Treatment of internalizing disorders in children and adolescents

Question 1

internalizing symptoms =

Answer 1

“Internalizing symptoms refer to problems of withdrawal, somatic complaints, and anxiety/depression while externalizing symptoms exhibit themselves in delinquent and aggressive behavior.”

Question 2

CBT works for …% of people

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

in both internalizing and externalizing thought and behaviour are affected, but you only notice it better.

Answer 3

oke

Question 4

the internalizing and externalizing framework….

Answer 4

Not a formal DSM diagnosis, but a framework used to describe etiology, classification, comorbidity, treatment of child and adolescent mental health problems.

Question 5

prevalence of internalising disorders

Answer 5

20%

Question 6

gender ratio internalizing

Answer 6

boys 1: girls 2/3

Question 7

gender barriere in internalizing disorders

Answer 7

difficult to diagnose internalizing in boys and externalzing in girls, because they are researched most often in the other gender. therefore we compare to those standards.

we dont know what the symptoms look like in the other gender, because of socialisation (girls dont climb in trees, boys do not cry).

Question 8

op welke leeftijd kunnen kinderen al behandeld worden

Answer 8

vanaf 3 jaar

Question 9

internalising = (3 groepen)

Answer 9

• anxiety
• depression
• stress-relating