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to appoint corresponding pharmaceutical treatment
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According to classic principles of psychotherapy, at the grant of help unpsychotic, but the emotionally staggered patient, doctor, it follows:
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to give direct advices from the improvement of the interpersonal relations
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* to help a patient to choose the own plan of actions
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to go out on a direct contact with persons - participants of conflict
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to cause feeling of safety, brightly expressing liking
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to appoint corresponding pharmaceutical treatment
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According to cognitive-behavioral therapy, which of the following is true garding depression?
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Activity scheduling is discouraged.
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Thought diaries are not of much use.
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Cognitive content is a threat or danger.
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* Depression can improve with correction of cognitive distortions.
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The therapy can be carried out by the passive therapist.
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According to DSM-1V, to diagnose a patient with hypochondriasis, the symptoms should last at least
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2 weeks
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2 months
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6 weeks
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* 6 months
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1 month
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According to DSM-IV, all of the following are the criteria for somatization disorder except
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Four or more pain symptoms
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Two gastrointestinal symptoms that are not pain related
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One sexual symptom
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One pseudoneurologic symptom
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* Age of onset after 30 years
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According to Epidemiological Catchment Area studies, which of the following is the most common anxiety disorder in the United States?
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Panic disorder
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Social phobia
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Agoraphobia
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* Specific phobia
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Generalized anxiety disorder
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According to psychodynamic theory, all of the following defense mechanisms are possible in factitious disorders except
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Regression
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Identification
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Symbolization
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* Sublimation
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Repression
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Advantages of benzodiazepins
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large therapeutic index
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* subzero activating of hepatic microsomal enzymes
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large duration of action
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subzero risk of evocation of tolerance
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No correct answer
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After a quarrel with a man a patient lost ability suddenly to move and talk. In an hour he began to move, but could not talk, pantomimed. YOUR CONCLUSION:
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Depressed stupor
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* Hysterical stupor
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Catatonic stupor
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Variant of norm
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Not enough data for a diagnosis
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After an accident can develop
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subconscious sense of guilt and necessity are for confession
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* high inclination to the critical phases biorhythmic to the cycle
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domestic drunkenness"
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quiet pacified composition of person
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No correct answer
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All next signs determine the concept of the fixed ideas EXCEPT:
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feeling of stranger, sickliness
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aspiration to get rid from unpleasant ideas
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* conviction is in a presence extraneous influence
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mionectic background of mood
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a presence of criticism is to the state
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All of the following are characteristic features of conversion disorder except
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Patients are usually suggestible.
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Symptoms are initiated or exacerbated following severe stress.
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* Patients believe that they are severely ill.
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Symptoms are not feigned.
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Usually occurs between the ages of 10 and 35 years
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All of the following are examples of cognitive distortions except
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Arbitrary inference
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* Depersonalization
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Selective abstraction
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Overgeneralization
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Magnification
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All of the following are examples of reconstructive psychotherapy except
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Freudian analysis
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* Psychodrama
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Kleinian analysis
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Brief dynamic therapy
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Alderian therapy
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All of the following are features of Ganser syndrome except
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* Most commonly seen in mentally retarded people
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Approximate answers
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Considered by some to be a variant of malingering
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Classified as a dissociative disorder NOS in DSM-IV
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Existence of this disorder is controversial
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All of the following are seen in psychoanalysis except
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Remembering unconscious conflicts
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Developing transference to the analyst
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Developing countertransference to the analyst
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* A single intense abreactive experience that results in cure
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Idealization of the analyst
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All of the following are therapeutic factors in group therapy except
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Altruism
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Empathy
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* Acting out
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Transference
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Ventilation
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All of the following are true about conversion disorders except
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About one-third of patients with conversion disorder have concurrent neurological illness.
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The symptoms tend to conform to the patient's own idea of illness.
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* Thirty percent of patients' pseudoseizures are due to a neurological illness.
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Remission is usually observed within 2 weeks of hospitalization.
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Recurrence rate is as high as 20-25% within the first year.
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All of the following are true about depersonalization disorder except
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More common in women
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Onset usually in late adolescence or early adulthood
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May last for weeks in adults
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* Reality testing impaired
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Up to 50% have transient depersonalization symptoms at some point
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All of the following are true about dissociative identity disorder except
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* More common in men
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High comorbid depression
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Up to 50% have auditory hallucinations
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Very susceptible to hypnosis
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Psychotherapy is the treatment of choice
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All of the following are true about factitious disorder except
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A desire to assume the role of sick patient
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No secondary gain
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* Good prognosis once the condition is diagnosed
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Intentional production of signs and symptoms
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Exact prevalence is unknown
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All of the following are true about hypochondriasis except
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* It is more common in women.
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Onset is in early adulthood.
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Course is chronic with waxing and waning of symptoms.
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The belief of having a serious disease is not of delusional intensity.
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The symptoms can involve more than one system.
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All of the following are true about mixed anxiety-depressive disorder except
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Prevalence is unknown.
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About two-thirds of patients with depressive symptoms have anxiety symptoms.
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* Sertraline is FDA-approved for treatment of this condition.
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Prognosis is unknown.
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Criteria include persistent or recurrent dysphoric mood for at least 1 month.
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All of the following are true about specific phobias except
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If the patient is under 18 years, the phobia should last for longer than 6 months.
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Natural environment phobias (fear of heights, water) have an onset in childhood.
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* Situational phobias (fear of elevators, airplanes) have an onset in the mid-thirties.
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Lifetime prevalence is 10%.
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CBT offers good benefits.
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All of the following are true about the psychological profile of patients with factitious disorder except
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Poor sense of identity
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Strong dependence needs
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Narcissism
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* High frustration tolerance
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Absence of formal thought disorder
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All of the following are true of institutional defense mechanisms except
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Splitting between staff
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Projection by staff onto patients
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* Oedipal in nature
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Can decrease anxiety in staff
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Can cause anxiety in staff
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All of the following are true regarding cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) except
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It can be employed by a therapist without full CBT training.
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It is useful in depression secondary to life problems.
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* It can be used in patients with dementia.
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It includes the three-column technique.
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It may need to be modified in the elderly.
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All of the following neurotransmitter abnormalities are detected in disorders except
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Increased platelet MAO activity
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Increased activity of central noradrenaline
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* Increased central GABA activity
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Increased circulating adrenaline
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Increased circulating noradrenaline
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All of the following statements about dissociative amnesia are true except
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Amnestic disorders are important differential diagnoses.
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SCID-D-R is the only tool available to assess the degree of dissociative amnesia.
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Patients often present with anxiety, depression, or history of blank spells.
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* Implicit-semantic memory is more affected.
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Amnesia usually centers around a traumatic event.
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All of the following statements are true about mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and panic attacks except
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The incidence of MVP in the general population is 5-20%.
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The incidence of MVP in panic-disorder patients is up to 40-50%.
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* MVP causes panic attacks.
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No evidence suggests MVP causes panic attacks.
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MVP and panic may represent part of primary autonomic syndrome.
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Clinical lines which allow to set the diagnosis of pseudodementia for elderly people include the tendency of part of such patients :
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to grumble about the strong loss of mental abilities
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* to show the subzero degree of attention and concentration
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not to show noticeable efforts during realization of testing
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to demonstrate behavior which does not relate to the mental function
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No correct answer
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Critical estimation of present disorders of perception.
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Hallucinations
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Illusions
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* And that, and other
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