Childhood Psychiatric Disorders - Ryst Flashcards
Child treatment aims to maximize the kid’s adjustment in what domains?
Home
friends
school
play
What are the types of psychotherapy used with kids?
Play therapy Interpersonal psychotherapy CBT guidance therapy family therapy
Therapeutic and adverse effects of meds vary by (blank) stage and in dev disorders
developmental stage
T/F: kids metabolize drugs differently than adults
true
What’s the outcome of an untreated developmental disorder?
they get worse as they progress and the disrupted development has long term conseuqences, therefore we should treat our kids
Describe oppositional defiant disorder?
Recurrent pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behavior
What disorder do these characterize? Often loses temper Often argues with adults. Often actively defies or refuses to comply with adults’ requests or rules. Often deliberately annoys people. Often blames others for mistakes or misbehavior. Often touch and easily annoyed. Often angry and resentful Often spiteful and vindictive
Oppositional defiant disorder
What is conduct disorder?
Violation of the rights of others and age-appropriate social norms
What are some examples of conduct disorder?
Bullying Fighting Physical cruelty to people/animals Lying or conning Fire setting destruction of property Rape
What are the criteria for the “limited prosocial emotions” specifier for conduct disorder?
show lack of guilt and empathy
lack of concern over performance in activities
shallow affect
Are more aggressive, have more stable course and more severe symptoms
ODD is twice as common in which gender?
males, duh
Males with early onset CD are likely to show what type of symptoms?
aggressive
Onset of CD is particularly early in boys with what disorder?
ADHD
T/F: boys that have both CD and ADHD have a worse outcome
true
Early onset of CD is preceded and predicted by persistent (blank) symptoms
ODD
T/F: all children with ODD go on to develop CD
false
What is predictive of the future of CD?
severity of ODD symtpoms
What Sx were best predicitive of CD?
cruelty to people and weapon use
or
physcial fighting + ODD
Is proactive or reactive aggression worse in the dev of CD?
proactive aggression
What factors are PROGNOSTIC of a later outcome of CD?
age and gender atypicality
In younger kids, what was prognostic of later CD outcome?
Sx of cruelty, running away and breaking into a building
In girls, what Sx are prognostic for later CD outcome?
fighting
cruel behavior
What are psychopathy related symptoms?
egocentricity, callousness, manipulativeness
Presence of early anti-social personality or traits of psychopathy may predict the dev of what?
Anti-social personality disorder
What are the links between ADHD and CD?
earlier age of onset of CD, more physical aggression, more persistent CD
what are the links between anxiety and CD?
Youths with CD are increased risk for anxiety disorders.