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1
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What is the DSM

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual -
it lists the
* psychological disorders
* the symptoms and how long you must have the symptoms

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What is a Psychiatrist?

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They’re the ones that prescribe medication

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What is a Psychologist?

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They’re the ones that do psychotherapy and talk therapy

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What is SES?

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Socio Economic Status

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What is a risk factor?

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statistical significant association between a psychological disorder and a specific factor

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6
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What did people believe back then?

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they believed there were spirits and they would drill holes to peoples’ head

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What did Hippocrates believe in?

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He believe something was wrong with the brain.

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What did Plato believe in?

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He believed it was the family that was the cause

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What did Freud believe in?

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Something in your childhood happened and you blocked it but influences your behaviors today

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What is Id?

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when you want immediate gratification of your impulse

ex: sex/aggression

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What is Ego?

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Deals with personality that figures out a plan

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What is Superego?

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Where your conscious lies; feels guilt

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What is a Defense Mechanisms?

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Normal healthy ways to dealing with anxiety

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What are the defense mechanisms?

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Repression
Reaction Formation 
Projection
intellectualization
Regression
sublimation
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What is Repression?

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blocking painful feelings away from your awareness

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What is reaction formation?

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unconciously blocking painful feelings away from your awareness and does the opposite

ex: mom not loving child

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What is projection?

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attribute your weakness to someone else

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What is intellectualization?

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overly logical in place of an emotion

ex: saying facts that don’t really relate to the feelings

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What is regression?

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Reverting to an earlier stage in development

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What is sublimation?

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frustrated impulses in an acceptable way

ex: going to the gym

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21
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What is vicarious learning?

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Learning through the actions of others

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What is a cognitive model?

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the way one thinks about things in an influenced psychology

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What is humanistic?

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trying to reach their own potential

ex: ideal self vs. true self

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What is dominant?

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gene that will be expressed in the offspring

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25
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What is recessive?

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gene that will not be expressed unless paired with another recessive

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26
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What are the three that can cause depression if its too low?

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Dopamine, Seratonin, and Noreprenephrine

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What is the Peripheral nervous system?

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the nerves that carry information to the nervous system

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What are pons?

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Controls movement; integrates movement with the left and right side of your body

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What does the thalamus do?

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relays information to the cerebral cortex

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30
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What does the hypothalamus do?

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releases stress hormones (adrenaline)

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31
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What does the amygdala do?

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Quickly deciphers until the cerebral cortex says its not real

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32
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What is the corpus callosum?

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thick fiber that connects the right and left hemisphere

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33
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What does negative emotion do?

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it increases electrical emotion in the right hemisphere

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What does positive emotion do?

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increases electrical activity in the left hemisphere

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35
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What does the cerebral cortex do?

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thinks in a deeper level

Note: early childhood trauma destroys the cerebral cortex

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36
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What does the occipital handle?

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vision

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37
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What does the parietal handle?

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senses: touch and body sensation

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38
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what does the temporal handle?

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hearing and speech

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what does the frontal handle?

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thinks things through

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40
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What is in the Endocrine system?

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Pituitary gland, thyroid gland, and pineal gland

41
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What does the pituitary gland handle?

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growth

42
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What does the thyroid gland handle?

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rate of metabolism

43
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what does pineal gland handle?

A

sleep

44
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What is a CT scan?

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number of different angles that are collected giving a cross section; gives a clearer image than an xray and uses radiation

45
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What is an MRI?

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Allows you to see tissue of the brain and uses strong magnetic waves

46
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What is an fMRI?

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increase in blood flow within the brain with increase activity

47
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What is a PET scan?

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radioactive substance that is injected in the blood flow

48
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What is an experimental study?

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the one that gets the independent variable

49
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What is an independent variable?

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the variable the experimenter changes

50
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What is prevalence?

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the total number of cases that are given in a specific number of time

51
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What is incidence?

A

the number of new cases that are given in a specific number of time.

52
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In a clinical interview what is good to know when you first meet the patient?

