Exam 1 Flashcards
What are risk factors?
Characteristics, events, or processes that put the individual at risk for the development of psychological problems
What are protective factors?
Characteristics, events, or processes that seem to protect an individual from the development of psychological problems, even when faced with adverse circumstances
What is Zeitgeist?
The spirit or outlook that was characteristic of a period of time
What is infanticide?
Intentional murder of an infant or child
What is adultomorphism?
Conceptualizing children as miniature adults
What does atheoretical mean?
Without any theoretical orientation
What is differential diagnosis?
The attempt to distinguish one disorder from another in an individual client
What is multiaxial evaluation?
Individuals rated on multiple axes or dimensions of functioning
What are V-Codes?
Other conditions that are not considered mental disorders but that are the focus of attention or treatment
What is principal diagnosis?
The most relevant diagnosis for a patient
What are psychometric properties?
Reliability and validity
What is test-retest reliability?
When a clinician conducts diagnostic interviews at two points in time, usually one or two weeks apart
What is inter-rater reliability?
Correspondence between two clinicians’ ratings
What is the kappa statistic?
The percentage of agreement between two raters, while controlling for chance agreement
What is IDEA?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
What is a categorical approach?
Attempts to categorize mental health problems into distinct diagnoses
What is a dimensional approach?
Focuses on different dimensions or different levels of a child’s behavior
What are empirically based taxonomies?
Rely on actual data to understand and interpret children’s and adolescents’ behavior
What is prevalence?
Total number of cases at a particular point in time
What is incidence?
Number of new cases in a given period of time
What is comorbidity?
The co-occurrence of two or more diagnoses disorders in one individual
What are internalizing problems?
Feelings or behaviors that are over-controlled and primarily experienced internal by the child
What are externalizing problems?
Behaviors that are under-controlled and primarily experienced externally to the child
What did early versions of the DSM system believe about children?
They were just miniature adults
What is another classification system used both nationally and internationally?
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
What is the DSM-5 intended to be?
Atheoretical, allowing the use of differential diagnosis
What did previous versions of the DSM allow clinicians to do?
Complete a multiaxial evaluation
Is multi axial evaluation used in the DSM-5?
No
If there are more than one diagnoses evident, what does the clinician do?
Reports the most meaningful diagnosis (principal diagnosis)
What disorders are under consideration for DSM-6?
Suicidal behavior disorder and nonsuicidal self injury
What are weaknesses of DSM-5?
Medical model, possible harm of labeling
What influences dimensional approaches?
Empirically based taxonomies
What is the largest and most comprehensive study of epidemiology to date?
Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (MECA)
What is etiology?
The cause of emotional/behavioral problems
What are object relations?
A theory that highlights the importance of the infant’s relationship with the parent or caregiver (updated psychodynamic theory)
What is attachment theory?
Attachments between the infant and primary caregiver are of central focus