Kids & Adolescents
This condition is characterized by inattention and/or excessive levels of activity.
What is ADHD?
This personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of intense and chaotic relationships with affective instability and fluctuating attitudes toward others.
What is borderline personality disorder?
This intervention would be the highest priority in care of a child who has been physically abused.
What is performance of a complete physical assessment of the child?
This is an intervention of last resort for the aggressive client due to risk of harm to the client and others.
What is seclusion and restraints?
These two medications are approved by the FDA for treatment of autism spectrum disorder.
What are risperidone and aripiprazole?
This is the primary difference between clients with conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).
What is clients with ODD demonstrate negativity or hostility, while those with conduct disorder violate the rights of others? (often through aggression)
In this personality disorder the client's relationships are largely superficial and exist to serve their self-esteem.
What is an expressed reaction? (one reaction type in rape-trauma syndrome)
A history of this is the most best predictor of future violence.
What is past violence?
This personality disorder may be treated with antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, or SSRIs.
What is borderline personality disorder?
This disorder in children and adolescents may be a precursor to antisocial disorder (for some of them) as adults.
In this personality disorder the client is socially irresponsible, exploitive, and exhibits guiltless behavior.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This phase of the cycle of violence is the shortest and most violent.
What is the acute battering phase.
Medication administered by this route may be necessary for the individual threatening violence, assuming no other medications have been given.
What is intramuscular?
Paranoid personality disorder and schizoid personality disorder are most often treated with this type of medication.
What are antidepressants?
The prevalence of this disorder, usually diagnosed in childhood, is approximately 1 in 59 children and is increasing rapidly.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
In this personality disorder the client is unbending about rules and procedures.
What is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
This type of violence is characterized as failure to provide physical or emotional care.
What is neglect?
This class of medication may be administered for acute management of violent behavior.
What is antipsychotics? (i.e., olanzapine, ziprasidone, haloperidol)
These medications are examples of non-stimulant treatments for ADHD.
What is atomoxetine (SNRI) or clonidine and guanfacine (alpha agonists)?
This disorder is sometimes diagnosed to avoid over-diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?
These descriptors would most accurately summarize Cluster A personality disorders.
What is odd or eccentric?
This is the term for the expression of power and dominance by means of sexual violence.
What is rape?
This stage/category of the aggressive/violence cycle is when staff debriefing would occur.
What is the post-assaultive stage/category?
This is an important and common side effect associated with the use of CNS stimulants for the treatment of ADHD.
What is anorexia/weight loss/decrease in rate of growth and development?