Child and adolescent psychiatry – 3

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7 Child and adolescent psychiatry – 3

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1. Perinatal insult increases the risk of ADHD.
2. Atomoxetine has a half-life of 24 hours.
3. In children who are adopted, genetic factors explain emotional problems more than environmental factors.
4. Most children with autism have a learning disability.
5. Autism is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia.
6. Autistic children become less isolated as they grow older.
7. Temperament in the first 6 months of life can accurately predict conduct disorder in adolescence.
8. Children with unsocialized conduct disorder have low self-esteem.
9. About 10% of British urban teenagers are delinquent.
10. Truancy is often a group activity.
11. Children who are rejected by peers are likely to have a mother who is unsociable.
12. 80% of depressed children have a positive dexamethasone suppression test.
13. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) have been clearly shown to have better efficacy than placebo in children with depression.
14. Encopresis is associated with primary enuresis.
15. Encopretic children are more difficult to treat if there is associated nocturnal enuresis.
16. Fluid restriction is indicated in 7-year-olds with primary enuresis.
17. Children of parents with personality disorder are more likely to have mental disorder than children of parents with schizophrenia.
18. The management of pica is mainly pharmacological.
19. The prevalence of specific reading disorder in Japanese school children is 1%.
20. Specific reading disorder is associated with other psychiatric problems.
21. In large families, the oldest child is most likely to show school refusal.
22. School refusal is usually treated with gradual reintegration and support.
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