Sexual Disorders and Sexual Abuse is part of the Sexuality section of Psychiatry. Practise 13 exam-style MCQs for NEET PG, FMGE, INI-CET and NEET SS, each with the correct answer and a detailed explanation.
Sexual Disorders and Sexual Abuse MCQs move from Freud's psychosexual stages through dual-role transvestism and gender identity to the forensic side — date-rape drugs and the amnesia that can follow abuse — high-yield NEET PG psychiatry.
Sample Sexual Disorders and Sexual Abuse MCQs with answers
Sample MCQ #1
Under hypnosis or during psychotherapy, a patient may recover a memory of a painful experience or conflict-particularly of sexual or physical abuse, that is etiologically significant. This is known as:
AFalse memory syndrome
BRecovered memory syndrome
CNarcoanalysis
DAll of the above
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Recovered memory syndrome
Under hypnosis or during psychotherapy , a patient may recover a memory of a painful experience or conflict-particularly of sexual or physical abuse - that is etiologically significant. When the repressed material is brought back to consciousness, the person not only may recall the experience but may relive it, accompanied by the appropriate affective response (a process called abreaction). If the event recalled never really happened but the person believes it to be true and reacts accordingly, it is known as false memory syndrome. (Option A) Reference: Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, 11th edition, Chapter 12, Dissociative disorders, Page number 463.
Sample MCQ #2
A 35-year-old businessman enjoys dressing up in his wife's clothes. He says he does so to experience what it feels like to be a woman and it does not cause him sexual arousal. He has no desire to be a woman and he is very much comfortable with his genital organs. What is the correct term to describe his behavior?
ATranssexualism
BDual-role transvestism
CFetishism
DFetishistic transvestism
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Dual-role transvestism
Dual-role transvestism: Patient wears the dress of opposite sex to enjoy the temporary feeling of belonging to other sex. Unlike trans sexualism, there is no desire of permanent sex change. There is no sexual arousal associated with cross dressing. Reference: Kaplan and Saddocks Synopsis of Psychiaitry, 11th Edition, Chapter 17, Page No.: 597
Sample MCQ #3
According to Freud, during psychosexual development a boy focuses his love on his mother. This can reach a stage where a boy becomes jealous of his father and wants to kill him. However, he cannot do this for fear of castration and so represses these urges as he moves to the next stage of development. Which of the following describes the boy's psychosocial development?
AAnal phase
BGenital phase
CLatency phase
DOedipus complex
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Oedipus complex
According to Freud there are five stages of psychosexual development. The approximate age range of the stages is characterised by: Oral phase : 1 year of fixation on mouth and lips – relation to sucking, biting and mouthing. Anal phase : 1–3 years of fixation on anal cavity – relation to toilet training. Phallic phase : 3–5/6 years of fixation and sensitivity to genitals. The Oedipus complex occurs only in this stage. Latency phase : 5/6 years of puberty – sexual preoccupations of earlier years repressed. Genital phase : puberty/maturity – new demands and sexual desires. This was described by Freud and occurs during the phallic stage of psychosexual development . The Oedipus complex derives its name from a classical Greek tragedy about Oedipus Rex who killed his father. Reference: Synopsis of Psychiatry, eleventh edition, chapter 4, page no. 157
Sample MCQ #4
An 8-month-old girl enjoyed picking up toys and bringing them to her mouth. She was often seen sucking them. What phase of Freud's psychosexual development is she going through?
AAnal phase
BGenital phase
CLatency phase
DOral phase
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Oral phase
According to Freud there are five stages of psychosexual development. The approximate age range of the stages is characterised by: Oral phase : 1 year of fixation on mouth and lips – relation to sucking, biting and mouthing. Anal phase : 1–3 years of fixation on anal cavity – relation to toilet training. Phallic phase : 3–5/6 years of fixation and sensitivity to genitals. The Oedipus complex occurs only in this stage. Latency phase : 5/6 years of puberty – sexual preoccupations of earlier years repressed. Genital phase : puberty/maturity – new demands and sexual desires. Reference: Synopsis of Psychiatry, eleventh edition, chapter 4, page no. 157
Sample MCQ #5
Drug-facilitated rape is a type of acquaintance sexual assault done by allegedly placing some drugs in the beverage of the victim surreptitiously. The sexual encounter is not remembered by the victim due to anterograde amnesia. Which drug out of the following is a 'date rape drug':
ANitrate inhalers
BCocaine
CRohypnol
DHeroin
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Rohypnol
Gamma-Hydroxy-Butyrate, ketamine, and Rohypnol (Flunitrazepam) have been called 'date rape drugs' because they produce disorienting and sedating effects and often users cannot recall what occurred during all or part of an episode under the influence of the drug. Hence, it is alleged that these drugs might be surreptitiously placed in a beverage or a person might be convinced to take the drug and then not recall clearly what occurred after ingestion. Reference: Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, 11 th edition, Chapter number 20.9, Stimulant-related disorders, Page number 679.
Sample MCQ #6
Some children who have undergone physical or sexual abuse are unable to recall specific painful memories related to the abuse. They either repress/supress such painful memories. This kind of psychogenic amnesia is known as _____________.
ACatathymic amnesia
BMotivated Forgetting
CAbreaction
DBoth A and B
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Both A and B
Catathymic amnesia is the inability to recall specific painful memories , and is believed to occur due to the defence mechanism of repression However, it is unclear whether the repression is driven by a conscious motivation to forget, i.e., suppression, or whether it is unconscious, i.e., primary repression Under hypnosis or during psychotherapy , a patient may recover a memory of a painful experience or conflict-particularly of sexual or physical abuse-that is etiologically significant When the repressed material is brought back to consciousness, the person not only may recall the experience but may relive it , accompanied by the appropriate affective response This process is called abreaction Reference: Fish’s Clinical Psychopathology, third edition, Chapter 5 Disorders of Memory, Page no. 65
Sample MCQ #7
Which of the following is not a predictor of suicide?
ACocaine abuse
BEarlier suicidal attempt
CLow level of 5HIAA
DAdolescent age
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Adolescent age
Adolescent age is not a predictor of suicide. Reference: Kaplan and Saddocks Synopsis of Psychiaitry, 11th Edition, Chapter 23, Page No.: 768
Sample MCQ #8
A homosexual person feels that he is a woman trapped in man's body and has persistent discomfort with his sex. Most likely diagnosis is:
AVoyeurism
BTransvestism
CTrans-sexualism
DParaphilias
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Trans-sexualism
Person suffering from Trans-sexualism is not happy with his genital organs and always insist for sex change and to be treated like opposite sex. Reference: Kaplan and Saddocks Synopsis of Psychiaitry, 11th Edition, Chapter 18, Page No.: 600
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Sexual Disorders and Sexual Abuse MCQs move from Freud's psychosexual stages through dual-role transvestism and gender identity to the forensic side — date-rape drugs and the amnesia that can follow abuse — high-yield NEET PG psychiatry.
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