Lecture 10 'Childhood/Adolescent Disorders' Flashcards
How do we identify a childhood disorder as being ‘abnormal’?
If it considered developmentally inappropriate
ADHD is more common in _________ children compared to ________ children; and more common in ________ than ________
(Age/gender)
Young / old
Males / females
A questionnaire of 13-17 year olds of internalising and externalising indicated that males and females showed higher self reported ratings of both internalising and externalising that what?
Parent report
In children with intellectual disabilities, what two deficits need to be present?
Deficit in Intellectual functioning
Deficit in adaptive functioning
What are the four communication disorders?
- Language disorder
- Speech sound disorder
- Childhood-onset fluency disorder (stuttering)
- Social (pragmatic) communication disorder
Pica is a disorder in which children will do what?
Eat non-food substances
Rumination disorder involves the _______ of food
Regurgitation
Anorexia and Bulimia are much more prevalent in which gender?
Females
What psychological factors might cause anorexia or bulimia?
Perfectionism
Lack of interoceptive awareness
Depression
Low self esteem (negative body image)
Sally has been diagnosed with an eating disorder. Her psychologist has prescribed treatment based on the Maudsley model, what does this involve?
Family-based treatment = Sally is considered too cognitively impaired to fight the illness on her own, control passed to parents to feed her until control is given back gradually
What are the most effective treatments for bulimia?
CBT
interpersonal psychotherapy
Antidepressant medication
Prognosis is better for bulimia or anorexia? Better for old or young patients?
Better for bulimia
Better for young
