6 Child and adolescent psychiatry – 2
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1. Very low birthweight is a risk factor for ADHD. | ||
2. ADHD is associated with alcohol dependence in later life. | ||
3. In ADHD, combined drugs and behaviour treatment is better than drug treatment alone. | ||
4. Autistic children have poor imaginative play. | ||
5. In autism, IQ is usually less than 70. | ||
6. Half of autistic children never develop language. | ||
7. Heritability of conduct disorder is about 0.1–0.2. | ||
8. Conduct disordered boys usually get approval from their non-deviant peers. | ||
9. Conduct disorder is associated with mood disorders in adulthood. | ||
10. In a 14-year-old boy caught shoplifting, depression is a likely diagnosis. | ||
11. Perinatal insult increases chances of violence in later life. | ||
12. After adolescence, girls get more depressive symptoms than boys. | ||
13. Fluoxetine is more effective than cognitive behavioural therapy in the short-term treatment of depression in adolescents. | ||
14. Encopresis is related to parenting style. | ||
15. Several studies have linked the MMR vaccine to autism. | ||
16. Primary enuresis in an 8-year-old boy is an indication for an intravenous urogram. | ||
17. Genetic influences are as important as family factors in children’s adjustment. | ||
18. More than 50% of mothers with Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy have psychiatric illness. | ||
19. Specific reading disorder is more common in boys. | ||
20. Specific reading disorder is associated with low IQ. | ||
21. School refusal is more common in girls than in boys. | ||
22. Antidepressants are likely to be useful in the treatment of school refusal if depressive symptoms are present. |