Exam 16: Childhood and Adolescent Psychological Problems

Conduct disorder is often comorbid with which of the following impulse disorders?

Hyperactivity and impulsivity are associated with which of the following consequences?

Studies have found that decreased volume in part of the brain predicts poor performance on tests of attention and on tasks that require behaviour to be inhibited,suggesting that abnormalities in these brain regions may be responsible for some of the symptoms of ADHD.Which of the following brain area is being referred to?

In ADHD impulsivity may result in the child taking part in which of the following activities?

Epidemiological studies have differed in their estimates of GAD in childhood populations with a UK study estimating GAD in less than what percentage of 5-10 yr olds?

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)can manifest itself behaviourally in many ways.Which of the following is not considered as one of these?

According to Leckman (1993)what percentage of children with Tourette's syndrome subsequently develop OCD?

Children with ADHD are known to have deficits in executive functioning.These functions are normally controlled by:

Epidemiological studies have differed in their estimates of GAD in childhood populations with an American study reporting what percentage of 6-11 year-olds meeting the criteria for 'overanxious disorder'?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)is now recognised as a relatively common anxiety disorder found in childhood,and its phenomenology is very similar to adult OCD.The most common obsession themes in children are:

According to Nock,Kazdin,Hiripi & Kessler (2006),a recent US study estimated the lifetime prevalence rate of conduct disorder at:

Which of the following are difficulties associated with the diagnosis of childhood psychological problems?

According to Krain & Castellanos,(2006),other brain areas exhibiting decreased volume in ADHD include:

According to Kessler,Adler,Barkley,Biederman et al.,(2006)about _____ of those diagnosed with ADHD in childhood will carry that diagnosis into adulthood.

Theory of mind is the ability to:

Conduct disorder is often associated with which of the following?

Which of the following are true of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ADHD?

Learning theorists have suggested that parents may exacerbate ADHD symptoms in a rather different way to the psychodynamic theorist's view.Individuals with ADHD exhibit impulsive and disruptive behaviour which in many cases will require the need for control by the parent.In such circumstances the attention from the parent that these behaviours demand may be:

Gene linkage studies indicate that a region on which chromosome has the most consistent linkage evidence for ADHD?

According to Leonard,Lenane,Swedo,Rettew et al.(1992),what percentage of children seeking treatment for OCD symptoms also have a lifetime history of tics or Tourette's syndrome?