) Phallic
  • D) Genital
Q63. In DSM-5-TR (2022), which NEW diagnosis was added?
  • A) Hoarding Disorder
  • B) Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • C) Gaming Disorder
  • D) Binge Eating Disorder
Q64. In ICD-11, gender incongruence was moved to which chapter?
  • A) Mental and behavioral disorders
  • B) Conditions related to sexual health
  • C) Neurological conditions
  • D) Endocrine disorders
Q65. The Advance Directive concept in Indian psychiatry is defined in:
  • A) Indian Lunacy Act 1912
  • B) Mental Health Act 1987
  • C) Mental Healthcare Act 2017
  • D) IPC Section 309
Q66. "Social drift hypothesis" in schizophrenia suggests:
  • A) Schizophrenia is caused by low socioeconomic status
  • B) People with schizophrenia drift down the social ladder due to illness
  • C) Social factors cause schizophrenia more than genetic factors
  • D) Urban migration causes schizophrenia
Q67. The Kluver-Bucy syndrome results from lesion of:
  • A) Frontal lobe
  • B) Parietal lobe
  • C) Temporal lobe (bilateral)
  • D) Occipital lobe
Q68. Fregoli syndrome differs from Capgras syndrome in that:
  • A) In Fregoli, different people are same person; in Capgras, same person is replaced
  • B) Fregoli is a mood disorder; Capgras is a psychosis
  • C) Fregoli involves visual hallucinations; Capgras does not
  • D) Capgras is culture-bound; Fregoli is not
Q69. The term "autism" (meaning self-absorption) was coined by:
  • A) Kanner (for childhood autism)
  • B) Asperger (for high-functioning autism)
  • C) Bleuler (as a symptom of schizophrenia)
  • D) Freud
Q70. Arvid Carlsson won the Nobel Prize (2000) for:
  • A) Discovery of serotonin
  • B) Discovery of dopamine and its role in Parkinson's disease
  • C) Development of SSRI drugs
  • D) Discovery of endorphins
Q71. "Moral treatment" in psychiatry referred to:
  • A) Ethical guidelines for psychiatrists
  • B) Treatment based on religion and morality
  • C) Humane, non-restraint treatment emphasizing dignity
  • D) Legal/court-ordered treatment
Q72. The MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) was developed in:
  • A) 1921
  • B) 1935
  • C) 1943
  • D) 1955
Q73. Seligman's learned helplessness experiments used:
  • A) Monkeys with surrogate mothers
  • B) Dogs unable to escape unavoidable shocks
  • C) Rats in maze tests
  • D) Humans in prison simulations
Q74. The Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam) is historically significant because:
  • A) First hospital to use chlorpromazine
  • B) It was one of the earliest hospitals for mental illness and became synonymous with chaotic conditions
  • C) Pinel unchained patients here
  • D) First hospital to offer psychoanalysis
Q75. Which Indian law decriminalized suicide attempt?
  • A) Indian Penal Code Section 309 (2018 amendment)
  • B) Mental Healthcare Act 2017, Section 115
  • C) Criminal Procedure Code amendment 2016
  • D) NDPS Act
Q76. "Paraphrenia" was described as a distinct entity by:
  • A) Bleuler
  • B) Kraepelin
  • C) Schneider
  • D) Jaspers
Q77. Eric Kandel's Nobel Prize was based on research using:
  • A) Drosophila
  • B) Aplysia (sea slug)
  • C) Rhesus monkeys
  • D) Mice
Q78. Operant conditioning was developed by:
  • A) Ivan Pavlov
  • B) John Watson
  • C) B.F. Skinner
  • D) Albert Bandura
Q79. The IQ concept (Intelligence Quotient = Mental Age/Chronological Age x 100) was introduced by:
  • A) Alfred Binet
  • B) William Stern
  • C) Lewis Terman
  • D) David Wechsler
Q80. Bowlby's Attachment Theory described how many stages of separation response?
  • A) 2
  • B) 3
  • C) 4
  • D) 5
Q81. Which psychoanalytic school proposed the concept of "birth trauma"?
  • A) Freud
  • B) Jung
  • C) Otto Rank
  • D) Adler
Q82. The "Strange Situation" experiment to study attachment types was designed by:
  • A) John Bowlby
  • B) Mary Ainsworth
  • C) Melanie Klein
  • D) Donald Winnicott
Q83. Cognitive Therapy for depression was developed by:
  • A) Aaron Beck
  • B) Albert Ellis
  • C) B.F. Skinner
  • D) Joseph Wolpe
Q84. Systematic desensitization was developed by:
  • A) Skinner
  • B) Bandura
  • C) Joseph Wolpe
  • D) Beck
Q85. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) was developed by:
  • A) Aaron Beck
  • B) Albert Ellis
  • C) Albert Bandura
  • D) Martin Seligman
Q86. NIMHANS is located in:
  • A) Mumbai
  • B) Chennai
  • C) Hyderabad
  • D) Bangalore
Q87. The "dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia" was supported most by:
  • A) EEG findings
  • B) Effects of chlorpromazine and amphetamine
  • C) MRI brain studies
  • D) Genetic linkage studies
Q88. The Milgram Experiment showed that the percentage of participants who administered maximum "lethal" shocks was approximately:
  • A) 25%
  • B) 40%
  • C) 65%
  • D) 80%
Q89. "Thanatos" in Freudian theory refers to:
  • A) Life instinct (Eros)
  • B) Death instinct/drive
  • C) Sexual energy (libido)
  • D) Anxiety
Q90. The concept of "Collective Unconscious" differs from Freud's Unconscious in that it:
  • A) Contains only repressed memories
  • B) Is unique to each individual
  • C) Is shared across humanity and contains archetypes
  • D) Is accessible through free association
Q91. Melanie Klein's "paranoid-schizoid position" occurs developmentally during:
  • A) Adolescence
  • B) First 3 months of life
  • C) Ages 2-3 years
  • D) School age
Q92. The first edition of ICD to include mental disorders was ICD-6, which came out in:
  • A) 1938
  • B) 1948
  • C) 1955
  • D) 1960
Q93. "Somatization Disorder" in DSM-5 was renamed to:
  • A) Conversion Disorder
  • B) Somatic Symptom Disorder
  • C) Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • D) Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder
Q94. In ICD-11, the code for Gaming Disorder is:
  • A) 6C51
  • B) F63.0
  • C) 6A20
  • D) F91.0
Q95. Dorothea Dix is credited with:
  • A) Founding first psychiatric institution in USA
  • B) Advocating for humane treatment, leading to establishment of 32 state hospitals
  • C) Developing first psychometric test
  • D) Discovering chlorpromazine
Q96. The term "neurosis" was coined by:
  • A) Freud
  • B) William Cullen (1769)
  • C) Kraepelin
  • D) Bleuler
Q97. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) was introduced by:
  • A) Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini (1938)
  • B) Ladislas Meduna (1934, using camphor)
  • C) Manfred Sakel (1927, insulin coma)
  • D) Egas Moniz (1936)
Q98. Insulin Coma Therapy was introduced by:
  • A) Ugo Cerletti
  • B) Manfred Sakel (1927)
  • C) Ladislas Meduna
  • D) Freeman and Watts
Q99. The first prefrontal lobotomy in the USA was performed by:
  • A) Egas Moniz
  • B) Walter Freeman and James Watts (1936)
  • C) Ugo Cerletti
  • D) John Fulton
Q100. Psychosurgery (prefrontal leucotomy) was introduced by:
  • A) Walter Freeman (USA)
  • B) Egas Moniz (Portugal, 1935)
  • C) John Fulton (UK)
  • D) Manfred Sakel (Austria)

