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Peak severity of tic disorders

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10-12 years

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Long face, large ears, flat midface, high, arched palate, short stature, macro-orchidism, mitral valve prolapse, joint laxity, strabismus - name the disorder

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Fragile X

FMR1 trinucleotide repeat expansion

X-linked with anticipation

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The insecure-avoidant attachment child does what when mother returns? #Ainsworth

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Doesn’t cry when she leaves and ignores her when she gets back

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What does the insecure-ambivalent child do when mum comes back in the room? #Ainsworth

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Takes a long time to settle, both approaches and resists mother

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Not crying when mum leaves room is suggestive of attachment disorder T/F #Ainsworth

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F, securely attached kids don’t always cry

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diGeorge syndrome is associated with platelet dysfunction T/F

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T

12% have thrombocytopenia

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Short, obese, early onset dementia, hypogonadism, hyperphagia, maybe ASD

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Prader-Willi
It's sporadic
c15
25% early dementia
25% ASD
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Intellectual disability is a risk factor for tardive dyskinesia T/F

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T

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Percentage of people with intellectual disability in institutionalised populations who have epilepsy

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30-40% apparently

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Webbed neck, ovarian failure, cubitus valgus, short, aortic valve abnormalities, normal IQ

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Turners

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What ages developmentally- hopping and skipping

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Hopping at 4, skipping at 5

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What did Harlow’s monkeys struggle to be able to do in adulthood?

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Mate, and the female monkeys couldn’t rear their young

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What is mean age of first word?

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11 months

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A child should be able to run well by what age?

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Two years

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Jumping at what age?

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Three years

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Riding a bicycle at what age?

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Six years

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When is Piaget’s concrete operational stage?

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Six onwards

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What is the name of the stages children are in between two and seven years according to Piaget?

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Preoperational—

No logic, use of symbols, development of language and make-believe

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Which Piagetan stage is characterised by abstract thought and reasoning and when is it possible to enter it?

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Formal operational, after the age of 11 years

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What did Erik Erikson say characterises the normative task of adolescence?

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Identity vs role confusion

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The core features of ASD in DSM V

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  1. Persistent deficits in social communication and interaction
  2. Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests & activities

—Language has been removed

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Around 50% of Tourette’s patients are co-morbid with what?

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ADHD, and 40% OCD

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You need at least one of these types of tic for a diagnosis of Tourette’s

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Vocal

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The two types of behavioural intervention that are first line treatments for Tourette’s

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  1. Habit reversal

2. Exposure & response prevention

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How old does a child have to be to be diagnosed with pica according to DSM V?
Two years because kids younger than this try to eat everything anyway
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What is usually the typical course of pica?
It usually only lasts for a few months and then remits spontaneously
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Second line therapies for tics (2)
Risperidone and aripiprazole
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Method of inheritance tuberous sclerosis
Autosomal dominant
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Children are pre-programmed to form attachments when they are born, according to who?
Bowlby's attachment theory
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According to Bowlby food is a key component of attachment T/F
F care and responsiveness not food
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According to Bowlby a child has an innate need to attach to ONE main attachment figure (usually the mother) T/F
T
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A child should be able to run around on tip toes by what age?
Five years
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At what age should a child be able to copy a cross and a circle?
Three years
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At what age should a child be able to alternate their feet walking up the stairs?
Three years
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What are Erikson's stages of human development (8)?
1. basic trust vs. mistrust (0 to 1) 2. autonomy vs. shame and doubt (1 to 2); toilet training 3. initiative vs. guilt (2 to 6) 4. industry vs. inferiority (6 to 12); elementary school 5. identity vs. role confusion (12 to 18); high school 6. intimacy vs. isolation (19 to 40) 7. generativity vs. stagnation (40 to 65) 8. integrity vs. despair (65 to death)
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Which of Piaget's stages is this? - Abstract symbolic powers begin; learning is by logic; relies on concepts and theories
Concrete Operational (8-11)
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The major cause of intellectual disability caused by maternal infection
Rubella
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An acquired form of intellectual disability in children with fair hair & blue eyes + mode of inheritance
Phenylketonuria- autosomal recessive
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A syndrome associated with intellectual impairment and increase in production of uric acid and hyperuricemia
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
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Category of intellectual disability of someone with limited spoken language in terms of vocabulary and grammar and who requires support for all activities of daily living
Severe
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What is this: a consistent pattern of inhibited, emotionally withdrawn behaviour towards adult caregivers manifested by both of the following: 1) the child rarely or minimally seeks comfort when distressed 2) the child rarely or minimally responds to comfort when distressed
Reactive attachment disorder
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Social neglect - ie the absence of adequate caregiving during childhood - is a diagnostic requirement for both reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder T/F
T
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In reactive attachment disorder the disturbance has to have been apparent before the age of five years T/F
T
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In reactive attachment disorder the child has to have attained a developmental age of at least 9 months T/F
T
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Reactive attachment disorder is common in children in foster homes or institutions T/F
F it's uncommon even in these populations. The majority of neglected children do not develop these disorders (DSM V)
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What is the disorder: a pattern of behaviour in which a child actively approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults and the child has been neglected
Disinhibited social engagement disorder
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For a diagnosis of intellectual disability in DSM V you have to have deficits in intellectual functioning and deficits in adaptive functioning and they both have to have arisen in the developmental period T/F
T
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Recurrence risk of fragile X syndrome
Up to 50%
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Fragile X syndrome is associated with anticipation T/F
T
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Prader Willi syndrome is a deletion in the maternal c15 and Angelmans is a deletion in the paternal c15 T/F
T
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Motor milestones are affected in expressive language disorder in kids T/F
T
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Minimum age for a DSM V diagnosis of enuresis
5
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You have to be under what age for a DSM V diagnosis of Tourette’s
18
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At which age must childhood disintegrative disorder be diagnosed
10
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Age for DSM encopresis
4
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Mania in adolescence more likely to be associated with psychotic symptoms T/F
T
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Five year recurrence rate in adolescent depression
70% (and it’s 40% at two years
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Percentage of adolescents with CD that progress to ASPD
40%
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Language disorders are highly heritable T/F
T
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Children with insecure attachments demonstrate inhibited pretend play T/F
T
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Symptoms have to have appeared before which age for a diagnosis of ADHD?
12
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What is the gold standard assessment tool for direct assessment of symptoms in Autism?
The ADOS - autism diagnostic observation scale It involves a 40 minute semistructured interaction The ADI is used in research but has a 40-item parent questionnaire offshoot called the SCQ Social Communication Questionnaire
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DMDD predicts what at 2 and 20 year F/U?
MDE
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DMDD cannot coexist with which other disorders according to DSM 5?
1. ODD 2. IED 3. Bipolar

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