What percentage of male prisoners are estimated to have antisocial personality disorder?

47%
95%
88%
36%
75%

What percentage of prisoners in England and Wales aged 60 and over are estimated to have a diagnosis of personality disorder?

90%
20%
30%
10%
50%

According to data from England and Wales, what percent of female’s report being a victim of the most serious offences of rape
or sexual assault by penetration in the previous 12 months?

10%
0.01%
0.5%
5%
2%

According to data from England and Wales, approximately what percent of male’s report being a victim of the most serious
offences of rape or sexual assault by penetration in the previous 12 months?

2%
0.01%
0.5%
0.1%
0.001%

What is the estimated prevalence of functional psychosis in male remand prisoners in England and Wales?

1%
3%
17%
5%
10%

What percentage of female prisoners in England and Wales are estimated to have borderline personality disorder?
40%
20%
85%
5%
70%
According to English and Welsh law, at what age does a person become responsible for their actions and therefore liable to
prosecution?
12
10
14
16
11

Approximately what percentage of male prisoners meet diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder?

50%
30%
10%
1%
70%
What percentage of offenders are responsible for 50% of all reported crimes?

1%
10%
15%
25%
5%
According to UK data from 1998 to 2006, what percentage of restricted patients were re-convicted within 2 years of being
moved into the community?

7%
0.4%
15%
2%
1.7%
What percentage of homicides in the UK are committed by people with a history of schizophrenia?

1%
20%
40%
6%
10%

What percentage of homicides in the UK are committed by people with a life time history of 'mental disorder'?

15%
30%
5%
60%
10%
Approximately what percentage of people with schizophrenia who commit homicide had contact with mental health services
prior to the offence?

30%
10%
55%
75%
5%
According to national confidential inquiry data, which one of the following is most accurate?

60% of those with schizophrenia convicted of homicide killed a stranger

1 in 5 people convicted of homicide had schizophrenia
30% of those with schizophrenia convicted of homicide had never had contact with psychiatric services
50% of those with schizophrenia convicted of homicide were male
The prevalence of schizophrenia among the perpetrators convicted of homicide was lower than the

What percentage homicides in England and Wales are committed by people with a diagnosis of personality disorder?

2%
90%
9%
55%
14%

According to recent figures, what percentage of people convicted of homicide in England and Wales were considered to have an
abnormal mental state at the time of the offence?

10%

What fraction of violent crimes is committed by people with severe mental illness?
 1 in 20

Which of the following is not an item in the Rapid Risk Assessment for Sex Offence Recidivism (RRASOR)?

Gender of victim
Relationship of offender to victim
Age of the offender
PCL-R
The number of past sex offence convictions or charges

Pathological intoxication = mania a potu

Guilty mind = mens rea
Guilty act = actus reas

Which of the following is a tool involving both a self-reported component and a semi-structured interview used to screen for
personality disorders?

IPDS
IPDE
FFMRF
SAPAS
PDQ-R
Which of the following is a recognised tool used to predict sexual offence recidivism?

PCL-R
BHS
HCR-20
RRASOR
VRAG

Which of the following tools is most useful for predicting violence?

RRASOR
SVR-20
SORAG
SACJ
VRAG
What is the risk of schizophrenia in a child if both parents have schizophrenia?
30-40%
20-30%
50-60%
40-50%
10-20%

What percentage of patients with restless leg syndrome can present with periodic limb movements during sleep?
10-20%
80-90%
1-2%
30-40%
50-70%

Monozygotic concordance rate in anorexia is estimated to be around

5%
35%
55%
20%
15%

What is the risk of her relapse post-partum with history of BPAD?

30%
50%
4%
10%
20%

A patient is hospitalised for the treatment of major depressive disorder. What is the chance for development of subsequent
episodes of hypomania/mania?
2-4%
40-50%
1-2%
7-12%
15-20%

The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is

2-3%
1-2%
5-10%
10-15%
4-5%

What is the lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia for a child born to a patient with schizophrenia, if the other parent is
healthy?
5%
9%
46%
13%
10%

The risk of suicide one year after an act of self-harm is

1%
5.3%
3.5%
3%
0.2%

The proportion of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia that experience recurrent relapse and continued disability is
About 5%
About 20%
About 50%
About 90%
About 75%

About 90% of children are dry at night by the age of

8 years
4 years
5 years
3 years
2 years

The prevalence of ADHD in the UK is

2-5%
0.5-1%
1 -2%
10-15%
5-10%

What percentage of patients with autism has mental retardation?

70%
10-15%
5%
40-50%
20-40%

The ratio of prevalence of ADHD in males to females is

3 to 1
2 to 1
4 to 1
1 to 1
1 to 2

What is the average age of onset of schizophrenia?