SECTION C: DIFFICULT MCQs (101-150)

Q101. Kraepelin described prognosis-based classification in which edition of his Textbook?
  • A) 3rd edition (1889)
  • B) 5th edition (1896) - first introduction of dementia praecox
  • C) 6th edition (1899) - manic-depressive vs dementia praecox
  • D) Both B and C are correct for different aspects
Q102. The "Lantermann-Petris-Short Act" (LPS Act, 1967, California) was significant in psychiatry because:
  • A) It established community mental health centers
  • B) It established criteria for involuntary commitment to psychiatric facilities
  • C) It legalized ECT
  • D) It decriminalized drug use for psychiatric patients
Q103. Jaspers' distinction between "development" (understandable continuation) and "process" (un-understandable break) is most relevant to which condition?
  • A) Personality disorders (development) vs. Schizophrenia (process)
  • B) Neurosis vs. Psychosis
  • C) Depression vs. Mania
  • D) Organic vs. Functional psychosis
Q104. "Déjà vu" as a symptom was first systematically described by:
  • A) Freud
  • B) Kraepelin
  • C) Hubert Boirac (coined the term, 1876)
  • D) Bleuler
Q105. The "Three-term contingency" (Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence) in behavior therapy is associated with:
  • A) Pavlov
  • B) Watson
  • C) Skinner
  • D) Bandura
Q106. In the context of IPS history, the Indian Journal of Psychiatry was founded by:
  • A) L.P. Varma
  • B) M.V. Govindaswamy
  • C) N.S. Vahia
  • D) Vidya Sagar
Q107. "Paramnesia" - the feeling of false recognition - was distinguished from déjà vu by:
  • A) Freud
  • B) Pierre Janet
  • C) Kraepelin
  • D) Bleuler
Q108. The "Two-hit hypothesis" in schizophrenia etiology was proposed:
  • A) To explain Kraepelin's dichotomy
  • B) To reconcile genetic vulnerability with environmental triggers
  • C) To explain the dopamine hypothesis
  • D) To describe the effects of early trauma
Q109. Which of the following is a CORRECT chronological sequence?
  • A) Bleuler (1911) → Kraepelin (1896) → Schneider (1959)
  • B) Kraepelin (1896) → Bleuler (1911) → Schneider (1959)
  • C) Schneider (1959) → Kraepelin (1896) → Bleuler (1911)
  • D) Bleuler (1911) → Schneider (1959) → Kraepelin (1896)
Q110. The "Cheyne-Stokes breathing analogy" used in psychiatry refers to:
  • A) Sleep apnea in psychiatric patients
  • B) Cyclical nature of bipolar disorder (Kraepelin's analogy)
  • C) Anxiety-induced hyperventilation
  • D) Terminal event in catatonia
Q111. Benjamin Rush's contribution to American psychiatry includes:
  • A) Founding the first American asylum
  • B) Writing the first American textbook on psychiatry ("Medical Inquiries on Diseases of the Mind," 1812)
  • C) Discovering lithium
  • D) Founding the American Psychiatric Association
Q112. Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (AMSAII) later became:
  • A) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • B) American Psychological Association (APA)
  • C) American Psychiatric Association (APA)
  • D) American Academy of Child Psychiatry
Q113. The ICD-11 code range for mental disorders is:
  • A) F00-F99
  • B) 6A00-6E8Z
  • C) 300-309
  • D) Z00-Z99
Q114. "Boarding out" as an early form of community psychiatry was studied in:
  • A) France
  • B) USA
  • C) Scotland (Sir Arthur Mitchell, 1864)
  • D) Germany
Q115. Pharmacotherapy of psychosis started in 1952. The first systematic clinical trial of chlorpromazine involved how many patients?
  • A) 10
  • B) 38
  • C) 100
  • D) 450
Q116. The "transinstitutionalization" phenomenon refers to:
  • A) Transfer of patients between different psychiatric hospitals
  • B) Movement of mentally ill from asylums to prisons and homeless shelters after deinstitutionalization
  • C) International transfer of psychiatric patients
  • D) Cross-cultural differences in psychiatric diagnosis
Q117. Sigmund Freud studied with which famous neurologist in Paris?
  • A) Paul Broca
  • B) Jean-Martin Charcot
  • C) John Hughlings Jackson
  • D) Pierre Janet
Q118. "Anna O." - the famous case studied by Breuer and Freud - her real name was:
  • A) Ida Bauer (Dora)
  • B) Bertha Pappenheim
  • C) Emma Eckstein
  • D) Sabina Spielrein
Q119. The concept of "Neurasthenia" (nervous exhaustion) was coined by:
  • A) Freud
  • B) George Miller Beard (1869)
  • C) Janet
  • D) Kraepelin
Q120. Which of the following correctly matches a defense mechanism with its description?
  • A) Sublimation: directing unacceptable impulses to acceptable activities (CORRECT)
  • B) Reaction Formation: unconsciously forgetting traumatic events
  • C) Projection: expressing opposite of true feelings
  • D) Displacement: attributing own feelings to others
Q121. "Demoralization" as distinct from depression in medically ill patients was described by:
  • A) Aaron Beck
  • B) Jerome Frank
  • C) George Engel
  • D) Thomas Szasz
Q122. The "Biopsychosocial model" of illness was proposed by:
  • A) Freud
  • B) George Engel (1977)
  • C) Thomas Szasz
  • D) Adolf Meyer
Q123. "Psychobiology" as a framework integrating biology and psychology in psychiatry was proposed by:
  • A) Adolf Meyer
  • B) Freud
  • C) Kraepelin
  • D) Griesinger
Q124. The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) was founded in:
  • A) 1947
  • B) 1950
  • C) 1961
  • D) 1971
Q125. In the DSM-5-TR, the "specifier" for peripartum onset refers to symptoms beginning:
  • A) During pregnancy only
  • B) During pregnancy or within 4 weeks of delivery
  • C) During the last trimester or within 4 weeks of delivery (previously; now: "during pregnancy or in the 4 weeks following delivery")
  • D) Within 6 weeks of delivery only
