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4009 Psychiatry

A 46-year-old man presented to the casualty with acute onset of seeing lizards all all around him in the room. He has been violent towards members of his brother who tried to bring him to hospital. On history he has a longstanding history of drinking alcohol and using cannabis for 7 years. He had missed his drinks for the last 3 days. On examination his blood pressure is high and he has global confusion. Which of the following can be used in the immediate treatment of the condition?

ADiazepam
BChlordiazepozide
CMorphine
DCarbamazepine
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4012 Psychiatry

A 40 year old male, with history of daily alcohol consumption for the last 7 years, is brought to the hospital emergency room with acute onsent of seeing snakes all around him in the room, not recognizing family members, violent behavior and tremulousness for few hours. There is history of his having missed the alcohol drink since 2 days. Examination reveals increased blood pressure, tremors, increased psychomotor activity, fearful affect, hallucinatory behaviour, disorientation, impaired judgement and insight. He is most likely to be suffering from-

AAlcoholic hallucinosis
BDelirium tremens
CWernicke encephalopathy
DKorsakoff's psychosis
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