Chapter 4 Flashcards
State 4 reasons why Felicia was referred
Refusal to go to school, depression, social withdrawal and sleep disturbance.
Name 5 more symptoms Felicia showed
- Withdrawal from social activities
- Quietness
- Sadness and unhappiness.
- Loss of appetite
- Sleep problems
How do mental health clinicians understand a child’s basic problems, make diagnoses and devise treatment plans?
They systematically consider many important questions.
What does the process of understanding basic child problems, making diagnoses and devising treatment plans require?
- Sorting through many factors that bring a child/ adolescent to the attention of professionals
- Checking out alternative hypotheses and plans
What is the decision making process for deciding if a child/ adolescent is suffering a psychological disorde?
- Systemically consider many important questions
- Sorting through factors ghag bring a child to the attention of professionals
- Checking out alternative hypotheses and plans.
What is the aim of the decision making process?
To find answers to immediate and long term questions on the nature and course of a child’s disorder and its optimal (satisfactory) treatment
What is the first step of the decision making process?
Clinical assessment.
What do clinical assessments use to understand children with disturbances and their family and school environments?
Systematic problem-solving strategies.
What do systematic problem solving strategies typically include?
An assessment of the child’s emotional behavioral and cognitive functioning, and the role of environmental factors.
What should the systematic problem solving strategies be based on?
Scientific evidence and clinical expertise.
Which basis do the systemic problem solving strategies form?
The basis of a flexible, ongoing process of hypothesis testing on the nature of the problem, its causes and likely outcomes if the problem is treated and not left untreated.
What is the ultimate goal of assessment?
To achieve effective solutions to the problems thatt children and their families face and to promote and enhance their Well-being
To what extent are clinical assessments meaningful
They result in practical and effective interventions
What is the ideographic case formulation
It’s an assessment that emphasizes the detailed representation of the individual child or family as a unique entity
What is a Nomothetic formulation
It emphasizes broad general conclusions that apply to a large group of individuals for example children with a depressive disorder
What is likely to result in better hypothesis to test at the idiographic level
A clinician’s nomathetic knowledge about
1. general principles of psychological assessment
2. normal and abnormal child and family development and
3. specific childhood disorders
What is the first stage of decision-making by clinicians
Assessment which can range from a clinical interview with the child and parents to More structured behavioral assessment and psychological testing
What are the 4 things that 1 needs to be sensitive towards when it comes to assessing children and families
The child’s age, gender, cultural background And typical and a typical number to information about child development
How does a child’s age influence approach to assessment diagnosis and treatment
It has implications on judgments about deviancy and also selecting the most appropriate assessment and treatment methods
Which problems are more commonly reported among males when it comes to childhood and adolescent problems
AD HD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism spectrum disorder language disorders childhood contact disorders intellectual disabilities and Specific learning disorders
Which childhood and adolescent problems are more commonly reported among females
Anxiety disorders
eating disorders
sexual abuse and
adolescent depression
Which disorders are equally reported among males and females
- conduct disorder
- feeding disorder
- Physical abuse and neglect
- Childhood depression
Which disorders are boys more likely to display than girls and vice versa
Boys are more likely to display early onset disorders like autism Spectrum disorder (ASD), Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder AD HD
While girls are more likely to display disorders that have their peak onset in adolescence such as depression and eating disorders
Which gender is more likely to express over activity and Aggression and which gender is more likely to Express their problems in less observable ways like sadness fear and shame
Boys are more likely to Express over activity and aggression while girls are more likely to Express shame fear and sadness
What is the typical reaction to both genders Problems
His voice may receive More referrals because they are expressive while girls may be overlooked because Their forms of suffering are less visible
How do girls show aggression when angry and what is the term for this form of aggression
Indirectly through verbal insults gossip ostracism and getting even which is referred to as relational aggressionIndirectly through verbal insults gossip ostracism and getting even which is referred to as relational aggression
As girls move into adolescents what is the function of their aggressive behavior increasingly centered on
Group acceptance and affiliation
Define relational Aggression
It is a type of aggression that aims to harm others through social manipulation like spreading Rumors social exclusion or damaging someone’s reputation in their peer group it is more subtle and psychological compared to physical aggression
What are self-serving behaviors directed outward
I get this implies on behaviors where individuals prioritize their own interests and needs over others and these behaviors are outwardly directed meaning that they affect others in a negative way
Which gender experiences Relational aggression and self-serving behaviors that are directed Outward
Girls
Why is a combination of relational and physical aggression concerning
It serves as a strong predictor of future psychological and social adjustment problems for girls
In other words girls who exhibit both types of aggression are more likely to face difficulties in adapting to social and psychological challenges as they grow.
This could include issues like forming and maintaining healthy relationship, Coping with stress and managing emotions effectively
Which children are more ma adjusted than those who engage in gender Normative Is forms of aggression
Children who engage in forms of aggression that aren’t typically of their sex
What is included in the DSM 5 framework framework for culturally considering child Disorder
Cultural identity concepts of distress stressers and features of vulnerability and resilience as well as the cultural dynamics between the child the family and the clinician
What is the purpose of the cultural formulation interview Is offered by the DSM5
It is intended for children and adolescents understand how culture impacts their issues and treatment
What are cultural patterns
They are a reflection of learned behaviors and values that are shared and transwithin groups and they distinguish members of one group from another
Which aspects does culture include
Ethnicity language religious beliefs race gender age sexual orientation etc
Which group of children may face higher risks of misdiagnosis or under diagnosis
Children belonging to ethnic minorities
What do clinicians need to take to in order there be culturally competent in their assessment and treatment
They need to examine their own cultural biases
Why is a cultural formulation important
Establish a relationship with the child and family to motivate family members to change to obtain valid inpermission to get accurate diagnosis I’m to develop meaningful recommendations for treatment
What are key factors to consider in the assessment of children and families including those from dominant cultures
Ethnic identity and racial socialization
What are cultural syndromes
A set of consistent symptoms found in a specific current cultural group
What is a crucial beginning to understanding how children’s problems come to the attention of professionals
Knowledge and basic information about the norms of child development and behavior problems
What challenges are parents faced with when figuring out what to expect of their children at various ages
Determining what difficulties are likely to be chronic and what are common and transient I’m not transient means and deciding winter seek advice from others and deciding what treatment is best for their child
What challenges are parents faced with when figuring out what to expect of their children at various ages
Determining what difficulties are likely to be chronic and what are common and transient I’m not transient means and deciding winter seek advice from others and deciding what treatment is best for their child
Name 10 Problems involving teachers and parents that distinguish between referred and non- referred children
- Unhappy, sad or depressed
- Unable to concentrate
- Disobedient at school
- Impulsive
- Doesn’t get along with others
- Innatentive
- Moody
- Stubborn
- Nervous
- Poor schoolwork
What are the 3 common purposes of assessment?
Prognosis, diagnosis and treatment planning
What is the intentention of the purposes of assessment?
They guide the assessment process, including the use of particular assessment methods