Q126. "Transference neurosis" in psychoanalysis refers to:
  • A) The patient's neurosis being transferred to the analyst
  • B) Intensification of transference into a new artificial neurosis during analysis
  • C) The analyst's emotional reaction to the patient
  • D) A neurosis caused by transference
Q127. The Collaborative Study of Depression (NIMH, 1989) compared:
  • A) ECT vs. pharmacotherapy
  • B) Imipramine, CBT, IPT, and placebo
  • C) Lithium vs. valproate
  • D) SSRIs vs. TCAs
Q128. "Querulant paranoia" (litigious paranoia) was described by:
  • A) Freud
  • B) Kraepelin
  • C) Bleuler
  • D) Schneider
Q129. In Freud's topographic model (pre-1923), the three mental systems were:
  • A) Id, Ego, Superego
  • B) Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
  • C) Eros, Thanatos, Libido
  • D) Primary process, Secondary process, Tertiary process
Q130. The "Psychic blindness" seen in Kluver-Bucy syndrome is now called:
  • A) Prosopagnosia
  • B) Visual agnosia
  • C) Alexithymia
  • D) Anosognosia
Q131. NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) data in India shows suicide rate per 100,000 population is approximately:
  • A) 5
  • B) 12
  • C) 20
  • D) 30
Q132. Which mental health law first used the term "mental illness" in India (replacing "lunatic" and "mental disorder")?
  • A) Indian Lunacy Act 1912
  • B) Mental Health Act 1987
  • C) Mental Healthcare Act 2017
  • D) Both B and C
Q133. The "stone of madness" (trepanation for mental illness) theory is associated with:
  • A) Literal stone operations depicted by Hieronymus Bosch
  • B) Ancient Greek surgical texts
  • C) Medieval Islamic medicine
  • D) Egyptian papyri
Q134. Mary Ainsworth described four types of attachment. Which was described LAST?
  • A) Secure
  • B) Anxious-avoidant
  • C) Anxious-ambivalent
  • D) Disorganized (Main & Solomon, 1986)
Q135. The "Soteria Project" (1971) was an alternative treatment model for schizophrenia developed by:
  • A) Thomas Szasz
  • B) Loren Mosher
  • C) R.D. Laing
  • D) David Rosenhan
Q136. "Degeneration theory" in 19th-century psychiatry (idea that mental illness reflects hereditary deterioration) was proposed by:
  • A) Kraepelin
  • B) Benedict Morel (1857)
  • C) Griesinger
  • D) Bleuler
Q137. The term "schizoid" was coined by:
  • A) Bleuler
  • B) Kraepelin
  • C) Kretschmer
  • D) Schneider
Q138. Jaspers described which key methodological distinction in psychopathology?
  • A) Explaining vs. Understanding (Erklären vs. Verstehen)
  • B) Primary vs. Secondary symptoms
  • C) Positive vs. Negative symptoms
  • D) Axis I vs. Axis II disorders
Q139. The "chronic care model" for mental health was influenced by which reform?
  • A) NIMH founding (1949)
  • B) Kennedy's Community Mental Health Centers Act (1963)
  • C) Dix's asylum reform (1840s)
  • D) Mental Healthcare Act 2017
Q140. A landmark British study that changed asylum management was Goffman's (1961):
  • A) "Madness and Civilization"
  • B) "The Myth of Mental Illness"
  • C) "Asylums" - described total institutions
  • D) "Sanity, Madness and the Family"
Q141. "Recovery model" in psychiatry emphasizes:
  • A) Complete symptomatic remission
  • B) Medication adherence
  • C) Living a meaningful life despite symptoms
  • D) Returning to pre-morbid functioning
Q142. Chlorpromazine's mechanism of action was elucidated by Carlsson & Lindquist (1963) as:
  • A) 5HT2A antagonism
  • B) Dopamine D2 receptor blockade
  • C) Inhibition of dopamine synthesis
  • D) Norepinephrine reuptake inhibition
Q143. The "vulnerability-stress model" (diathesis-stress model) in schizophrenia was proposed by:
  • A) Kraepelin
  • B) Zubin and Spring (1977)
  • C) Bleuler
  • D) Gottesman and Shields
Q144. Which is the correct order of introduction of biological treatments?
  • A) Insulin coma (1927) → ECT (1938) → Lobotomy (1935) → Chlorpromazine (1952)
  • B) Lobotomy (1935) → Insulin coma (1927) → ECT (1938) → Chlorpromazine (1952)
  • C) Insulin coma (1927) → Lobotomy (1935) → ECT (1938) → Chlorpromazine (1952)
  • D) ECT (1938) → Insulin coma (1927) → Lobotomy (1935) → Chlorpromazine (1952)
Q145. The "Cade-Schou controversy" in lithium history relates to:
  • A) Who first discovered antimanic properties (Cade, 1949) vs. who proved efficacy in trials (Schou)
  • B) Toxicity of lithium in different preparations
  • C) The naming of lithium treatment
  • D) Priority dispute over Nobel Prize
Q146. "Expressed Emotion" (EE) as a predictor of schizophrenia relapse was first described by:
  • A) Vaughn and Leff
  • B) George Brown (1958) - original study; Vaughn & Leff (1976) - replicated
  • C) Zubin and Spring
  • D) Leff and Wing
Q147. The WHO's "International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia" (IPSS, 1973) found that:
  • A) Schizophrenia is more common in developing countries
  • B) Schizophrenia has a better prognosis in developing countries
  • C) Schizophrenia is a culture-bound syndrome
  • D) Schizophrenia is more severe in developed countries
Q148. "Positive symptoms" and "Negative symptoms" dichotomy in schizophrenia was proposed by:
  • A) Strauss and Carpenter (1974)
  • B) Timothy Crow (1980)
  • C) John Hughlings Jackson (original concept)
  • D) Both A and B, with Crow's Type I/II being the most quoted
Q149. The "Decade of the Brain" was declared in the USA during:
  • A) 1980s
  • B) 1990-1999
  • C) 2000s
  • D) 2010-2019
Q150. In the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, "nominated representative" can be:
  • A) Only a family member
  • B) A person appointed by the patient or a family member if patient cannot
  • C) Only a doctor
  • D) Only a lawyer