35
30
15
25
20

The prevalence of suicidal ideations in the past year for adolescent cohort in Britain is
15%
3%
10%
5%
25%

The overall prevalence of psychiatric problems in adolescence is

10-15%
1-5%
16-20%
3-8%
50-60%

Reactive attachment disorder is generally diagnosed before the age of

10
2
5
3
12

Pica typically occurs during

3-6 months of age
6-12 months of age
2-3 years of age
5-6 years of age
8-10 years of age

The commonest age of presentation for school refusal is

5 years
8 years
11 years
3 years
14 years

The prevalence of ADHD among girls between the ages of 5-15 according to DSM-4 criteria is
2-3%
8-10%
12-15%
0-1%
5-6%

What proportion of adolescents admits to having had suicidal ideas in the UK in the past year?
25%
1%
10%
15%
5%

The percentage of reading difficulties in children in Britain is estimated to be around

1%
0.05%
0.2%
25%
5%

The rate of self-harm in teenagers who identify with Goth culture is around
90%
1%
50%
7%
15%

The male to female ratio for conduct disorder is

1 to 4
2 to 1
3 to 1
10 to 1
4 to 1

Enuresis is defined as voluntary or involuntary voiding of urine usually at night, for a child of age
10 years or older
5 years or older
7 years or older
2 years or older
3 Years or older

Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is defined as developmentally inappropriate and excessive anxiety concerning separation from
home or from those to whom the individual is attached. This condition occurs in about
0.5% of children
7.5 % of children
1.5 % of children
10% of children
3.5% of children

According to DSM 5 criteria, the core symptoms of ADHD must have their onset
Before 9 years of age
Before 7 years of age
Before 12 years of age
Before 3 years of age
Before 18 years of age

What is the chance of a 12-year-old boy with conduct disorder developing antisocial personality disorder?
50%
10%
20%
40%
0.7%

In early-onset variant of schizophrenia, the age of onset of symptoms is before

21
12
18
15
16

Heller's syndrome is characterised by normal development until

2 years of age
5 years of age
3 years of age
8 years of age
4 years of age
The onset of autistic spectrum disorder occurs generally before the age of
Two
Four
Five
Three
Eight

In early childhood, depression will manifest as clingy behaviour, school refusal and exaggerated fears. The percentage of
adolescents up to 19 years of age who will have experienced a diagnosable episode of depression in the Europe is
3%
40%
20%
1%
5%

The onset of oppositional defiant disorder is generally between the ages

5 and 10 years
12 and 15 years
3 and 8 years
10 and 15 years
2 and 5 years

According to DSM criteria, ADHD is present in what percentage of children?

3-5%
1-2%
7-10%
0.25
10-15%

What proportion of 15 to 16-year-old adolescents admit to incidents of deliberate self-harm in the UK?
14.9%
8.9%
22.9%
12.9%
6.9%

Male:Female ratio
Bulimia nervosa – 1:10,
Asperger's syndrome – 9:1,
ADHD in community surveys – 3:1,
Pre-pubertal depression – 1:1,
Tourette's syndrome – 3:1
Anorexia nervosa – 1:10,
Major depression – 1:2,
Generalized anxiety disorder – 1:2,
Bipolar disorder type 1 – 1:1,
Agoraphobia – 1:3

What is the proportion of individuals with epilepsy that commit suicide?

30%
50%
20%
10%
40%

Estimate of lifetime suicide prevalence in schizophrenia patients observed either from first admission or illness onset is
6%
10%
15%
2%
0.8%
According to the survey of psychiatric morbidities among adults living in private households, the lifetime prevalence of
deliberate self-harm in patients with a possible psychotic disorder is
0.25
0.15
0.35
0.05
0.45

What is the risk of suicide in a patient with schizophrenia (expressed in percentage)?

1
10
6
3
20

The prevalence of suicidal ideations in the past year among school-going adolescent in Britain is
25%
3%
15%
5%
10%

What is the risk of suicide in the next year for a patient who has deliberately self-harmed today?
1 in 1000
1 in 10
1 in 100
1 in 10000
1 in 100 000

What percentage of people that die by suicide have recognizable psychiatric disorders at the time of death?
70%
10%
90%
50%
30%

What is the percentage of elderly patients with cognitive impairment that present with sexual disinhibition?
40-50%
2-5%
1-2%
10-19%
6-10%

The number of people who attend their primary care physician (GP) in the week preceding their suicide is
1 in 10
3 in 5
2 in 5
4 in 5
1 in 5

In England, the proportion of preventable suicides from a mental healthcare perspective is

1 in 9
1 in 10
1 in 7
1 in 2
1 in 4

Of all causes contributing to global mortality, suicide is responsible for

25-30%
10-12%
1-2%
0.01%
15-20%

With regard to surveys in those with suicidal ideas, the proportion of those who progress from having mere suicidal ideas to
plans or attempts within one year is
10%
20%
30%
40%
60%

What is the chance of 40-year-old mother giving birth to a child with Down syndrome?
Select one:
1 in 100
1 in 200
1 in 25
1 in 350
1 in 50

Mr Jenkins has features of mild cognitive impairment. His daughter is anxious to know what the year-on-year chances are of this
progressing to Alzheimer's dementia.
9.6%
1.6%
4.6%
45.6%
80.6%

What is the risk of depression in a cardiac patient with congestive heart failure compared to the general population?
3:1
1:8
5:1
1:7
1:5

The mean age of onset of chronic fatigue syndrome is between

29-35 years
15-25 years
21-26 years
46-55 years
36-45 years

The ratio of prevalence of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in males compared to females is

3:1
2:1
1:1
1:6
1:3

The prevalence of comorbid depression in those with coronary heart disease is

20%
2%
50%
40%
5%

What percentage of women with postpartum psychosis will go on to develop schizophrenia later in their lifetime?
36%
46%
6%
16%
26%
What is the case fatality rate in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis?
70%
30%
10%
20%
50%

“Baby blues” are reported in what proportion of new mothers?

