Monica's Abnormal Psychology Cards

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Social phobia meds

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Antidepressants
Beta blockers (propanol)

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Social phobia tx (3)

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Flooding
Social skills training
Cognitive techniques

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1. Best OCD tx
2. Meds (2)

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1. Flooding
2. TCAs or an SSRI

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PTSD tx (4)

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CBT: flooding, cognitive restructuring, AMT, EMDR

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Panic attack symptoms

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Shortness of breath
Depersonalization
Heart palpitations
Chills/sweats/hot flashes

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Panic attack tx(3)

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Flooding
Cognitive tx
Relaxation training

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Panic attack meds (4 types)

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TCAs (imipramine)
SSRIs
Benzos
Anticonvulsants (mood stabilizers)

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Agoraphobia
1. Can occur...
2. Tx

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1. with or without Panic attacks

2.Flooding

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Best PTSD med

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SSRI

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Specific phobia tx
1. Adults
2. Kids

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1. In vivo exposure
2. Cognitive self-control: relaxation, visualizing a pleasant scene, positive self statements

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Negative mood, poor concentration, irritability, fatigue, insomnia, hoplessness

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Symptoms associated with depression and anxiety

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What CBT is used in initial stages of anxiety disorders?

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Decatastrophizing

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Mowrer's 2 factor theory

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Avoidance conditioning theory for specific phobias

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1. GAD meds (2)
2. GAD tx

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1. SSRI, anxiolytic (buspirone)
2. Multicomponent CBT

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Catecholamine hypothesis

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Depression is due to a deficiency in norepinephrine. Increasing norep reduces dep symptoms

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Depression Treatment
1. Mild
2. Severe

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1. CBT better than imipramine

2. Interpersonal therapy (IPT) and imipramine (TCA)better

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2 Depression models

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Learned helplessness and depressive cognitive triad

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Depressive cognitive triad

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Beck
Negative self-statements about yourself, the world and the future

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Learned helplessness model

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Attributing negative events to internal, stable and global factors

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Best med for "classic symptoms"

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Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)

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Imipramine

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TCA

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Best med for melancholic depression (type and example)

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SSRI (ex. Fluoxetine)

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SSRI
1. Best for
2. SSRI vs TCAs

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1. Best med for melancholic depression
2. Fewer SEs than TCAs

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MAOI

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Used for depressed people who don't respond to TCAs or SSRIs

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Atypical depression
1. Symptoms (5)
2. Drug

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1. Phobic features, panic attacks, increased appetite, increased sleep, mood worse in the evening

2. MAOI best

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Effexor
1. What is it?
2. Neuros

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1. New drug for depression

2. Increases norepinephrine and serotonin

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Remeron
1. What is it?
2. How does it work?

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1. New drug for depression

2. Increases norepinephrine and serotonin

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When is ECT used (2 things)

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1. Severe depression with delusions and SI

2. Used when meds don't work

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Lithium

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Bipolar

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Best Bipolar med?

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Lithium

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When are anticonvulsants prescribed for bipolar? (2)

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1. When they don't respond to lithium

2. When they have rapid cycling or dysphoric mania

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Dysthymic disorder
1. Symptoms last for ___? (children and adults)

2. Never symptom free for longer than ___

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1. 2 years for adults and 1 year for children and teens

2. 2 months

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Dysthymia treatment
1. Best Med
2. Tx

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1. SSRI
2. CBT

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Cyclothymic Dis
1. Symptoms
2. Length (adults and kids)

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1. Periods of hypomanic symptoms and depressive symptoms

2. 2 years for adults and 1 year for kids and teens

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Cognex and Aricept
1. use
2. problem

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1. Prevent ACh breakdown re Alzheimers

2. Defecits worsen when drugs are removed

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Alzheimers therapy types (2)

Back 36

Behavior tx
Group tx

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Environmental manipulation is used for______ (2)

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Alzheimers and Delirium

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Alzheimer meds (2 types)

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Antidepressants and antipsychotics

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Delirium med
1. What type is it
2. What does it reduce(3 things)

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1. Antipsychotic
2. Reduces agitation, delusions and hallucinations

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Delirium tx has two goals:

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1. Treat the underlying cause of the delirium

2. Reduce the agitation associated with delirium

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Somatization Dis symptoms

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4 pain symptoms - Cl might say that pain is connected with certain functions (ex. pain duing urination or sex)

2 gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, diarrhea)

1 sexual symptom other than pain (vomiting throughout pregnancy, erectile dysfunction)

1 pseudoneurological symptom (ex. paralysis, seizures)

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Conversion Dis tx

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Hypnosis
Suggestion that symptoms will improve

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Symptoms for people with Factitious Disorders are produced to...

