Topic 11: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Flashcards
Six-year-old Moira regularly complains of nausea and stomachaches in the morning before school. She cries and refuses to get on the bus. In one-third of children like Moira with school refusal, the real fear is ________.
academic failure
the possibility of personal harm
an overly critical teacher
maternal separation
maternal separation
Which statement about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is true?
All children with ADHD are hyperactive.
For a child to be diagnosed with ADHD, symptoms must have appeared before age 5.
Boys are diagnosed with ADHD two to three times as often as girls.
Fraternal twins are more likely than identical twins to share ADHD.
Boys are diagnosed with ADHD two to three times as often as girls.
Which of the following statements is true of autism?
The majority of children with autism will experience a significant reduction in their symptoms as they age.
It is much more common in girls that in boys.
The central feature is highly imaginative and flexible play.
The central feature is a general lack of responsiveness to others.
The central feature is a general lack of responsiveness to others.
Greg has been diagnosed with a conduct disorder. Which of the following would most likely describe Greg’s behaviour?
Respecting other people’s property, but not his own
Showing a persistent pattern of disregard for other’s rights and property
Bullying other kids, but obeying adults
Showing disregards for others every once in a while, but not often.
Showing a persistent pattern of disregard for other’s rights and property
_____________ is one of the most common symptoms of depression in adolescents.
subjective worthlessness
reckless behaviour
nightmares
hypersomnia
hypersomnia
A wide range of behaviours are associated with ………….. Some of the more common ones include:
having trouble focusing or concentrating on tasks
being forgetful about completing tasks
being easily distracted
having difficulty sitting still
interrupting people while they’re talking
ADHD
What disorder is this?
Many obsess or fixate on certain objects or on specific topics that they find personally interesting. They may insist on talking about a topic they find fascinating even when others around them are not interested. They may act out odd stereotyped movements and gestures. They may have an intense need for order and sameness in their environment and react with temper tantrums when their preferred order is changed. In general, they lack social awareness, which makes it difficult or impossible for them to successfully deal with everyday situations.
ASD
Enuresis - Repeated bed-wetting or wetting of one’s clothes. Diagnosed in children who at least 5 years of age who regularly urinate in the wrong places or at the wrong time (whether involuntarily or on purpose).
Encopresis - Repeated defecating in inappropriate places, such as one’s clothing – usually involuntarily. Encopresis usually occurs after age 4, when a child has already learned to use a toilet.
True
False
True
…………. - child repeatedly violates the basic rights of others & displays aggression, characterised by symptoms such as physical cruelty to people or animals, the deliberate destruction of other people’s property, & the commission of various crimes
…………………. is one of the most frequently diagnosed mental disorders in children. A child with ……………………engages in repetitive, persistently deviant, impulsive, and/or antisocial behaviour that violates the basic rights of other people, or age-appropriate social norms for expected behaviour. Children with …………………….
act aggressively in a way that causes or threatens to cause physical harm to others,
cause serious property damage even if they are not actually aggressive towards other adults or children,
steal, and are deceitful, and/or
frequently violate rules.
Conduct Disorder
Being …………..l or ……….. from time to time is one way children assert a need to be autonomous. However, when confrontation, defiance, and argumentativeness become part of an ongoing pattern of behaviour, the child may have a behaviour disorder known as ………………).
………. includes three types of symptoms:
angry/irritable mood,
argumentative/defiant behaviour, and
vindictiveness
ODD
Anhedonia (loss of pleasure),
Hypersomnia (excessive time sleeping through the day),
Weight change
Substance abuse
are all behaviors exhibited in…………
Depression
These are all signs of
Anticipatory fear over the possibility of caregiver loss, in the absence of any reasonable evidence suggesting that loss is imminent.
Fear at the thought of leaving home and familiar environments (e.g., for a vacation), possibly even expressed when children are accompanied by caregivers during the travel.
Refusal to do things such as school that will cause separation from caregivers.
Fear at the idea of doing things alone, unsupervised by caregivers.
Clingy behaviour; children may shadow caregivers throughout their day rather than play independently
Separation anxiety