1 in 10
3 in 8
1 in 5
3 in 4
2 in 5

What percentage of patients will die by completed suicide in the 12 months after an initial parasuicidal act?
0.02
0.15
0.05
0.1
0.01

The peak incidence of head injury is between the ages of

Select one:
25-34 Years
54-65 Years
45-54 Years
15-24 Years
35-44 Years

The male: female ratio of hypothyroidism is

2:3
1:15
1:6
1:3
1:4

The frequency of depressive symptoms in epilepsy is

1-2%
0.75
30-50%
0.2
3-7%

Post-traumatic epilepsy is seen in what proportion of patients with open head injury?
30%
1%
50%
10%
5%

What is the lifetime prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis?
4-5%
1-2%
0.25
12-15%
40-50%

What is the lifetime risk of suicide in Huntington's disease?

0.05
20-25%
0.01
10-15%
0.02
What percentage of elderly patients with delirium will go on to develop dementia?
40-50%
25-40%
10-25%
5%
1-2%

The prevalence of dementia in the general population older than 65 years of age is approximately
10%
5%
2-4%
15-20%
1-2%

In old age, what percentage of patients visit their General Practitioner a week before suicide?
20%
50%
1%
5%
10%

The risk of vascular events in the elderly increases with use of atypical antipsychotics by a factor of
2
3
10
5
7

The prevalence of paraphrenia in elderly above the age of 65 is

1-2%
5-10%
0.02-0.05%
10-15%
15-20%

The prevalence of clinical depression in community samples over age 65 is

5 to 10%
20 to 25%
15 to 20%
1 to 2%
10 to 15%

In the population aged over 65 the overall prevalence of clinically significant depression is estimated at
2%
4-5%
20-25%
10-15%
1%

The proportion of patients with dementia in whom the condition is attributable to vascular causes is given by
1-2%
5-10%
20-30%
50-60%
40-50%

The estimated proportion of acute confusional states that develop during hospitalisation that are considered preventable is
given by
10-15%
30-40%
1-5%
5-10%
20-25%

The 10-year probability of conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to dementia is

30-40%
0.03-0.06%
1-2%
45-55%
60-70%

A 75-year-old gentleman has been diagnosed with amnestic-MCI (Mild cognitive impairment). What is the likelihood of him
developing Alzheimer's dementia in a year's time?
5-15%
16-25%
26-35%
36-45%
46-55%

What is the average life expectancy of patients diagnosed with Lewy body dementia?
15 years
6 years
1 year
2 years
3 years

Among elderly patients admitted to an intensive care unit, the prevalence of delirium is around
1-2%
40-50%
70-80%
15-25%
4-6%

What is the chance of having a baby with congenital malformation if lithium is continued through the first trimester?
1 in 10
1 in 1000
1 in 2
1 in 100
1 in 5

The rate of depression during pregnancy is

30%
20%
10%
25%
5%

A 35-year-old woman has a history of depression, currently euthymic in mood. She is now six weeks pregnant. If she stops
medication now, what is the possibility of risk of relapse?
No risk of relapse
2 times
10 times
3 times
5 times

If a patient continues to take Sodium Valproate throughout her pregnancy what is the risk of the baby having any birth defect?
1 in 1000
1 in 10
1 in 10000
1 in 100 000
1 in 100

If a patient continues to take Sodium Valproate throughout her pregnancy what is the risk of the baby having neural tube
defect?
1 in 10
1 in 1000
1 in 10 000
1 in 100 000
1 in 100

What percentage of women in reproductive age is affected by severe premenstrual syndrome?

25-30%
1-2%
15-20%
8-15%
3-8%

What is the relative risk of developing Ebstein's anomaly for a child when the mother is on lithium throughout her pregnancy?
3.5
2.5
5.5
7.4
9.5

What percentage of new mothers develop postpartum depression?

25-30%
65-70%
45-50%
1-2%
10-15%

The prevalence of postpartum blues is reported to be as high as around

20% of all pregnancies
10% of all pregnancies
90% of all pregnancies
2% of all pregnancies
50% of all pregnancies

What proportion of women with history of depression relapse when they discontinue antidepressants during pregnancy?
90%
43%
68%
10%
25%
What is the relapse rate of depression in those who had a past history of depression when they are pregnant?
15%
50%
7%
1%
25%

What is the risk of developing spina bifida in the children of women treated with carbamazepine during pregnancy?
1-2%
0.5-1%
0.2
0.1
2-5%

The absolute spontaneous risk of developing Ebstein's anomaly is

1 in 20000
1 in 1000
1 in 100000
1 in 2000
1 in 10000