Exam 11: Abnormal Behaviour Across the Lifespan

Most children with ADHD show definitive signs of specific neurological damage.

Children with ADHD are usually of average or above average intelligence.

Conduct disorders tend to be episodic and unstable.

The suicide rate for Canadian Aboriginal youth is ________ higher than for youth in the general population.

Canadian pediatric researchers caution that although Ritalin has a significant short-term effect on the symptoms of ADHD,there is a lack of evidence to demonstrate its usefulness beyond four weeks of treatment.

Although the precise mechanisms are not well understood,we know drugs used in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity heighten_______ and norepinephrine activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain,the area that regulates attention and control of impulsive behaviour.

The recent discovery of trait and state markers for autism spectrum disorder may lead to its cure.

About ________ % of children in Canadian schools are identified as having a learning disorder.

After the age of __________,adolescent girls become about twice as likely to become depressed as adolescent boys.

Stimulant drugs used to manage symptoms of ADHD can cause __________.

Children with autism spectrum disordershow deficits in their ability to infer beliefs,intentions,and emotions in others.They are said to have a deficit in forming a _________.

Trait markers are __________.

Autism spectrum disordered thinking is the tendency to ________.

Klinefelter's syndrome is characterized by a ________ chromosomal makeup.

Higher concordance rates for ADHD among monozygotic (MZ)twins than dizygotic (DZ)twins support a genetic linkage.

Girls are ________ as likely as boys to attempt suicide.

Boys are ________ as likely as girls to have dyslexia.

Compared to boys,girls are ________ to attempt suicide and are ________ likely to successfully complete the attempt.

Discuss treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and disruptive behaviour.

Describe types of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and disruptive behaviours.