Disruptive, Impulse-control And Conductive Disorders Flashcards
The most common disorders presenting to mental health specialists
Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
Recurrent behavioral outbursts representing a failure to control aggressive impulses
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Shows aggressive magnitude in repeated outbursts grossly out of proportion to provocation
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Recurrent pattern of angry/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behavior, or vindictiveness persisting for greater than 6 months
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
We exclude ODD as a diagnosis if there is already
DMDD present
What are the three dimensions of ODD?
Irritable, Headstrong, Hurtful
With ODD, we want to train the parents to decrease
Coerciveness and negative responses to unwanted behaviors
Low levels of parental monitoring, exposure to violence, and harsh and inconsistent discipline are environmental risks for
Conduct Disorder
Conduct disorder can be. Comorbidity of
ODD
Repetitive and persistent behavior pattern in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate social norms or rules are violated
Conduct Disorder
The major characteristic of Conduct Disorder (CD) is aggression to
People/animals
With CD, we need to specify whether the onset is
- ) Childhood (prior to age 10)
- ) Adolescent (no symptoms prior to 10)
- ) Unspecified
Characterized by reduced emotional empathy, impaired decision making, and increased threat sensitivity
CD neurocognitive dysfunction
The major clinical comorbidities of CD are
ADHD, ODD, Depression, and Anxiety
Have been shown to have medium to large effect size on aggression, apart form the effects of ADHD with CD
Psychostimulants