SECTION D: CLINICAL SCENARIO QUESTIONS (151-200)

Q151. A 35-year-old man believes his wife has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor. He has no insight. Which syndrome is this and who first described it?
  • A) Cotard syndrome - Jules Cotard (1880)
  • B) Capgras syndrome - Joseph Capgras (1923)
  • C) Fregoli syndrome - Courbon and Fail (1927)
  • D) Ekbom syndrome - Karl-Axel Ekbom (1938)
Q152. A woman brought to casualty after a suicide attempt. Police want to arrest her under IPC 309. The treating psychiatrist cites a recent law. Which law and which section protect this patient?
  • A) Mental Healthcare Act 2017, Section 115 - rebuttable presumption of mental illness in suicide attempt
  • B) Mental Health Act 1987, Section 30
  • C) IPC Section 84
  • D) CrPC Section 328
Q153. A historian discovers records of a European hospital founded in 1247 that began admitting "lunatics" in 1377. The hospital became notorious for harsh conditions and its name became a synonym for chaos. Which hospital is this?
  • A) Bicetre, Paris
  • B) Salpetriere, Paris
  • C) Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam), London
  • D) York Retreat, England
Q154. A psychiatric unit wants to administer ECT to a severely depressed, catatonic patient who is unable to consent. Under MHA 2017, without anesthesia, ECT is:
  • A) Allowed in life-threatening emergencies
  • B) Absolutely prohibited in all circumstances
  • C) Allowed if two psychiatrists agree
  • D) Allowed if nominated representative consents
Q155. A patient insists that different strangers he meets are all actually the same person in disguise. This is best classified as:
  • A) Capgras syndrome
  • B) Intermetamorphosis
  • C) Fregoli syndrome
  • D) Subjective doubles syndrome
Q156. A prisoner answers all questions with approximate but clearly incorrect answers ("How much is 2+2?" - "5"). He seems to understand the questions. This is:
  • A) Malingering
  • B) Pseudodementia
  • C) Ganser syndrome (Vorbeireden)
  • D) Factitious disorder
Q157. You are presenting at a quiz and are asked: "Which experiment showed that normal people placed in the role of prison guards became abusive within days?" Your answer is:
  • A) Milgram Experiment (1963)
  • B) Stanford Prison Experiment (1971) by Philip Zimbardo
  • C) Rosenhan Experiment (1973)
  • D) Harlow's Monkey Experiment (1950s)
Q158. A patient has hypersexuality, hyperorality, docility, psychic blindness, and indiscriminate dietary behavior following herpes encephalitis. What is this syndrome and what brain structures are affected?
  • A) Wernicke-Korsakoff; mammillary bodies and thalamus
  • B) Kluver-Bucy syndrome; bilateral temporal lobes (amygdala)
  • C) Balint syndrome; bilateral parieto-occipital cortex
  • D) Frontal lobe syndrome; bilateral prefrontal cortex
Q159. A researcher in 1973 sent pseudopatients who faked hallucinations to 12 psychiatric hospitals. All were admitted; none were detected by staff. This study questioned:
  • A) Validity of psychiatric diagnoses
  • B) Safety of psychiatric hospitals
  • C) Ethics of ECT
  • D) Effectiveness of antipsychotics
Q160. A woman believes her internal organs have rotted away and she is already dead. She denies having any illnesses "because she has no organs." This nihilistic delusion is:
  • A) Capgras syndrome
  • B) Othello syndrome
  • C) Cotard syndrome (le délire de négation)
  • D) Folie à deux
Q161. A couple presents to a psychiatrist. The wife has a longstanding delusion that neighbors are spying on them; the husband, initially skeptical, now shares the same belief. After separating them, the husband's belief diminishes. This is:
  • A) Paranoid schizophrenia in both
  • B) Shared delusional disorder (Folie à deux)
  • C) Paranoid personality disorder
  • D) Delusional disorder, persecutory type, in both
Q162. At a history of psychiatry MCQ, you are asked: "Who wrote the first American psychiatric textbook?" Your answer:
  • A) Dorothea Dix
  • B) Benjamin Rush - "Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind" (1812)
  • C) Adolf Meyer
  • D) William Tuke
Q163. A patient who has been on clozapine develops fever and sore throat on day 21. His WBC is 2,800/mm³. This side effect led to clozapine being withdrawn from the market in:
  • A) 1965
  • B) 1970
  • C) 1975
  • D) 1980
Q164. Which of the following is the CORRECT statement about the Nobel Prize and psychiatry?
  • A) Freud won for psychoanalysis
  • B) Kandel won for discovery of dopamine
  • C) Wagner-Jauregg (1927) is the only psychiatrist to have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine
  • D) Moniz won for ECT
Q165. A young man presents to psychiatry OPD. On MSE, you notice he answers questions about himself using "we" and talks about being guided by cosmic forces. He has grandiose and persecutory delusions. He says he "hears" his thoughts being spoken aloud by others. According to Schneider, this last symptom is a:
  • A) Second-rank symptom
  • B) First-rank symptom - audible thoughts (Gedankenlautwerden)
  • C) Fundamental symptom (Bleuler)
  • D) Accessory symptom (Bleuler)
Q166. At a national-level quiz, you are asked to arrange the following in chronological order: (i) First use of chlorpromazine (ii) First use of lithium (iii) First use of ECT (iv) First use of insulin coma therapy. The correct sequence is:
  • A) iv, iii, ii, i
  • B) iii, iv, ii, i
  • C) iv, i, iii, ii
  • D) ii, iii, iv, i
Q167. A 28-year-old pregnant woman at 36 weeks needs ECT. Under MHA 2017, consent should be:
  • A) From husband alone
  • B) From woman herself (she has decisional capacity)
  • C) From nominated representative
  • D) From mental health review board
Q168. A researcher discovers that rats given uncontrollable shocks become passive even when escape becomes possible. They don't try to escape. This animal model maps to which human psychological concept?
  • A) Conditioning anxiety
  • B) Learned helplessness (Martin Seligman) - model for depression
  • C) Operant conditioning failure
  • D) Anhedonia
Q169. A patient with schizophrenia relapses every time his family expresses high levels of criticism and emotional over-involvement. This concept was first studied by:
  • A) Vaughn and Leff (1976), originally proposed by George Brown (1958)
  • B) Wing and Cooper
  • C) Zubin and Spring
  • D) Leff and Vaughn
Q170. A quiz master asks: "Name the WHO study that showed schizophrenia has a BETTER prognosis in developing countries like India compared to developed nations." Your answer:
  • A) Epidemiological Catchment Area (ECA) Study
  • B) International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia (IPSS, WHO, 1973)
  • C) CATIE Trial
  • D) National Comorbidity Survey

SECTION E: IMAGE-BASED QUESTIONS (171-195)