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Fulfill and intrapsychic need to pretend you're sick

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Symptoms for people with Malingering are produced to...

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Get an external reward such as missing work, getting drugs, etc.

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Do people with Factitious Disorders intentionally produce their symptoms?

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Yes

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Localized amnesia

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Can't remember events about a certain period of time

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Selective amnesia

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Can't remember some events related to a certain period

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Generalized amnesia

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Memory loss is throughout your entire life

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Continuous amnesia

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You can't remember from a specific time until the present

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Systematized amnesia

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You can't remember memories related to a certain category

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If you can't remember anything about your husband you have ________ amnesia

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Systematized

Front 52

the effects of depersonalization disorder on reality testing

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Reality testing remains intact although the person feels detached from his mental proceses or body

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How can you tell if a man's Erectile Disorder is organic?

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If he is unable to get an erection in his sleep

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What non-psychiatric medicine can cause impotence

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Hypertensive meds

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What neurotransmitter is linked with premature ejaculation?

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Serotonin

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1. What type of medicine can improve premature ejaculation?
2. How?

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1. SSRIs
2. By increasing the low serotonin level

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Primary dysfunction

Back 57

The disorder has always existed

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Secondary dysfunction

Back 58

The disorder developed after a period of time

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What does CBT target for sexual therapy?

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Dysfunctional behaviors, anxiety, attitudes, beliefs and a lack of knowledge

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What technique reduces performance anxiety for sexual disorders

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Sensate focus

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At what age does Gender Identity Disorder begin?

Back 61

2-4

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Males with Gender Identity Disorder are attracted to____

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Males

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3 Physical symptoms of anorexia

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Constipation, anemia, cardiac problems

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Best tx for Anorexia

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Cognitive therapy

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What are the 3 stages of cognitive therapy for anorexics

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1. Establishing trust
2. Providing education
3. Modifying cognitive errors

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Best tx for Bulimia

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CBT

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Bulimia meds

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TCAs or SSRIs

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What neurotransmitters are involved in Bulimia? How?

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Low levels of serotonin and norepinephrine

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1. When should adjustment disorder symptoms begin?

2. When should they end?

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1. Within three months of the stressor
2. Within 6 months of the stressful event

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Dyssomnias are _____

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Disturbances in the amount, quality or timing of sleep

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Parasomnias are____

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Behavioral or psychological abnormalities that occur during sleep or in the transition between sleeping and waking up

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Types of parasomnias (3)

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Nightmare Dis, Sleep Terror Dis, Sleepwalking Dis

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1. Cluster A Personality Disorders are characterized by_____

2. Types (3)

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1. Odd or eccentric bxs
2. Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal

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1. Cluster B Personality Disorders are characterized by_____

2. Types (4)

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1. Dramatic, emotional or erratic bxs

2. Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic

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1. Cluster C Personality Disorders are characterized by_____

2. Types (3)

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1. Anxiety or fearfulness
2. Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive Compulsive

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If you have interpersonal deficits and eccentric behaviors, you have ____ PD

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Schizotypal

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3 Antisocial PD requirements

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1. Must be at least 18
2. Must have a hx of CD before 15
3. No remorse

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What is Dialetical Bx Tx used for?

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Borderline PD

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OCPD vs OCD

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Personality Disorder doesn't involve real obsessions or compulsions. Instead, they are perfectionistic and preoccupied with rules

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Motor development delays are an early sign of_____

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MR

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Hereditary MR Types (3)

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Tay Sachs
Fragile X
PKU

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Early genetic alterations MR types (2)

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Downs Syndrome
toxins (teratogens)

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Down Syndrome problems

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Heart problems, respiratory and intestinal defects
Age rapidly
Lower life expectancy
Higher Alzheimers risk

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Retts disorder problems (4)

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Head growth deceleration
Wringing hands
Poor coordination
Psychomotor retardation

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2 Medicines for Tourettes

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Clonidine and antidepressants

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What childhood disorders involve motor coordination problems

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MR
Learning disorders

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What does habit reversal treat

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Stuttering

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What does habit reversal include

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Regulated breathing, awareness training, and social support for stuttering

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What 4 co-occuring disorders are associated with ADHD

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ODD, Anx Dis, CD and Maj Dep

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How often must problem occur for Enuresis diagnosis

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At least 2x/week for at least 3 months

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Imipramine and enuresis relapse

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Relapse within 3 months of discontinuing

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When do you use Michenbaums Stress Innoculation Training

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Medical procedures for children