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