Exam 11: Abnormal Behaviour Across the Lifespan

Discuss the clinical and diagnostic features of delirium.

There is no cure for autism spectrum disorder.

Discuss the treatment and long-term view of autism spectrum disorder.

Accumulating evidence supports the use of ________ therapy in treating depression in childhood and adolescence.

The ability to appreciate that other people have a mental state that is different from one's own is known as ________.

Canadian researchers have found a strong association between opposition defiant disorder symptoms and __________ symptoms in preadolescent children.

Fragile X syndrome is caused by ________.

Use of Ritalin medication has demonstrated long-term improvements for people.

Amniocentesis is usually conducted about ________ weeks following conception.

Oppositional defiant disorder is one of the rarest diagnoses among children.

Children with autism spectrum disorder often have an "intelligent" look about them.

Discuss the features and treatment of anxiety disorders affecting children and adolescents.

Older children who are depressed tend to adopt an explanatory style that attributes positive events to ________ causes.

Autism spectrum disorder is classified as a ________ in the DSM-5.

Children most at risk for developing cultural-familial intellectual disability are children ________.

For a child with a learning disorder,once a(n)________is in place,intervention can be accomplished through language re-education,a variety of mixed-ability teaching methods,and academic accommodations such as alternate learning and testing methods.

Plaques and tangles are not found in healthy brains.

Older children who are depressed tend to adopt an explanatory style that attributes negative events to ________ causes.

Autism spectrum disorder is a(n)________ disorder.

The clinical features of autism spectrum disorder usually appear prior to ________ year(s)of age.