Midterm (Intro)

Question 1

Statistical defiance definition is?

Answer 1

Infrequency of certain emotions, cognitions, behavior. Too much or too little for age might be disorder.

Question 2

Sociocultural norm description?

Answer 2

Beliefs of groups of what is undesirable or unacceptable

Question 3

Mental health definitions?

Answer 3

Theoretical and clinically based motions of distress and dysfunction. I.e, negative quality of life, poor functioning, symptoms

Question 4

Adequate and optimal adaptation?

Answer 4

Adequate - acceptable
Optimal - what is excellent or superior

Neither ensure smooth sailing, because values affect. Also for statistics, look at both extremes or just “bad”

Question 5

Judgements of deviancy are based on?

Answer 5

Child characteristics (age, sex, intelligence)

Situational appropriateness of child’s behavior (social and cultural context in which judgements are made)

Characters and decision rules who make these judgements

Question 6

Irreducible needs of children?

Answer 6

Ongoing, nurturing relationships

Physical protection, safety, regulation

Experiences tailored to individual experiences

Limit setting, structure, expectations

Stable, supportive communities (cultural and otherwise)

Question 7

Developmental epidemiology?

Answer 7

Field that studies frequencies and patterns of diagnosis in infants through adolescence

Includes: identifying kids with clinically significant distress and dysfunction, regardless of treatment

Calculating levels of general and specific psychopathologies and their impairment

Tracking changing trends in identification and diagnosis of specific categories of disorders

Question 8

Prevalence?

Answer 8

All current cases of a set of a disorder

13% of kids 8-15 meet criteria for disorder

Question 9

Incidence;

Answer 9

New cases in a given time period

Question 10

Barriers to care?

Answer 10

Structural (long waiting lists, inconvenience of location, inability to pay)

Perceptions about mental health difficulties (denial, belief they’ll grow out of it)

Perceptions about mental health difficulties (lack of trust in system, precious negative experience)

Money impedes treatment and prevention

Funding for prevention often inadequate

Question 11

Stigma of mental illness involves?

Answer 11

Parents - shame, fear, blame
Children - experiences of secrecy and rejection

Adults think kids over diagnosed, over medicated, poorly patented
Children hold similar beliefs and attitudes to adults

Ignorance and intolerance

Question 12

reasons for the study and field of child psychopathology?

Answer 12

Previously extrapolated from adult theory and research

Child research tends to be single point in single context

Insufficient attention to sociocultural milieu