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 describes personality-disorder traits?

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The answer and the reasoning

B. Enduring maladaptive patterns

Personality disorders involve enduring, inflexible patterns of inner experience and behavior that deviate from cultural expectations and cause impairment or distress.

Option by option

  • A. Single panic attack

    One panic attack does not define personality disorder.

  • B. Enduring maladaptive patterns (correct)

    Correct: personality pathology is enduring and maladaptive.

  • C. Brief febrile illness

    Febrile illness is acute medical disease.

  • D. Transient medication effect

    Transient drug effect is not an enduring trait pattern.

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What is the answer to this Psychiatry question?

The best answer is B, Enduring maladaptive patterns. Personality disorders involve enduring, inflexible patterns of inner experience and behavior that deviate from cultural expectations and cause impairment or distress.

Why is "Single panic attack" not the answer?

One panic attack does not define personality disorder.

Why is "Brief febrile illness" not the answer?

Febrile illness is acute medical disease.

Why is "Transient medication effect" not the answer?

Transient drug effect is not an enduring trait pattern.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Personality disorders in Psychiatry. The correct option holds because: Correct: personality pathology is enduring and maladaptive.

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.