Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders

Question 1

Factors that worsen prognosis for conduct disorder (3)

Answer 1

Early onset (childhood), poor relationship with parents, and comorbid psychiatric disorders

Question 2

This portion of the brain is more likely to be at rest on EEG in children with conduct disorder

Answer 2

Frontal brain

Question 3

Reduction of gray matter in amygdala is commonly seen in this psychiatric condition _______

Answer 3

Conduct Disorder

Question 4

In Conduct Disorder, low levels of ____ can be found in the CSF, as well as low activity of _____ oxidase A.

Answer 4

5-HIAA, monoamine

Question 5

Symptoms of DMDD must be present for more than __ months.

Answer 5

12

Question 6

This trait predicts the development of pathological gaming disorder

Answer 6

Self-regulation deficiency

Question 7

IED criteria: verbal aggression outbursts ___ times a week in a 3-month period and __ behavioral outbursts leading to damage or destruction of property or harm to person/s or animal/s in a 12-month period.

Answer 7

2, 3

Question 8

IED criteria: individuals must be at least __ years old for this dx

Answer 8

6

Question 9

_______ can be effective for blepharospasm and eyelid motor tics and is in fact FDA-approved for this indication.

Answer 9

Botulinum toxin type A

Question 10

Kleptomania is not in the setting of this personality disorder

Answer 10

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 11

Approximately __ of all patients with Tourette’s disorder also have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Answer 11

Half

Question 12

There is an inc/dec in size of the caudate in ADHD

Answer 12

DECREASE in caudate size for ADHD