Exam 13: Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

Use the following terms to answer: Conduct Kleptomania Oppositional defiant Pyromania Unspecified -The diagnosis of ____________ is considered for the individual who takes pleasure or feels a sense of relief when deliberately and purposefully setting fires and on more than one occasion. Matching:

Frankie earned the reputation of being the "terrorist of the 4 year olds" at his daycare center. He has been expelled from 2 other daycare centers and is on notice with the current one. If Frankie's behavior does not improve, he will not be invited back. Frankie punches or bites other children so he spends a lot of time in the timeout corner. On the playground, he pushes the other children off the swings for no apparent reason. Frankie squeezes the class pet rabbit and when he thinks no one is looking swings it by the tail despite being told how much this hurts the animal. According to his mother, "Frankie has been hard to manage even when he was an infant." Frankie's diagnosis is:

The aggression seen in oppositional defiant disorder is typified by temper tantrums and verbal arguments with authority figures in contrast to the impulsive aggressive outbursts in intermittent explosive disorder which are in response to a broader array of provocation - and including physical assault.

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder is characterized by a persistently negative mood state - such as irritability, anger - most of the day, nearly every day, between impulsive aggressive outbursts.

The likely onset for oppositional defiant disorder typically occurs in adolescence.

Forcing someone into sexual activity is a behavior that can be considered among the criterion for conduct disorder.