Friday, April 3, 2009

USMLE Step 2 Question of the day

One month after her mother’s death from heart failure, a 25-yearold woman with no prior psychiatric history is still very sad and tearful. She has difficulty concentrating and falling asleep at night and she has lost 3 lb. The most likely diagnosis is ?

1. Major depression
2. Dysthymia
3. Posttraumatic stress disorder
4. Adjustment disorder
5. Uncomplicated bereavement

5 comments:

Praju said...

5. Uncomplicated bereavement..

Should be normal .. but i m confused about the one month duration..

should normal bereavement be over by a month?

dr.farah said...

post traumatic stress disorder

dr.farah said...

post traumatic stress disorder

Unknown said...

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Dr. anurag dixit said...

lossing weight and insomnia after 1 month is not a feature that is normal Uncomplicated bereavement..
ans is major depression