Lange Q/A Flashcards
What stage of sleep do sleep terrors occur?
Deep sleep. Stages 3&4
Sleep walking also occurs during stages 3/4
What stage of sleep do nightmares occur?
REM
Expressive language disorder
Markedly limited vocabulary
Making errors in tense
Having difficulty recalling words or producing sentences with developmentally appropriate length or complexity
Most effective treatment for bulimia nervosa
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
Most common method children use when attempting suicide
Substance ingestion
Side effects associated with Desmopressin
Headaches
Nausea
What is the percentage of comorbid child anxiety disorders and MDD?
50 %
Most common adverse effects of fluoxetine
Nausea (GI upset)
Insomnia
Agitation
Headaches
Rett disorder
Between 5 months and 48 months there is a deceleration of head growth, loss of hand skills with development of stereotyped hand movements such as hand wringing, loss of social interaction, appearance of poorly coordinated gait or trunk movements, severely impaired expressive and receptive language development with severe psychomotor retardation
Monozygotic twin concordance for Rett syndrome?
100 %
Following a diagnosis of Type I Diabetes, what percentage of children develop Adjustment Disorder?
33 %
First-line treatment for Tourette disorder
Clonidine
Most common comorbid disorder associated with Tourette’s?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Requirements for dx of Tourettes?
Both multiple motor tics and at least one vocal tic
Potential risk with taking stimulant
Tics
*Can exacerbate tics
What percent of children with learning disorders have a comorbid psychiatric disorder?
50 %
*Most commonly ADHD, anxiety, and depressive disorders
Likelihood that child with persistent enuresis will have a comorbid mental disorder
20 %
Common adverse effects of stimulants
Insomnia Decreased appetite Weight loss Dysphoria Irritability
Stimulants are effective in treating ADHD in what percent of people?
70 %
nonstimulant treatment of both child and adult ADHD
Atomoxetine
Common lab finding in anorexia nervosa
Hypercholesterolemia
This finding alone justifies inpatient admission for anorexia nervosa
cardiac arrhythmia
How old are children when the begin to understand the irreversibility of death?
7 to 8 years old
Frequent adverse effect of clonidine
Sedation
Identification
Process of adopting other people’s characteristics
Displacement
Defense mechanism in which emotions are shifted from one idea or object to another that resembles the original but evokes less distress.
Reaction formation
Defense mechanism. An unacceptable impulse is transformed into its opposite
Most common outcome of abuse
Major depressive disorder
Alexia
Inability to read
Agnosia
Inability to recognize objects despite intact senses
Anomia
Inability to name objects even though the object is recognizable and can be described by the patient
Nonpharm treatment for OCD
CBT
Chapped hands
Common in OCD due to extensive hand washing