childhood anxiety and depressive disorders

Question 1

Dx criteria for seperation anxiety

Answer 1

developmentally inappropriate and excessive anxiety concerning seperation from home or from those whom the child is attached

Question 2

gender difference in seperation anxiety

Answer 2

none

Question 3

specific phobia diagnostic criteria

Answer 3

marked and persistant fear that is excessive or unreasonable, cued by the precense or anticipation of the specific object or situation

Question 4

gender differences in specific phobia

Answer 4

more common in girls

Question 5

common phobias in kids

Answer 5

heights, darkness, loud noises, injections, dogs,

Question 6

social phobia dignostic criteria

Answer 6

marked and persistant fear of one or more social or performance situations in whoch the pt is eposed to unfamiliar people or to possible scrutiny by others

Question 7

gender differences in social phobia

Answer 7

more common in girls

Question 8

parental behaivior that can bring on social phpbia

Answer 8

high parental expectations, lack of social skills or isolation

Question 9

GAD diagnostic driteria

Answer 9

excessive anxiety and worry occuring more days than not for at least 6 months

Question 10

type of worry in GAD

Answer 10

more intense, rather than more worries

Question 11

disorder with catastrophing prediction, feelings of perfectionism, and overestimation bias

Answer 11

GAD

Question 12

gender diff in GAD

Answer 12

more common in girls

Question 13

dx criteria for panic disorder

Answer 13

recurrent and unexpected panic attacks

Question 14

probable phobia with Panic disorder

Answer 14

agoraphobia

Question 15

time of onset of panic disorder

Answer 15

usually adolescence

Question 16

gender differences in panic disorder

Answer 16

more common in girls

Question 17

OCD dx criteria

Answer 17

recurrent and persistant thoughts (obessions) or repetitive behaivors or mental acts that theperson feels driven to perform in response to an obsession (compulsion)

Question 18

gender differenes in OCD

Answer 18

equal rates, but eariler onset in boys

Question 19

Dx criteria in selective mutism

Answer 19

consistant failure to speak in social situation (in which there is an expectation to speak) despite speaking in other situations

Question 20

age of onset in selective mutism

Answer 20

before 5

Question 21

gender differences in selective mutism

Answer 21

more common in girls

Question 22

most common comorbidities in anxiety disorders

Answer 22

other anxiety disorders

Question 23

general treatments of childhood anxiety disorders

Answer 23

behavioral/ cognitive-behavioral treamnets
pharmacotherapy
NOT psychdynamic

Question 24

drug of choice for childhood anxiety

Answer 24

SSRI

Question 25

behavior therapy treatments for anxiety disorders

Answer 25

exposure, systematic desensitiation, relaxation excercises, contingency management strategies, modeling

Question 26

goals of CBT

Answer 26

• teaches children to understand how thoughts contribute to anxiety
• how to modify distorted thoughts to decrease sx

Question 27

CBT techniques

Answer 27

psychoeducation about symptoms
skill building
exposure
role play
rewards

Question 28

Dx criteria of Major Depressive disorder

Answer 28

epidode: 5 more depression sx within a 2 week period - or-

depressed mood for most of the day, for more days than not, for at least one year

Question 29

assciated features of depressive disorders

Answer 29

social and peer difficulties,academic difficulties

Question 30

age/gender differences in MDE

Answer 30

prepuberty - more common in boys

postpuberty - more common in girls

Question 31

treatent of MDE/MDD

Answer 31

CBT
interpersonal psycotherapy
pharm (SSRI)

Question 32

best treatment for adolecents with depresion

Answer 32

prozac and CBT

Question 33

common comorbidity with MDE/MDD

Answer 33

anxiety