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What is hyperkinetic reaction of childhood or adolescence?

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Present in the DSM-II; overactivity, restlessness, short attention span

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When was ADHD publicized?

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DSM-III

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What are the 3 subtypes of ADD in the DSM-IV?

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Combined hyperactivity-impulsivity-inattention, predominantly inattentive, and predominantly hyperactive-impulsive

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What is ADHD, combined presentation?

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3 primary characteristics: hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention

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What is ADHD, predominantly inattentive presentation?

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Focuses on children who have problems with inattention but do not show inappropriate levels of hyperactivity or impulsivity

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What is ADHD, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive presentation?

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Focuses on children who have problems with hyperactivity and impulsivity, but do not appear to have problems with attention or concentration

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What is the prevalence of ADHD?

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6-9%

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At what age do individuals commonly have ADHD?

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Childhood

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What gender most commonly has ADHD?

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Boys

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What disorders are commonly comorbid with ADHD?

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CD, ODD, specific learning disorder

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When are the majority of ADHD diagnoses first given?

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Between ages 7 and 9

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What are fledgling psychopaths?

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Children with the combination of impulsivity, hyperactivity, inattention, and conduct problems

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Why are fledgling psychopaths referred to as such?

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They appear to be destined for a troubled life if no prevention or intervention efforts are instituted

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What is heterotypic continuity?

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The specific symptoms change over time but the behavior is still functional

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Which region of the brain has been strongly implicated in the development of ADHD?

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Frontal-striatal region

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What is the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA study)?

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A large, multisite study of the effectiveness of treatments for ADHD

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What are some treatments for ADHD?

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Stimulant medication, behavioral parent training, and contingency management strategies

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What are examples of contingency management strategies?

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Token economies, time-out, and response-cost procedures

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What is ODD?

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Occurs when a child shows defiant, oppositional, hostile, and negative behavior for at least 6 months

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According to the DSM-5, can children and adolescents who meet criteria for ODD and CD be diagnosed with both disorders?

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Yes

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What is the prevalence of ODD?

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3.3%

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Do younger or older children/adolescents develop ODD more?

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Younger

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Do boys or girls develop ODD more before puberty?

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Boys

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Is prevalence for boys and girls the same for ODD after puberty?

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Yes

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What is conduct disorder?
Violating the rights of others and breaking societal norms for that developmental level
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What are the two primary subtypes for CD?
Childhood-onset type and adolescent-onset type
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What are callous traits?
Characterized by a lack of empathy and the use of others for one's own gain
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What are unemotional traits?
Characterized by lack of guilt and remorse and limited affect and feelings
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What is the prevalence rate for CD?
4%
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Do adolescents or children get diagnosed with CD more?
Adolescents
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What gender is diagnosed with CD more?
Boys
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What is antisocial personality disorder?
Consistent disregard for others and the violation of the rights of others, beginning by the age of 15
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What is a psychopath?
Often used to describe individuals with APD
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What are the two primary dimensions onto which symptoms of CD and ODD fall?
Covert/overt and destructive/nondestructive
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What disorders are comorbid with ODD and CD?
Depression, ADHD, substance use
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What is triangulation?
Where the parents put the child in between them in their arguments
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What is coercion theory?
Suggests that coercive family processes can put a child at risk for the development of oppositional and conduct disordered behaviors
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What is deviancy training?
A process through which adolescents tend to develop more problems when they associate with other troubled adolescents
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What are treatments for ODD and CD?
Behavioral parent training and multisystemic therapy
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What is behavioral parent training?
Teaches parents effective parenting skills
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What is multisystemic therapy?
Includes work with the adolescent, the family, the school system, peers, and any other important systems in the adolescent's life
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What is substance abuse?
Evidence of a problematic use of a substance
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What is substance dependence?
Evidence of tolerance for the substance or of withdrawal from the substance
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What are substance use disorders?
Combination of substance abuse and substance dependence in the DSM-5
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What are the ten classes of drugs?
Alcohol, caffeine, cannabis, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, sedatives, stimulants, tobacco, other/unknown substances
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What is the prevalence rate for substance use disorders?
4-6%
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Do adolescents or children get diagnosed more with substance use disorders?
Adolescents
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Do people from lower or higher SES get diagnosed more with substance use disorders?
Lower
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What is the gateway phenomenon?
Earlier drug use provides a gateway to using harder substances
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What are the stages before developing a substance use disorder?
Experimental, social, instrumental, habitual, compulsive
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What is the dynamic diathesis-stress model?
Individuals are vulnerable to psychopathology due to personal characteristics (biological risk or maladaptive coping skills), but do not develop psychopathology unless they are challenged with significant stressors
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What is motivational interviewing?
Trying to help adolescents identify their own motivation for discontinuing substances
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What is relapse prevention?
Trying to prevent the reoccurrence of substance abuse after treatment
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What is a behavioral chain?
Helps adolescents gain awareness of what comes before and after their substance use
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What is anorexia nervosa?
Characterized by being underweight, being terrified of gaining weight, experiencing body image disturbance, and allowing body weight or shape to have an undue influence on one's sense of self
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What SES are more prevalent for anorexia and bulimia?
Middle and higher
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What is enuresis?
When children cannot or will not control their urinary functioning
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What is encopresis?
When children do not control their bowel functioning either intentionally or unintentionally
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What is vertical transmission?
Infant becoming infected with HIV from their mothers in utero through HIV passage through the placenta, through maternal secretions at the time of birth, or through breast feeding
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What is the Information-Motivation Behavioral Skills model?
Suggests that adolescents must receive comprehensive prevention programs to reduce their risk for transmission of HIV and AIDS
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What is a medical home?
Where children can be screened for both emotional/behavior problems as well as physical problems at their regular visits to the pediatrician

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