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Q171. [IMAGE: Portrait of a bearded 19th-century European physician, caption says "Father of Scientific Psychiatry"] This person most likely:
  • A) Introduced chlorpromazine
  • B) Described dementia praecox and manic-depressive insanity
  • C) Unchained psychiatric patients
  • D) Coined the term psychiatry (Answer relates to Kraepelin)
Q172. [IMAGE: Old European hospital engraving showing patients in chains being unchained by a physician, circa 1793] The physician shown is most likely at:
  • A) York Retreat, England
  • B) Bethlem Hospital, London
  • C) Bicetre Hospital, Paris
  • D) Charenton Hospital, Paris
Q173. [IMAGE: A couch in a room with low lighting; paintings on wall; a chair at the head of the couch] This represents the consulting room of:
  • A) Kraepelin's Munich clinic
  • B) Sigmund Freud's consulting room (psychoanalysis setting)
  • C) A behavior therapy room
  • D) A CBT session room
Q174. [IMAGE: Inkblot - symmetric black and white image] This is a card from:
  • A) Thematic Apperception Test
  • B) Bender Gestalt Test
  • C) Rorschach Inkblot Test
  • D) MMPI
Q175. [IMAGE: Diagram showing Id (primitive drives), Ego (reality), Superego (morality) as three overlapping regions, with Unconscious/Preconscious/Conscious levels] This represents:
  • A) Freud's topographic model only
  • B) Freud's structural model combined with topographic model
  • C) Jung's model of the psyche
  • D) Adler's Individual Psychology model
Q176. [IMAGE: Timeline showing 1952 as "Year X" - first use of a drug at a Paris hospital for psychosis] "Drug X" is:
  • A) Haloperidol
  • B) Clozapine
  • C) Chlorpromazine
  • D) Imipramine
Q177. [IMAGE: Brain diagram showing bilateral temporal lobe lesions highlighted, with behaviors: hyperphagia, hypersexuality, visual agnosia, docility] This is:
  • A) Frontal lobe syndrome
  • B) Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
  • C) Balint Syndrome
  • D) Korsakoff Syndrome
Q178. [IMAGE: Old photograph of a woman activist standing in front of a state mental hospital, 19th century USA] She is most likely:
  • A) Anna Freud
  • B) Melanie Klein
  • C) Dorothea Dix
  • D) Mary Ainsworth
Q179. [IMAGE: Diagram of a "Skinner Box" with a lever, light, and food dispenser] This is used to demonstrate:
  • A) Classical conditioning
  • B) Operant conditioning
  • C) Systematic desensitization
  • D) Social learning
Q180. [IMAGE: WHO logo with "ICD-11: MMS" - 2022] The "F" codes of mental disorders in ICD-10 have been replaced in ICD-11 with which code block?
  • A) M00-M99
  • B) 6A00-6E8Z
  • C) G00-G99
  • D) Z00-Z99
Q181. [IMAGE: Monkeys with wire and cloth surrogate mothers; infant monkey clinging to cloth surrogate despite wire surrogate having food] This study demonstrates:
  • A) Imprinting theory
  • B) Operant conditioning (food = reinforcer)
  • C) Contact comfort > food in attachment (Harlow's study)
  • D) Social learning theory
Q182. [IMAGE: Rats in a divided box; some can escape shocks by jumping over barrier, others cannot; later all given escapable shocks - non-escape group remains passive] This represents:
  • A) Classical fear conditioning
  • B) Learned helplessness (Seligman)
  • C) Punishment in operant conditioning
  • D) Extinction of conditioned response
Q183. [IMAGE: Book cover "The Interpretation of Dreams" 1900 by S. Freud] The first print run of this book was:
  • A) 100,000 copies, sold immediately
  • B) 600 copies, took 8 years to sell
  • C) 5,000 copies
  • D) 2,500 copies
Q184. [IMAGE: Certificate/medal for "Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927" going to "Julius Wagner-Jauregg"] The condition treated to win this prize was:
  • A) Schizophrenia with insulin
  • B) General Paralysis of the Insane (GPI - neurosyphilis) with malaria fever
  • C) Depression with ECT
  • D) Catatonia with barbiturates
Q185. [IMAGE: Psychiatric hospital nameplate "NIMHANS, Bangalore"] This institution is full name:
  • A) National Institute of Mental Hygiene and Neurological Sciences
  • B) National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
  • C) National Institute of Mood, Health And Neuro Sciences
  • D) National Institute of Medical Health and Neuropsychiatric Studies
Q186. [IMAGE: ECT machine with electrodes, anesthesia equipment, and recovery bed] Under MHA 2017, ECT without anesthesia is:
  • A) Prohibited
  • B) Allowed in emergencies
  • C) Allowed in children with parental consent
  • D) Allowed when patient is unconscious
Q187. [IMAGE: Old newspaper headline "650 Patients Cured by Fever Therapy at Vienna"] This refers to:
  • A) Insulin coma therapy
  • B) Malaria fever therapy for GPI (Wagner-Jauregg)
  • C) Hyperthermia for depression
  • D) Typhoid fever therapy for schizophrenia
Q188. [IMAGE: DSM book series from DSM-I to DSM-5-TR arranged chronologically] DSM-III (1980) was revolutionary because it:
  • A) First DSM to list mental disorders
  • B) Introduced the multiaxial system and operationalized diagnostic criteria
  • C) Removed the multiaxial system
  • D) Added biological tests for diagnosis
Q189. [IMAGE: Philippe Pinel's painting "Pinel Freeing the Insane" by Tony Robert-Fleury, 1876] What reform does this painting represent?
  • A) Introduction of ECT
  • B) Moral treatment - removal of chains from mental patients (Bicetre, 1793)
  • C) Discovery of chlorpromazine
  • D) Deinstitutionalization movement
Q190. [IMAGE: Pie chart showing psychiatry outpatient load in India; 60% in government hospitals, 40% private] Which organization provides national-level guidelines for psychiatry practice in India?
  • A) MCI (Medical Council of India)
  • B) IPS (Indian Psychiatric Society)
  • C) ICMR
  • D) Ministry of Health
Q191. [IMAGE: A clock showing multiple time zones and a globe; caption "International Classification 2022"] This refers to implementation of:
  • A) ICD-10
  • B) ICD-11
  • C) DSM-5-TR
  • D) WHO Mental Health Action Plan
Q192. [IMAGE: Diagram of a couch session with "Free Association" written; analyst behind patient] This psychoanalytic technique was developed because:
  • A) It is faster than hypnosis
  • B) Freud abandoned hypnosis after seeing its limitations, and used free association instead
  • C) Patients refused hypnosis
  • D) It is more ethical than hypnosis
Q193. [IMAGE: Poster showing "Born: 1856, Vienna - Died: 1939, London - Founded Psychoanalysis"] This is:
  • A) Carl Jung
  • B) Alfred Adler
  • C) Sigmund Freud
  • D) Josef Breuer
Q194. [IMAGE: A neuroscience diagram showing D2 receptor blockade by a drug molecule] The discovery that antipsychotics work by D2 blockade was made by:
  • A) Delay and Deniker (1952)
  • B) Carlsson and Lindquist (1963)
  • C) Paul Janssen (1958)
  • D) Seeman and Lee (1975)
Q195. [IMAGE: Map of India with "1947" highlighted and a group photo of men and women at a meeting] This refers to founding of:
  • A) NIMHANS
  • B) Indian Psychiatric Society
  • C) Indian Journal of Psychiatry
  • D) Indian Council of Medical Research

