BAD

Question 1

compare BAD to adults

Answer 1

i. adolescents: are more likely to have mixed episodes or very rapid cycles, have a longer course of illness before admission and diagnosis, and are more likely to have psychotic symptoms, and to get in trouble with the law.
Less discreet episodes.
not worse outcome

Question 2

recurrence of MDE

Answer 2

iii. 40% of adolescents have a recurrent depression within two years of recovery; more than 50% have a recurrence within three years; 70% will have a relapse within five years

Question 3

rates of MDD and dysthymia compard to adults

Answer 3

they have more dysthymia, less mde

Question 4

rate of legal probs in untreated ADHD boys

Answer 4

40%

Question 5

outcome for learign and communication DO

Answer 5

1. expressive language disorder: most children who catch up are at no further risk; outcome is better if children do not develop mood disorders of disruptive behavior problems; 50% with mild disorder recover spontaneously
2. mixed receptive-expressive language disorder: less favorable prognosis than for expressive language disorder alone
3. phonological disorder: spontaneous remission common
4. stuttering: 50 to 80% recover spontaneously

Question 6

prevalence of conduct DO

Answer 6

1-10%

boys: girls; 4-12: 1

Question 7

prognosis of CD

Answer 7

; less than 50% of severe cases of conduct disorder develop antisocial personality disorder in adulthood – 40% of boys, and 24% of girls; early age of onset and increasingly frequent and intense antisocial behaviors are risk factors for adult ASPD

Question 8

prognosis of ADHD

Answer 8

iii. if untreated, children with ADHD tend to
1. have interpersonal problems (75%)
2. have drug or alcohol abuse as adults (52%)
3. boys are arrested for a felony by age 16 (43%)
4. never finish high school (35%)