Mood disorders: mania: 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 · Mood disorders: mania

Sample item

A patient has elevated mood, grandiosity, reduced need for sleep and risky spending for 10 days with marked functional impairment. What is the most likely episode?

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The answer and the reasoning

C. Manic episode

Mania lasts at least one week or requires admission and causes marked impairment, psychosis, or dangerous behaviour. Hypomania has similar symptoms but no marked impairment.

Option by option

  • A. Cyclothymic disorder

    Cyclothymia involves chronic fluctuating subthreshold symptoms.

  • B. Hypomanic episode

    Hypomania does not cause marked impairment or require hospitalisation.

  • C. Manic episode (correct)

    Correct. Duration plus severe functional disruption meets mania criteria.

  • D. Major depressive episode

    Depression requires low mood or anhedonia rather than elevated mood.

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What is the answer to this Psychiatry question?

The best answer is C, Manic episode. Mania lasts at least one week or requires admission and causes marked impairment, psychosis, or dangerous behaviour.

Why is "Cyclothymic disorder" not the answer?

Cyclothymia involves chronic fluctuating subthreshold symptoms.

Why is "Hypomanic episode" not the answer?

Hypomania does not cause marked impairment or require hospitalisation.

Why is "Major depressive episode" not the answer?

Depression requires low mood or anhedonia rather than elevated mood.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Mood disorders: mania in Psychiatry. Hypomania has similar symptoms but no marked impairment.

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 Mood disorders: mania?

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.