Exam 11: Abnormal Behaviour Across the Lifespan

Felicia is six years old.She dreads going to grade 1 because she worries all day that her parents are going to die while she is at school.She often worries so much that she develops nausea.At home,she clings to her parents,following them everywhere.She is deeply concerned about death and dying and wants her mommy to stay with her when she goes to sleep.She is suffering from ________ disorder.

Chorionic villus sampling is best performed between__________ into a woman's pregnancy.

IQ tests of infant intelligence are generally reliable.

Before delirium becomes acute,it almost always involves __________.

One line of research has focused on drugs normally used to treat depression,such as Haldol,which blocks dopamine activity.

Describe the features and treatment of depression in childhood and adolescence.

Children with intellectual disability are more likely than other children to be depressed.

The risk of children with mental health problems to go untreated is ________.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder occurs in about ________ % of children aged 6 to 14 years.

A diet that is low in phenylalanine would be recommended for a child with __________.

Each of the following is true of suicide EXCEPT ________.

More than ____ % of adolescents who take their life have talked about it before doing so.

Fetal alcohol syndrome can cause intellectual disability.

Most people with Down syndrome tend to die ________.

Tay-Sachs disease affects Jews of ________ ancestry.

Some people can recall verbatim every story they read in a newspaper.

Researchers have discovered an unknown substance in __________ that can be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

Autism spectrum disordered children may be entirely mute.

The most common type of inherited intellectual disability is ________.

Describe the levels of severity of intellectual disability.