Emotional Disturbance

Question 1

From the Model of Relationship Between Stressors and Psychopathology, what three stressors are involved with triggering challenging of emotional disturbance in children?

Answer 1

major life events, minor events, and chronic conditions

Question 2

If the amygdala is overactive it can cause, what emotional symptoms?

Answer 2

anxiety

Question 3

This part of the brain is thought to be the reward center which is activated in anticipation of reward. What is this brain structure?

Answer 3

nucleus accumbens

Question 4

This region of the brain is responsible for empathy and impulsive control. What is this part of the brain?

Answer 4

anterior cingulate cortex

Question 5

Which DSM-5-TR diagnosis is known as the “Storm in the Brain?”

Answer 5

bipolar disorder

Question 6

Damage to the orbitofrontal or ventromedial prefrontal cortex is associated with an increased display of what type of behavior in both children and adults?

Answer 6

reactive aggression

Question 7

Which disorder causes a person to look as if obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or presents as having a tic disorder, with both suddenly appearing following a strep infection (such as strep throat or scarlet fever).

Answer 7

PANDAS

Question 8

Developmental Traumatology Model of the Biological Stress System suggested the following below are true for severe consequences occurring except for which one?

Answer 8

Females more vulnerable to adverse brain development outcomes

Question 9

A review of the juvenile delinquency literature suggests there are two kinds of subtypes of children with externalizing behaviors: early starters and later starters. What is a characteristic of an early starter?

Answer 9

difficulty with planning, and with subterfuge (more likely to be caught).

Question 10

School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) involve all of the following except:

Answer 10

Prevention, one-tiered support, and data-based decision making