HD Developmental Psychopathology

Question 1

Id vs superego vs ego

Answer 1

Id - primary drives, pleasure principles
Superego - values & morals from parents
Ego - reality, mediates btw Id & superego

Question 2

Theory of multifinality vs equifinality

Answer 2

Theory of multifinality provides evidence that any risk factor for psychopathology will function differently in different individuals and may lead to varying outcomes.
Theory of equifinality provide evidence that different factors may lead to similar outcomes.

Question 3

Gender prevalence of ADHD

Answer 3

More common in boys

Question 4

5 personality types

Answer 4

Neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness.

Question 5

Cluster A Personality Disorders

Answer 5

Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal

Question 6

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Answer 6

Distrust & suspiciousness such that other motives are interpreted as malevolent.

Question 7

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Answer 7

Pattern of detachment from social relationships and restricted range of emotional expression.

Question 8

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Answer 8

Pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive/perceptual distortions, eccentric behaviour.

Question 9

General onset of personality disorders.

Answer 9

Adolescence/early adulthood.

Question 10

Cluster B Personality Disorders

Answer 10

Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic

Question 11

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 11

Disregard for and violation of other’s rights.

Question 12

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Answer 12

Pattern of excessive emotionality & attention seeking.

Question 13

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Answer 13

Pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration and lack of empathy.

Question 14

Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder

Answer 14

Instability of personal relationships/self-image, marked impulsivity, frantic efforts to avoid real or imaged abandonment, pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterised by idealisation & devaluation, impulsivity, recurrent suicidal behaviour, affective instability, chronic feelings of emptiness, inappropriate intense anger, transient, stress-related paranoid ideation.

Question 15

Prevalence of BPD in Australia

Answer 15

2%

Question 16

Cluster C Personality Disorder

Answer 16

Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive

Question 17

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Answer 17

Pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.

Question 18

Dependent Personality Disorder

Answer 18

Pattern of submissive, clinging behaviour related to excessive need to be taken care of.

Question 19

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

Answer 19

Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism and control.

Question 20

Main anxiety disorder affecting children <12 yo

Answer 20

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 21

Main anxiety disorder affecting children of late childhood/adolescence

Answer 21

Social phobia

Question 22

Main anxiety disorder affecting adolescents

Answer 22

Panic disorder/generalised anxiety disorder

Question 23

Main anxiety disorder affecting those in middle adulthood

Answer 23

Panic disorder