Externalising Childhood Disorders kring Flashcards
DSM-5 ADHD Inattentive sub-type
inattentive sub-type (careless mistakes, not listening well, not following instructions, distractable, forgettful)
DSM-5 ADHD -hyperactive s
hyperactive sub type (fidgeting, running inapproipriately, (restless above age 17) interrupting, intruding, incessant talking
ADHD all subtypes
7 items
6 items from hyperactive or inattentive sub-type before age 12; 5 after 17 (ICD before age 7)
combined: has some of both sub-types
6 months
maladaptive
greater than normal
two or more settings
impairment social, academic, occupational functionin
Comorbidities of ADHD
4 things
inattentive - diffuculties with information processing
conduct disorder - worst features of both
girls: more anti-social behaviour; risky sexual behaviour than girls with only ADHD
Prognosis for ADHD vs conduct disorder
3 issues
adhd more off task behaviour at school
adhd more cognitive and achievment deficits
ADHD- combined compareed with other sub-types
5 things
majority of children
more likely to have Conduct problems, oppositional behaviour
more diffucuties with peers
placed in special classes
ADHD and SLD, anxiety, depression comobidity
30% children with ADHD internalising disorder as well
15-30% SLD
ADHD prevalance
increaed from 3-7% to 8-11% USA
may be to get children out of normal classes and test results in USA
3x more common in boys
Girls with ADHd more likely to have teen eating disorders, substance abuse
ADHD Teens (2) Adults
60-80% still have symptoms as adolescence
achievment in average range
15% of childrern still have ADHD as 25 year olds
ADHD -Etiology - gene and environmental
Adoption and twin studies: genetic part
molecular genetics: multiple gene. 3 dopamine 2 dopamine receptor and one transporter
environmental factors triggers: prenatal nicotine and alcohol
ADHD - Etiology -neurobiological
brain structure Dopaminergic areas: caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, frontal lobes smaller in ADHD
function: less activation in frontal lobes
connectivity:
ADHD - Perinatal and prenatal factors
low birth weight mitigated by maternal warmth
nicotine and alcohol
ADHD - Environmental toxins
feingold: additives, artifical colour
very few children respond positivily to a diet with these removed.
refined sugar also not supported as a problem
lead - small role
nicotine - surrogate vs genetic child of smokers ADHD higher in genetic child. Still their in surrogate grop
ADHD - Family factors
parent child relationship - parents more negitive and give more commands, children less compliant and more negative
When children take a stimulant medication parents commands. negative behaviour and inffective parenting decrease
many parents have ADHD making less effective parents
family charicteristics maintain / exacerbate symptoms and consequences of ADHD. Little evidence to suggest families cause ADHD.
ADHD - treatment Drugs
stimulant medication
drugs reduct disruptive, impusive, inattention
drugs give short -term improvements by interacting with dopamine system