PREVIOUS-YEAR / NEET-PG / INI-CET STYLE QUESTIONS (196-225)

Q196. [NEET-PG Pattern] A 40-year-old man with schizophrenia believes that his neighbor has been replaced by an exact duplicate. Which type of delusion is this?
  • A) Delusion of reference
  • B) Capgras delusion (delusional misidentification)
  • C) Persecutory delusion
  • D) Cotard delusion
Q197. [NEET-PG Pattern] Which of the following correctly describes Ganser syndrome?
  • A) Believing one is dead
  • B) Giving approximate/near-miss answers (Vorbeireden)
  • C) Morbid jealousy
  • D) Parasitosis delusion
Q198. [INI-CET Pattern] True statement about Bleuler's 4 A's:
  • A) Auditory hallucinations are fundamental
  • B) The 4 A's are Affect, Ambivalence, Autism, Associations
  • C) Delusions are fundamental
  • D) First-rank symptoms are Bleuler's contribution
Q199. [NEET-PG Pattern] First antipsychotic drug introduced in psychiatry:
  • A) Haloperidol
  • B) Reserpine
  • C) Chlorpromazine
  • D) Thioridazine
Q200. [NEET-PG Pattern] The person who gave the concept of "Moral Treatment" in psychiatry:
  • A) Benjamin Rush
  • B) Emil Kraepelin
  • C) Philippe Pinel
  • D) William Tuke
Q201. [INI-CET Pattern] Suicide attempt was decriminalized in India by:
  • A) IPC amendment 2014
  • B) Mental Healthcare Act 2017, Section 115
  • C) CrPC amendment 2016
  • D) NDPS Act 2001
Q202. [NEET-PG Pattern] "Dementia praecox" was first coined by:
  • A) Kraepelin
  • B) Bleuler
  • C) Morel (as démence précoce)
  • D) Griesinger
Q203. [INI-CET Pattern] ICD-11 code for Gaming Disorder is:
  • A) F63.0
  • B) 6C51
  • C) F91.8
  • D) 6A20
Q204. [NEET-PG Pattern] Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1927 was awarded for:
  • A) Lobotomy
  • B) Malaria fever therapy for GPI
  • C) Insulin coma therapy
  • D) ECT
Q205. [INI-CET Pattern] The first SSRI (fluoxetine) was introduced in:
  • A) 1975
  • B) 1980
  • C) 1987
  • D) 1992
Q206. [NEET-PG Pattern] Milgram's experiment primarily demonstrated:
  • A) Social conformity
  • B) Obedience to authority
  • C) Aggression under stress
  • D) Bystander effect
Q207. [INI-CET Pattern] According to Mental Healthcare Act 2017, a "Nominated Representative" is:
  • A) Appointed by court
  • B) A registered psychiatric nurse
  • C) A person appointed by patient to act on their behalf
  • D) Always the next of kin
Q208. [NEET-PG Pattern] True about Rosenhan's experiment (1973):
  • A) It validated psychiatric diagnostic criteria
  • B) It showed that psychiatric staff cannot distinguish sane from insane
  • C) It proved ECT is effective
  • D) It demonstrated high sensitivity of DSM-II
Q209. [INI-CET Pattern] Which of these is NOT a Schneider First-Rank Symptom?
  • A) Thought broadcasting
  • B) Somatic passivity
  • C) Visual hallucinations
  • D) Made volition
Q210. [IPS Quiz Pattern] Match the following psychiatrists with their contributions:
  1. Philippe Pinel → ?
  2. Eugen Bleuler → ?
  3. Emil Kraepelin → ?
  4. Kurt Schneider → ?
  • A) 1-Moral Treatment; 2-Schizophrenia & 4A's; 3-Dementia Praecox/MDP; 4-FRS
  • B) 1-First antipsychotic; 2-Dementia Praecox; 3-Schizophrenia; 4-4A's
  • C) 1-Psychoanalysis; 2-Moral Treatment; 3-FRS; 4-Schizophrenia
