Characterized by persistent antisocial behavior in children and adolescents that significantly impairs their ability to function in social, academic, or occupational areas.
What is conduct disorder.
The correct diagnostic term for what was once a term often used in a disparaging manner to bully or ridicule individuals with impaired cognitive abilities.
What is intellectual disability.
Repeated voiding of the urine during the day or at night into clothing or bed by a child at least 5 year of age either chronologically or developmentally.
What is enuresis.
Involves repeated episodes of impulsive, aggressive, violent behavior and angry verbal outbursts, usually lasting less than 30 minutes.
What is intermittent explosive disorder.
Characterized by persistent patterns of behavior that involve anger, hostility, and/or aggression toward people and property.
What is Disruptive Behavior Disorder.
Aggressive, angry, sometimes destructive behavior resulting from externalizing and acting out one’s environmental stress and adversity.
What is externalizing behavior.
This is the DSM-5 diagnosis that includes disorders previously categorized as different types of a pervasive developmental disorder
What is Autism spectrum disorder.
A sudden, rapid recurrent, nonrhythmic, stereotyped motor movement or vocalization.
What is tic.
Showing little empathy for others, do not feel “bad” or guilty or show remorse for their behavior.
What is callous and unemotional behavior.
Consists of an enduring pattern of uncooperative, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior toward authority figures without major antisocial violations
What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Retreating to a neutral place to give the opportunity to regain self-control.
What is time-out.
Play techniques are used to understand the child’s thoughts and feeling and to promote communication.
What is therapeutic play.
Usually lack the abstract cognitive abilities and verbal skills to describe what is happening.
What are children.
An effective technique that involves 3 steps: stating the behavioral limit, identifying the consequences if the limit is exceeded, and identifying the expected or desired behavior.
What is limit setting.
Involves repeated episodes of impulsive, aggressive violent behavior and angry verbal outburst, usually lasting less than 30 minutes.
What is Intermittent Explosive Disorder.
Characterized by impulsive, repetitive, theft of items not needed by the person, either for personal use or monetary gain.
What is kleptomania.
An assessment tool that can be used for initial evaluation in many areas of concern such as ADHD, ODD, conduct disorders, and depression.
Involves multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics, which occur many times a day for more than 1 year.
What is Tourette’s disorder.
The child has some conduct problems that causes relatively minor harm to other.
What is mild conduct disorder.
Characterized by persistent antisocial behavior in children and adolescents that significantly impairs their ability to function in social, academic, or occupational areas.
What is Conduct disorder.
Consists of an enduring pattern of uncooperative, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior toward authority figures without major antisocial violations.
What is oppositional defiant disorder.
Characterized by inattentiveness, overactivity, and impulsiveness.
What is ADHD.
The repeated passage of feces into inappropriate places such as clothing or the floor by a child who is at least 4 years of age either chronologically or developmentally.
What is encopresis.