This or That
Student struggles to focus in class, is disruptive during quiet time, and their parents always describe them as “on the go” at home – ADHD or Autism Spectrum Disorder?
ADHD
Parent management Training is used as a treatment for what childhood and adolescent disorder?
Conduct Disorder
True or False: Children with ADHD are usually viewed negatively by their peers because of their behaviors.
True
There are roughly 10 million new cases each year of this Diagnosis
Alzheimer's - Neurocognitive Disorders
What are at least 2 familial factors that can lead to the development of conduct disorder?
Troubled relationships with parents, marital conflict, abuse, or family hostility.
Elderly patients is recently showing difficulty concentration and sequential thinking. Patient also has been commonly misinterpreting events and interactions with others – Delirium or Alzheimer’s
Delirium
Millions of Children and Adults with ADHD are treated with what?
Around 2 percent of children and 8 percent of adolescents experience this diagnosis
Major Depressive Disorder OR Depression
What is the most common mental health problem for older aged people?
Depression
Two potential environmental causes for depression in older age
decreased physical ability, isolation from family, or stress, life changes.
Child recently has started not speaking in class when spoken too. They show no struggles speaking at home but over the last month have been not wanting to speak at all during class, to the teacher, or to peers – Selective Mutism or Autism Spectrum Disorder
Selective Mutism
Interpersonal Psychotherapy and medication are often used in conjunction to treat what in older aged individuals
Depression
What diagnosis includes repeated irritable or angry outburst that seem our of proportion to the situation and was placed in the DSM to help combat over diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
This disorder is particularly common and prevalence increases throughout old age
General Anxiety Disorder
Can you name three social/environmental factors that might lead to the development of a mental illness in Children and Adolescents?
Bullying, Covid 19, Major life changes (school, moving, illness, loss), stress related to puberty or change, OR abuse.
Elderly Patient recently has starting becoming more irritable, isolating more, showing out of the norm speak, often forgetting what they told you, and slurring their words – Alcoholism or Alzheimer’s.
Alcoholism
Support for caregivers and CBT are common treatments for what older age diagnosis? - Bonus if you remember what CBT stands for.
Alzheimers - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This diagnosis is displayed in at least 4 percent of all children?
Separation Anxiety
These types of disorders are less likely to develop in older age and the symptoms are usually related to an underlying physical health condition - Bonus if you can name one common physical health disorder that leads to these symptoms.
Psychotic Disorders
Name any prenatal and/or birth related causes that might lead to neurodevelopmental disorders in children
Low iodine: Crestinism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Certain infections – brain infections, and complications in during birth (lack of oxygen, head trauma, or umbilical cord complications)
Child has recently began acting out regularly. They do not want to agree with anything they are told and often have a comeback for things. They do not want to listen to instruction and have started looking for ways to “get even” when they feel someone has done them wrong – Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
This has recently been related to helping elderly people maintain and possibly improve their cognitive and coping skills. Hint 4 out of 5 people older than 65 now use this maintain regular connection
The internet (Social media)
This diagnosis occurs typically at night, but can also be trigged by a stressful event and the child must be at least 5 to have this diagnosis. *You can give me a description of the diagnosis
Enuresis
What two groups are mental health diagnosis for elderly people broken into?
Diagnosis common in life but are connected to the process of aging and disorders of cognition.
Zinc has been show to be related to the possible development of what older age diagnosis
Alzhimer's