UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Question Number 0723

Question:
A general practitioner is called to see a 24 year old girl at her home. Her friend is with her and she describes that her friend has a fear of groups of people and tends to avoid such situations, saying that she would feel 'suffocated' if people were around her. This has recently got worse and now she refuses to get out of the house in case there are people in the street. She appears slightly confused and mildly agitated. A possible diagnosis is

a) Korsakov's psychosis
b) Wernicke's encephalopathy
c) Hysteria
d) catatonic Schizophrenia
e) Agoraphobia