Personality disorders: practice question

A Psychiatry question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Psychiatry · Personality disorders

Sample item

What is a principle of managing personality disorder?

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The answer and the reasoning

C. Maintain clear consistent boundaries

Clear, consistent, respectful boundaries support a stable therapeutic relationship and reduce the risk of splitting, confusion, and unplanned crisis responses.

Option by option

  • A. Ignore risk assessment

    Risk assessment remains essential in all mental-health care.

  • B. Promise unlimited availability

    Unlimited availability creates unsafe and unsustainable expectations.

  • C. Maintain clear consistent boundaries (correct)

    Correct: consistent boundaries support safe therapeutic work.

  • D. Use coercion without basis

    Coercion requires legal and clinical justification, not routine use.

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What is the answer to this Psychiatry question?

The best answer is C, Maintain clear consistent boundaries. Clear, consistent, respectful boundaries support a stable therapeutic relationship and reduce the risk of splitting, confusion, and unplanned crisis responses.

Why is "Ignore risk assessment" not the answer?

Risk assessment remains essential in all mental-health care.

Why is "Promise unlimited availability" not the answer?

Unlimited availability creates unsafe and unsustainable expectations.

Why is "Use coercion without basis" not the answer?

Coercion requires legal and clinical justification, not routine use.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Personality disorders in Psychiatry. The correct option holds because: Correct: consistent boundaries support safe therapeutic work.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Personality disorders?

Learn each diagnosis by its core features and its first-line treatment. Then use the flashcards and the other Psychiatry questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.