Chapter 6 - conduct problems

Question 1

Depression is the most common mental health problem in N.A. (T/F)

Answer 1

FALSE - conduct problems!!

Question 2

What % of crime comes from the 5% kids with severe, early onset conduct problems?

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

What % of mental health $$ attributed to crime?

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

How much per child do conduct problems cost us?

Answer 4

$10 000 a year or $2 million

Question 5

Examples of externalizing behaviour would be:

Answer 5

rule breaking & aggression

Question 6

When does ODD start to appear?

Answer 6

age 8

Question 7

What are key features of ODD?

Answer 7

defiance, hostility, stubbornness, disobedient

Question 8

What are key features of CD?

Answer 8

pattern of severe anti-social or aggressive acts that involve inflicting pain or interfering w rights via physical and verbal aggression, stealing, acts of vandalism

Question 9

Do family problems affect CD or ADHD?

Answer 9

CD (little affect on ADHD)

Question 10

Child-onset CD is evenly split between boys and girls. (T/F)

Answer 10

FALSE (more boys)

Question 11

Who is more likely to commit a crime? A boy with adolescent onset CD or a girl with childhood onset CD?

Answer 11

childhood onset!! (regardless of gender)

Question 12

DSM5 grouped ODD into which 3 types?

Answer 12

1) angry/irritable
2) argumentative defiant
3) vindictiveness

Question 13

What % of CD leads to antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 13

40%

Question 14

When do the signs of no conscience appear in children with antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 14

3-5 years

Question 15

What % of conduct have depression/anxiety?

Answer 15

50%

Question 16

What % of kids with CD improve?

Answer 16

50%

Question 17

Which pathway is more extreme: life-course persistent or adolescent limited?

Answer 17

life-course persistent

Question 18

What is a snare?

Answer 18

close door to getting a job b/c of past anti-social behaviour etc

Question 19

Adoption & twin studies have shown that hereditary values for CD are:

Answer 19

50%

Question 20

What gene is linked to CD?

Answer 20

MADA

Question 21

What is BIS and BAS?

Answer 21

behavioural inhibition systems (brakes) & behavioural activation systems (gas)

Question 22

Does antisocial have high BIS or BAS?

Answer 22

high BAS, low BIS

Question 23

Abnormalities in the brain in someone with CD are found in:

Answer 23

• amygdala
• prefrontal cortex
• anterior cingulate
• insula

Question 24

What is the coercion theory?

Answer 24

parent child interactions provide training ground for development of anti-social behaviour

Question 25

What is the attachment theory?

Answer 25

kids with CD show little internalization of parent & societal standards

Question 26

What is the amplifier hypothesis?

Answer 26

increase in stress when you have maladaptive parents

Question 27

What is the social selection hypothesis?

Answer 27

ppl who arrive are different than everyone; ppl who stay are different than ppl who leave

Question 28

Effective treatments of CD are:

Answer 28

1) PMT (parental management training)
2) PSST (PS skills training)
3) MST (multisystemic therapy)

Question 29

Ineffective treatments of CD are:

Answer 29

group therapy, family therapy, individual counselling, restrictive approaches

Question 30

Incredible Years is prevention or intervention?

Answer 30

early intervention

Question 31

Fast Track is prevention or intervention?

Answer 31

prevention of development