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Topic 0: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

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This activity contains 15 questions.

	Why are young children at high risk for psychological problems?   they are less likely than older children to have developed an emotional attachment to a parent figure they have yet to develop coping strategies for dealing with stressful life events a child's brain chemistry is especially susceptible to alterations caused by environmental factors they have little control over their environments

	Which of the following is a childhood disorder coded on Axis II of the DSM?   attention deficit disorder autism mental retardation histrionic personality disorder

	While there are some who suggest that the __________ subtype of ADHD should be a separate diagnostic category, there are others who feel that the evidence does not warrant such a change at this time.   Inattentive Hyperactive Impulsive Combined

	Which of the following is a side effect associated with methylphenidate use?   psychosis memory loss increased blood flow to the brain disruption of growth hormone

	What conclusions can be made about ADHD beyond childhood?   While medication appears to be the most effective approach to childhood ADHD, psychotherapy is the treatment of choice in early adulthood. Children with ADHD are at an increased risk for drug abuse, educational failure, and other problems later in life. It has been clearly established that ADHD is a life-long disorder. Pharmacological interventions for ADHD should be terminated before adolescence due to the high incidence of Ritalin abuse.

	Which of the following diagnoses is most likely to be made at age 6?   autism oppositional defiant disorder conduct disorder primary functional enuresis

	Compared to early-onset conduct disorder, adolescent-onset conduct disorder   is more likely to be outgrown. is more treatment-resistant. is less likely to be associated with low verbal intelligence. is more likely to lead to antisocial personality disorder.

	Therapy is likely to be ineffective for a child with conduct disorder if   the child is hostile and antisocial. the environment is not modified in some way. drugs are not used. the child has a learning disorder.

	Which of the following has been proposed as a causal factor for enuresis?   ADHD faulty learning projection REM sleep disorder

	What explains the effectiveness of desmopressin as a treatment for enuresis?   it alleviates depressive symptoms that are the true cause of the bedwetting problem it decreases the need to urnate it increases bladder sensitivity it decreases the deepest stages of sleep

	What type of drugs are most commonly used to treat tics?   monoamine oxidase inhibitors neuroleptics cholinesterase inhibitors anxiolytics

	Which of the following is a pervasive development disorder?   dyslexia Asberger's disorder conduct disorder Tourette's syndrome

	Autistic children show deficits in all of the following EXCEPT   memory object manipulation language development social reasoning

	Which of the following makes the successful treatment of autism especially challenging?   early diagnosis is rare there are no effective medications for autism parental denial of the problem leads to a lack of the level of parental commitment needed for treatment success gains made in treatment are unlikely to generalize to other settings

	Which of the following suggests that dyslexia may have a biological basis?   lessened ability to manage processing of rapidly incoming sensory information asymmetrical brain development underdeveloped portions of the left hemisphere deficits in phonological processing

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