07d_Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

Question 1

Oppositional Defiant Disorder:

Essential Features

Answer 1

Angry/irritable mood

Argumentative/defiant behavior

Vindictiveness

[*behavior is with non-sibling]

Question 2

Oppositional Defiant Disorder:

Characteristic symptoms

Answer 2

Lose temper

Argue with authority figures

Noncompliance with requests from authority figures or with rules

Blame others for mistakes

Question 3

Oppositional Defiant Disorder:

Diagnostic Criteria

Answer 3

4+ characteristic symptoms

6+ months

Question 4

Intermittent Explosive Disorder:

Overview

Answer 4

Recurrent behavioral outbursts

Due to inability to control aggressive impulses

Question 5

Intermittent Explosive Disorder:

Two Main Criteria

Answer 5

Verbal or physical aggression

Behavioral outbursts that cause

• damage or destruction of property
• and/or physical assault that injures people or animals

Question 6

Intermittent Explosive Disorder:

Verbal or physical aggression duration criterion

Answer 6

2+ times a week

3+ months

Question 7

Intermittent Explosive Disorder:

Behavioral Outbursts frequency criterion

Answer 7

3+ behavioral outbursts within a 12 month period

Question 8

Intermittent Explosive Disorder:

Symptom characteristics

Answer 8

Aggressiveness is not proportional to provocation or a precipitating social stressor

Outbursts are not premeditated or committed to achieve a tangible outcome

Question 9

Intermittent Explosive Disorder:

Age criteria

Answer 9

6+ years old

Question 10

Conduct Disorder:

Overview

Answer 10

Behavior that violates basic rights of others and/or age-appropriate social norms or rules

Question 11

Conduct Disorder:

Diagnostic Criteria

Answer 11

3+ symptoms in past 12 months

1+ symptom in past 6 months

Question 12

Conduct Disorder:

Four Categories of Characteristic Symptoms

Answer 12

Aggression to people and animals

Destruction of property

Deceitfulness or theft

Serious violation of rules

Question 13

Conduct Disorder:

Age Cut off

Answer 13

Conduct disorder cannot be diagnosed individuals over age 18 who meet the criteria for antisocial personality disorder

Question 14

Conduct Disorder:

Gender-related differences

Answer 14

More common in males

Males: physical and relational aggression

Females: exhibit more relational aggression

Characteristic Female Symptoms: lying, truancy, running away, and substance abuse

Question 15

Conduct Disorder:

Childhood-Onset Type

Answer 15

1+ symptom prior to age 10

Question 16

Conduct Disorder:

Adolescent-onset type

Answer 16

No symptoms prior to age 10

Question 17

Conduct Disorder:

Specifier: Limited prosocial emotions

Answer 17

Lack of remorse or guilt

Callous lack of empathy

Unconcerned about performance

Shallow or deficient affect

Question 18

Which subtype of Conduct Disorder is associated with the highest degree of aggressiveness?

Answer 18

Childhood-Onset

Question 19

Childhood-onset Conduct Disorder:

Increased risks for adulthood

Answer 19

Continued aggressiveness

Antisocial personality disorder

Substance related disorder

Question 20

Conduct Disorder:

Etiology: Life-course-persistent Type

Answer 20

Begins as early as age 3

Increasingly serious transgressions that continue into adulthood

Related to:
Neurological impairment
Difficult temperament
Asverse environmental circumstances

Question 21

Conduct Disorder:

Adolescence-Limited Type

Answer 21

Temporary form of antisocial behavior

Reflects a Maturity Gap

Antisocial acts are usually committed with peers and are inconsistent across situations

*e.g. shoplift with friends but is here to rules at school

Question 22

Conduct Disorder:

Maturity Gap

Answer 22

Contrast between the biological maturation level and inaccessibility to adult privileges/ rewards

Question 23

Conduct Disorder:

Patterson: Parent Management Training

Answer 23

Parents are taught to reward positive behaviors

Replace physical punishment for undesirable behaviors with:

• time out
• response cost
• similar techniques