Psychopathology (Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders)

Question 1

The symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder are grouped in DSM-5 into three categories that include all of the following except:

A. argumentative/defiant behavior.
B. vindictiveness.
C. deceitfulness/dishonesty.
D. angry/irritable mood.

Answer 1

C. deceitfulness/dishonesty.

Question 2

A pattern of emotional dysregulation is characteristic of:
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A. oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.
B. oppositional defiant disorder.
C. conduct disorder.
D. neither oppositional defiant disorder nor conduct disorder.

Answer 2

B. oppositional defiant disorder.

Question 3

The DSM-5 diagnosis of conduct disorder requires the presence of at least three characteristic symptoms during the last _____ months and at least one symptom in the last _____ months.

Answer 3

12; 6

Question 4

Moffitt’s (1993) “maturity gap” is most useful for understanding the etiology of which of the following disorders?
A. oppositional defiant disorder
B. late-onset attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
C. intermittent explosive disorder
D. adolescent-onset conduct disorder

Answer 4

D. adolescent-onset conduct disorder

Question 5

According to Moffitt (2003), the life-course persistent type of antisocial behavior is due to which of the following?
A. a maturity gap
B. behavioral disinhibition
C. a lack of conscience and empathy
D. neurological deficits

Answer 5

D. neurological deficits

Question 6

When assigning a DSM-5 diagnosis of conduct disorder, severity is determined by considering which of the following?
A. number of conduct problems
B. number of conduct problems and severity of harm to others
C. degree of guilt and empathy
D. number of conduct problems and degree of guilt and empathy

Answer 6

B. number of conduct problems and severity of harm to others

Question 7

Your new client, 8-year-old Bobbie Beardon, engages in behaviors that meet the diagnostic criteria for oppositional defiant disorder. You’re most likely to consider a co-diagnosis of conduct disorder if he also exhibits which of the following?
A. emotional dysregulation
B. vindictiveness
C. repeated acts of aggression
D. refusal to comply with rules at home and at school.

Answer 7

C. repeated acts of aggression