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What are the risk factors of children which lead to mental illness |
Boys Low intellegance Difficult temperament Physical illness Developmental delay Genetic factors |
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What are the risk factors of family which lead to mental illness |
Traumatic stress Parenting issues Marital disharmony Maternal ill health Parental psychiatric disturbance / substance misuse issues Abuse |
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What are the environmental factors which lead to mental ilness |
Peer relationship problems Social deprivation School factors Stresses resulting from accidents |
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What types of pre-school behaviour problems could occur? |
Feeding and eating disorders - eg. refusing to eat certain colours of food. Sleeping Temper tantrums Oppositional behaviour - refusing to do anything they are asked |
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What is conduct disorder |
Disorder of behaviour characterised by repetitive, persistent pattern of dissocial, aggressive or defiant conduct. Not just deliquency (commiting crime) Grow up to be in and out of prison all their lives. |
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What are the symptoms of conduct disorder |
Aggression - physical and verbal, Destructiveness, Poor attention and concentration Frequent and severe tantrums |
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What are the characteristics of a 5-12 year old with conduct disorder |
5-12 years Lying, stealing, defiance, disruption in school, cruelty to animals, fire setting, solvent abuse.
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What are the characteristics of an adolescent with conduct disorder |
Truancy, Delinquency, Violence, Sex offences, Drug, alcohol, substance abuse Truancy - pretending to go to school but then going elsewhere - comes from a behavioural problem. |
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What are the symptoms of emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression |
A : Separation anxiety - from parents, social anxiety, specific phobias. D: Lack of pleasure loss of interest hopelessness despair, sadness, tearfulness, lack of energy. Abdominal pain, headaches A&D: Fall off in school performance. |
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What are the risk factors for emotional disorders in childhood |
Family factors - overprotection, parental anxiety, quiet compliant temperament |
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What are adjustment disorders |
Distress and emotional disturbance arising in a period of adaption to a significant life change or to the consequence of a stressful life event - eg bereavement, divorce, physical illness |
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What are the symptoms of ADHD |
Overactivity, inattention, impulsivity Early onset Pervasive and persistent More common in boys |
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What are the symptoms of autistic spectrum disorders |
Impaired quality of reciprocal social interaction (eye contact, language - not responding to social queues in conversation) Impaired communication - not initiating conversation, Restricted repetitive interests |
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What is asperger's syndrome |
Same symptoms as autism but with no delay of speech or language |
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What are attachment disorders |
Marked distress and social impairment as a result of an extremely abnormal pattern of attachment, typically repeated changes of care-giver in early childhood |
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What are the factors which are considered when formulating a case |
Presenting features Aetiological features Diagnosis Management plan Prognosis |
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What are the 2 major diagnostic systems which are used to assess mental ilness |
ICD-10 DSM-5 |
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What types of illness do the different Axis represent in ICD10 The axis cover all of the different aspects of the disease |
Axis 1- clinical syndrome Axis 2 - disorders of psychological development Axis 3 - mental retardation Axis 4 - Medical illness Axis 5 - Abnormalities of physcosocial environment Axis 6 - level of disability |
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What drug is given to treat hyperkinetic disorder |
Methylphenidate |