A

The history of the symptoms the patient has and both or all perspectives if it is dealing with a behavior

53
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What does positive mean?

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They have what you’re measuring

54
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What does negative mean?

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They don’t have what you’re measuring

55
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what is false positive?

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It first test positive but realize you’re wrong

56
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What is false negative?

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the test failed and it was really wrong

57
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What is true positive?

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subsequent evidence test was positive

58
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What is outcome evaluation?

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given after a period of time assessing their improvement

59
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What is reliability?

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the consistency of the test

60
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What is validity?

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does the test measure what it says what its going to measure

61
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What is predictive validity?

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will this test predict how the person will behave

62
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What is construct validity?

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does this test relate to other measures in a consistent matter

63
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What is discriminant validity?

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the test should not correlate different constructs

64
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What is behavioral validity?

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does the test correlate with behavioral measures?

65
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In a clinical interview what type of questions should you ask?

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What medication are you taking?
Why are you coming in just now?
What have you tried to resolve the situation?
What are your goals?

66
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What does a Psychoanalytic do?

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talks about dreams

67
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What is cognitive?

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the way they think about the situation (they’re interpretation)

68
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What is the mental status exam?

A

Assessing the client’s psychological, cognitive and behavioral function

69
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What is the rorschach? What is the reliability and the validity?

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ten ink blacks - 5 black and 5 color and asks the client what do they see

Reliability: low
validity: low

70
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What is a Tat?

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An actual sketch where the patient needs to tell a story

71
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What is an MMPI?

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600 questions; different dimensions that has a lie scale

72
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What is the Neuropsychology test?

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9 designs for them to draw

73
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With the IQ test, what is the age group for WAIS-IV and WISC-IV?

A

WAIS-IV - ages 17 & above

WISC-IV - ages 6-16

74
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What is verbal comprehension?

A

understanding social expression; ability to understand words

75
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What is perceptual reasoning index-

A

“what’s missing in this picture”

76
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What is perceptual speed index?

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visual motor coordination

77
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What is self monitoring?

A

For them to be more aware on symptoms when it shows up

78
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EEG has to deal with…

A

Brain waves

79
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High frequency is …

A

Beta

80
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when you’re relaxed you’re…

A

alpha

81
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What is comobidity?

A

two or more different disorders

82
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What is another term for retardation?

A

Intellectual Developmental disorder

83
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How do you know if you’re retarded?

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70 or less IQ
impairment in adaptive function
you find out by age 5 or 6 and before 18

84
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What if you’re retarded but you’re over 18?

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It’s called dimensia

85
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What causes retardation?

A

down syndrome
women who smoke while pregnant
radiation while pregnant

86
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What is PKU?

A

missing an enzyme that causes physical abnormalities

87
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What is fragile X syndrome?

A

they’re not making enough protein

88
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What is Assburger?

A

mild condition of autism

89
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What causes Autism?

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genetic chromosome abnormality and if the father is old

90
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What is ADHD?

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Attention deficit hyperactive disorder

91
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How are people with ADHD treated?

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medication
giving them a stimulant (increases dopamine in the brain)
guidelines, structure and discipline

92
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What is reactive attachment disorder?

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doesn’t trust the adult will attend to them ; don’t react to nurture, comforance, and nurturance

93
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What is disinhibited engagement disorder?

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socialize very easily become superficially attached to strangers

94
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What is oppositional defiant?

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argumentative among other people; blame other people and very invective

95
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What is conduct disorder?

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basic rights of other people are ignored, destruction of property; bullying

96
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What is intermittent explosive disorder?

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consistently angry; responds physically or verbally with anger for minor problems

97
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What is Enuresis?

What is primary and what is secondary?

A

urinates into their clotes and bed 2/week for 3 months; they have to be at least 5 years old

Primary: they were never able to control their pee
secondary: they were able to control their pee before but not anymore

98
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What is encopresis?

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Repeated bowel movement in your clothes and has to happen for 3 months

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