  • D) 1-IQ testing; 2-Neurotransmitters; 3-EEG; 4-MRI
Q211. [Olympiad Style] Arrange in chronological order: Psychoanalysis introduced, Chlorpromazine used, DSM-I published, ECT introduced:
  • A) Psychoanalysis → ECT → DSM-I → Chlorpromazine
  • B) Psychoanalysis → DSM-I → ECT → Chlorpromazine
  • C) ECT → Psychoanalysis → Chlorpromazine → DSM-I
  • D) DSM-I → Psychoanalysis → ECT → Chlorpromazine
Q212. [IPS Olympiad] The only Nobel Prize winner who was a PSYCHIATRIST (not neuroscientist) won for:
  • A) Lobotomy (Moniz, 1949) - Moniz was a neurologist
  • B) Malaria fever therapy - Wagner-Jauregg (1927) - psychiatrist
  • C) Memory research - Eric Kandel (2000) - psychiatrist/neuroscientist
  • D) MRI development - Lauterbur (2003)
Q213. [INI-CET Style] A patient brought to casualty says "I am already dead, my heart has stopped, I have no brain." This is:
  • A) Grandiose delusion
  • B) Capgras syndrome
  • C) Cotard syndrome
  • D) Nihilistic personality
Q214. [NEET-PG] The World Health Organization's headquarters for mental health is in:
  • A) New York
  • B) Geneva
  • C) London
  • D) Paris
Q215. [INI-CET] Gender incongruence in ICD-11 is classified under:
  • A) Mental and behavioral disorders (Chapter 6)
  • B) Conditions related to sexual health (Chapter 17)
  • C) Endocrine disorders (Chapter 5)
  • D) Neurological conditions (Chapter 8)
Q216. [NEET-PG] Operant conditioning was proposed by:
  • A) Ivan Pavlov
  • B) John Watson
  • C) B.F. Skinner
  • D) Albert Bandura
Q217. [IPS Quiz] The Indian equivalent of "asylum reform" pioneer most comparable to Pinel is:
  • A) L.P. Varma
  • B) Vidya Sagar (family involvement, Amritsar)
  • C) N.S. Vahia
  • D) M.V. Govindaswamy
Q218. [NEET-PG Pattern] In mental health history, "boarding out" refers to:
  • A) Placing mental patients in hotels
  • B) Community placement of patients with families outside asylums
  • C) Boarding schools for mentally ill children
  • D) Treatment in general hospitals
Q219. [INI-CET] Complex PTSD was added to which classification system?
  • A) DSM-5 only
  • B) ICD-11 (as a new category)
  • C) DSM-5-TR
  • D) ICD-10 revision
Q220. [Olympiad] "Erklären vs Verstehen" (Explaining vs Understanding) is a methodological distinction from:
  • A) Emil Kraepelin
  • B) Karl Jaspers
  • C) Eugen Bleuler
  • D) Wilhelm Griesinger
Q221. [IPS Quiz] DSM-5 was published by:
  • A) WHO
  • B) American Psychological Association
  • C) American Psychiatric Association
  • D) National Institute of Mental Health
Q222. [NEET-PG] "Collective unconscious" contains:
  • A) Repressed childhood memories
  • B) Sexual drives
  • C) Universal inherited archetypes (Jung)
  • D) Ego defense mechanisms
Q223. [INI-CET] Biopsychosocial model was proposed by:
  • A) Adolf Meyer (1917)
  • B) George Engel (1977)
  • C) Freud (1923)
  • D) Thomas Szasz (1960)
Q224. [Olympiad] The NIMH's RDoC (Research Domain Criteria) framework was introduced in:
  • A) 1990
  • B) 2000
  • C) 2010
  • D) 2020
Q225. [IPS National Level] Jaspers stated that true delusions are:
  • A) Always false beliefs
  • B) "Un-understandable" from the patient's personality and circumstances (not derivable by empathy)
  • C) Always accompanied by hallucinations
  • D) Always mood-congruent

