Chapter 37: Care of children and young people with mental health issues
1. What does the acronym GAD stand for?
- General Anxiety Diagnosis
- Global Adjustment Disorder
- General Anxiety Disorder
- Genetic Adaptation Diagnosis
2. A diagnosis of major depression presents which of the following signs and symptoms?
- Overwhelming feelings of joy
- Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, neglect of personal appearance, low mood most of the day
- Occasionally feeling down
- Bad temper
3. What is the difference between conduct disorder and oppositional disorder?
- Conduct disorder and oppositional disorder are both the same
- Conduct disorder occurs due to environmental factors and oppositional disorder occurs due to biological factors
- Symptoms of conduct disorder fall into four main categories: i) aggressive behaviour ii) destructive behaviour iii) deceitful behaviour and iv) violation of rules. Symptoms of oppositional disorder include: i) throwing repeated temper tantrums ii) excessive arguing with adults iii) refusing to comply with requests and rules iv) defiant towards people in authority
- None of the above
4. In attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which of the following relates to poor attention?
- Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly
- Can be forgetful in daily activities
- Fails to give close attention to details and makes careless mistakes
- All of these
5. How has the recognition and diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder been improved over the years?
- Development of better neurochemical tests
- Better training of education, health and social care staff
- Greater public awareness
- All of these