Quizzes

Agree or disagree: Physicians who have a need to make a public statement should not do so using social media. Take the poll and see how your colleagues voted.

What's your first impression of this Rorschach-type image? Is there a place for Rorschach measures in assessing psychotic functioning?

Many psychotherapies attempt to enhance patients’ problem-solving capacities, interpretation of images, and regulation of affective states. What areas in the brain play a role in these functions?

What medications are FDA approved for alcohol dependence? Take the quiz and learn more.

After thorough examination and history-taking, bipolar II disorder was suspected in a 19-year-old college student. What psychiatric screening tools might be used to further confirm the diagnosis for this patient?

Take our quiz to test your diagnostic skills on intellectual disability (intellectual development disorder), a subcategory of neurodevelopmental disorders in DSM-5.

What is the natural course of bipolar disorder in pediatric cases? Take the quiz and learn more.

What percentage of patients with schizophrenia have a comorbid cannabis use disorder? Take the quiz and learn more.

Why is it important to exercise caution in the treatment of bipolar depression, especially in young women? Take the quiz and learn more.

Approximately what percentage of adults have made a serious suicide attempt?

How prevalent is schizophrenia? Take the quiz and learn more.

For patients with hepatic disease, benzodiazepines that are conjugated and renally cleared (eg, lorazepam) should be used instead of those metabolized by the liver. Take the quiz and learn more.

Will psychiatrists be better able to play a role in improving health outcomes in obese patients? Weigh in here.

What may be a way to increase the effectiveness of right unilateral electrode placement without increasing cognitive adverse effects?

Which of the following complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies may have beneficial effects on symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD)?

Periprocedural advancements, including liberalization of concomitant and pre-treatment medications, add to the comfort and tolerability of ECT.

Major depression is a common chronic illness within the general US population. What is the approximate prevalence for MDD in the US population?

Psychosis can arise from a general medical condition, including endocrine diseases, metabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases, infections, narcolepsy, seizures, space-occupying lesions, strokes, head injury, and more.

Disparate means of accessing marijuana complicates the evaluation of the quality, purity, and potency of cannabis.

There is promising evidence that some complementary and alternative medicine therapies can alleviate ADHD symptoms. These may include herbals such as Bacopa and Pycnogenol, as well as supplements such as zinc.

Can you name an important part of good sleep hygiene? The use of which short-acting sedative-hypnotics to treat sleep disturbances in patients is associated with Alzheimer disease? These questions and more.

Comorbid obesity and bipolar disorder together affect the executive functioning of patients.

Dr Roger McIntyre answers a reader's question. How would you answer? Take the quiz.

A history of trauma is most uniquely related to which psychiatric disorder? Which medical comorbidities are associated with an increased risk of suicide in older adults? These questions and more.

What is associated with increased suicidal risk in soldiers? In what group is the incidence of postpartum depression highest? These questions and more in this quiz.

What is your experience with patients who may decide to quit multiple substances simultaneously? Is it overambitious?

Which tool is helpful in screening for sexual addiction? Is the symptom severity in women treated for substance abuse generally equivalent to that of males? Structural abnormalities in which brain areas have been associated with substance abuse? These questions and more in this quiz.

Which neuroimaging technologies uses the motion of water molecules to investigate the microstructure and organization of white matter tracts in the brain? Which pharmacogenetic approaches might be used as a predictor of antipsychotic drug response? These questions and more in this quiz.

What were the key findings in the BALANCE study of bipolar 1 disorder? This and more in this quiz.

Is violent behavior a proxy indicator for the relationship between severity of substance abuse and suicide risk? What has the strongest influence in promoting doubt about a delusion in a patient with schizophrenia? These questions and more.