ONE-PAGE RAPID REVISION SHEET - HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY

ERAS: Ancient (humoral) → Reform (Pinel 1793) → Scientific (Kraepelin 1896) → 
      Psychoanalytic (Freud 1900) → Biological (Chlorpromazine 1952) → 
      Community (Kennedy 1963) → Modern (DSM-5 2013, ICD-11 2022)

KEY PEOPLE:
• Pinel (1793) = Unchained patients, Bicetre, Moral Treatment
• Kraepelin (1896/99) = Dementia Praecox vs MDP, prognosis-based
• Bleuler (1911) = Coined Schizophrenia, 4 A's, coined Autism
• Schneider = FRS (11 symptoms)
• Freud = Psychoanalysis, Id/Ego/Superego, Unconscious
• Jung = Collective Unconscious, Archetypes, Introvert/Extrovert
• Adler = Inferiority Complex
• Delay/Deniker (1952) = First use of Chlorpromazine
• John Cade (1949) = Lithium
• Roland Kuhn (1958) = Imipramine (first TCA)
• Paul Janssen (1958) = Haloperidol
• Leo Sternbach = Chlordiazepoxide (first BZD)

DRUGS (chronology):
Insulin coma (Sakel, 1927) → Lobotomy (Moniz, 1935) → ECT (Cerletti+Bini, 1938) → 
Lithium (Cade, 1949) → Chlorpromazine (1952) → Haloperidol (1958) → 
Imipramine (1958) → BZD (1960) → Fluoxetine (1987) → Clozapine re-intro (1990)

DSM: I(1952) → II(1968) → III(1980)★ → IIIR → IV(1994) → IVR → 5(2013) → 5-TR(2022)
ICD: ICD-6(1948, first mental) → ICD-10(1992) → ICD-11(2022★)

EPONYMS: Capgras=impostor, Cotard=dead, Fregoli=same person, Ganser=approx answers, 
         Ekbom=parasitosis, Othello=jealousy, Kluver-Bucy=bilateral temporal

LAWS: India: Lunacy(1858) → Indian Lunacy(1912) → MHA(1987) → MHCA(2017★)
      MHCA 2017: Suicide decriminalized(S.115), ECT without anesthesia BANNED

NOBEL: Wagner-Jauregg (1927) = ONLY psychiatrist = malaria for GPI
       Moniz (1949) = lobotomy (neurologist)
       Kandel (2000) = Aplysia/memory

IPS = 1947 | NIMHANS = Bangalore

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