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1
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What does a standard deviation of 1 and 2 with regards the amount of the population?

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sd1= 68%
sd2= 95%
2
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What is a z-score?

A

The extent to which a person deviates from the mean

3
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What is a stadiometer used to measure?

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Height

4
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What is the average age of girls having puberty? What about boys?

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11 years

11 years and 6 months

5
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What is TCPP?

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True Central Precocious Puberty- where normal pubertal development occurs abnormally early <8 girls and <9 boys.

6
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Define pubertal delay?

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Absence of secondary sexual development in a girl aged >13 or a boy aged >14

7
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Which is more common in boys/girls= TCPP and Pubertal delay?

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TCPP- >girls

Pubertal delay >boys

8
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What is Thelarche, adrenarche and menarche?

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Thelarche- breast budding
Adrenarche- pubic hair growth and odour
Menarche- menstruation begins (usually 2 years following puberty onset)

9
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What are the three reasons that men are generally taller than women?

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Boys have a greater Pubertal Height Velocity (PHV)
Boys have a delayed PHV
Boys are taller pre-puberty

10
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If a child presents with a growth problem, what investigations might you carry out?

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Bloods- growth hormone, gonadotrophins, thyroid, testosterone, oestradiol
Bone age
MRI brain, USS uterus
Dynamic function tests

11
Q

What adolescent development assessment tool STEP stand for?

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Sexual maturation and growth
Thinking
Education/employment
Peers/parents

12
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What does the HEEADSSS framework for dialogue stand for?

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Home?
Education/employment?
Eating?
Activities?
Drugs?
Sex?
Suicidality?
Safety?
13
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From which part of the embryo is the skin, hair and neural tissue derived?

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Ectoderm

14
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What is spina bifida?

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A developmental defect where a baby has its spinal cord and its coverings exposed through a gap in the backbone

15
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Why is attachment theory important?

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A child’s early relationship with their primary care giver is the most important predictor of a child’s personality development.

16
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What are the four stages of attachment proposed by Schaffer and Emerson?

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Asocial stage- 0-6 weeks, crying and smiling not directed to specific people
Indiscriminate attachment- 6weeks to 7 months, attention sought from different individuals
Specific attachment- 7-11months, strong attachment to one individual, separation and stranger anxiety begins
Multiple attachment

17
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What are the three main attachment styles?

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Secure- 70%
Ambivalent attachment- 15%
Avoidant attachment- 15%
(disorganised- where exhibits a variety of styles)

18
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Identify five categories which embrace the signs of attachment disorder

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Behavioural signs
emotional functioning
cognitive functioning
physical signs
social functioning
19
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What are the two different types of Reactive attachment disorder?

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Inhibited- Inability to display appropriate selective attachments
disinhibited- fail to initiate and respond to social interactions appropriately