What is mental illness?
Mental Illness is also known as
What is Mental Disorder?
Mental Illness is diagnosed in children and treated based on...
What are symptoms & and how the diagnosis affects the child's daily life?
ADHD stands for
What is Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
Crisis team that physically responds to calls to assess children ages 3-18 and up to 21 for adolescents in DHR custody.
What is Child/Adolescent Mobile Crisis Team?
Recommendation made if client has threatened self-harm, had a suicide attempt, overtaken medication
What is an inpatient evaluation?
Mental disorders disrupt a child's functioning in what settings?
What are (1) home, (2) school, (3) other social settings?
This is completed during the initial intake phase for a client
What is a comprehensive assessment?
The time needed for a diagnosis to be made with symptoms that have caused problems...
What is six months or longer?
What is the time frame that mobile crisis teams have to respond to a call?
What is 1 hour?
Some teens may self-medicate to address symptoms related to what disorder?
What is Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
What are the two factors that affect a child's mental development
What are (1) Nature & (2) Nurture?
Whate are the 2 main ways that Mental Illness in Children are treated..
What is (1) Medication & (2) Therapy?
List 2 of the 5 behavioral disorders that often causes marked behavioral changes...
(1)Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)(2)Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) (3)Conduct disorder (4) Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) (5) Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)
The age that children have a legal right to make their own medical decisions?
What is 14 years old?
What are the main 2 things adolescents use to self-medicate with?
What are (1) alcohol and (2) marijuana?
Five common disorders found in children
What are (1) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,
(2) Conduct Disorder, (3) Oppositional Defiant Disorder,
(4) Depression, (5) Borderline Personality Disorder?
Five signs and symptoms of Mental Illness in children...
What is (1) mood changes, (2) behavior changes, (3) poor school performance, (4) anger, (5) temper tantrums?
What are the 3 types of ADHD?
What is (1) predominantly inattentive type, (2) hyperactive and impulsive type, (3) combined type?
Three characteristics of a mental health crisis...
What is (1) Acts of Self-Harm, (2) Suicidal/Homicidal with a plan, (3) Anything that is disrupting a client's daily functioning?
What drives adolescents to turn to self-medicating?
What are (1) unresolved childhood issues, (2) trauma (3) chronic pain (4) generalized anxiety, (5) peer influences, curiosity?
Five causes and risk factors of childhood mental illness
What are Genetics, Psychological Trauma, Environmental Stress, Identity Issues, Health Conditions ?
What are ways to help children and adolescents cope with Mental Illness
What is (1) increase knowledge base of illness 2) seeking counseling, (3) community resources (4) praise the child for their strengths and improvement in skills.
What is main feature of ODD?
What is defiance towards authority?
Criteria for hospital admissions are typically...
What is (1) SI or HI with a feasible plan to carry it out, (2) Self-Harm, (3) Psychotic Episodes?
Five potential issues that arise from adolescents self-medicating
What is (1) health risks, (2) masking underlying issues, (3) escalation, (4) dependency, (5) legal and social consequences?