Psychiatric Assessment and Mental Status Examination
- Previous year questions on Psychiatric Assessment and Mental Status Examination for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Psychiatry section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 4 live questions in Psychiatric Assessment and Mental Status Examination.
- Psychiatry is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 19 Aug 2026.
Q1.Mini mental scale in Psychiatry Interview is
- A20 point cognitive test
- BPsychiatric assessment
- CDose routinely in psychiatric interview
- D30 point cognitive test✓ Correct answer
Q2.Maximum score that can be obtained in MMSE is
- A13
- B30✓ Correct answer
- C47
- D55
Q3.The recollection of events which happened one week before is
- AWorking memory
- BRecent memory✓ Correct answer
- CDelayed memory
- DRemote memory
Q4.What is the code given to psychiatric diseases in ICD 10
- AE
- BF✓ Correct answer
- CP
- DG
Answer key
Q1: D. 30 point cognitive test; Q2: B. 30; Q3: B. Recent memory; Q4: B. F.
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- Personality Theory and Defense Mechanisms
- Psychiatric Signs and Symptoms
- Psychiatric Treatment: Drugs, Psychotherapy and ECT
- Psychiatric Manifestations of Medical Illness
- Schizophrenia
- Delusional and Brief Psychotic Disorders
- Delirium
- Dementia
- Amnestic Syndromes and Related Cognitive Disorders
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder and Mania
- Alcohol Use Disorder and Withdrawal
- Opioid, Cannabis and Other Drug Use Disorders
- Panic, Phobic and Generalised Anxiety Disorders
- OCD and Related Disorders
- PTSD and Adjustment Disorders
- Personality Disorder Clusters
- Somatic Symptom Disorders
- Factitious Disorder, Malingering and Criminal Behaviour
- Dissociation and Conversion Disorders
- Sleep-Wake Disorders
- Anorexia, Bulimia and Other Eating Disorders
- Disorders of Impulse Control
- Suicide and Psychiatric Emergency Care
- Sexual Response and Sexual Dysfunction
- Paraphilias, Gender Identity and Sexual Abuse
- Intellectual Disability and Learning Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ADHD and Disruptive Behaviour Disorders
- Tic Disorders and Motor Neurodevelopmental Conditions
- Elimination Disorders: Enuresis and Encopresis
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