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In the juvenile justice system, the principal mental health issue is to determine ____? (competency - or - amenability to treatment)
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Amenability to treatment
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The ability to carry on a conversation is an aspect of _____ language skills.
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Pragmatic
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Gender identity is generally considered firmly solidfied by age ___.
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3
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Endocrine disorders are most likely to be a/w which psychiatry disorder? (MDD or GAD)
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MDD
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Functional brain imaging studies of OCD identify abnormalities in (thalamus, basal ganglia or limbic system)
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Basal ganglia
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Prader-Willi symptoms typically include MR, hyperphagia, skin-picking, hyperacusis and (obsessive compulsive symptoms, depression or anxiety)
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Obsessive compulsive symptoms
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What is the prevailing legal principle for child custody decisions?
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Parens patriae - A doctrine that grants the inherent power and authority of the state to protect persons who are legally unable to act on ...
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WISC-III stands for ______
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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - III
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WISC-III is for children ages __ to ___
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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - III - from 6 to 16 years (6 to 16yr 11mo)
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What type of family therapy has the greatest success in the mgmt of schizophrenia in adolescents?
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Problem-solving therapy with attempts to decrease expressed emotion.
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The type of family therapy with the greatest success in the mgmt of schizophrenia in adolescents is Problem-solving therapy with attempts to decrease ______.
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Expressed emotion
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Do we want expressed emotion (EE) to be high or low.
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Low. EE is a qualitative measure of the 'amount' of emotion displayed, typically in the family setting, usually by a family or care takers. Theoretically, a high level of EE in the home can worsen the prognosis of mental illness.
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What are the three dimensions of expressed emotion (EE)?
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1. HOSTILITY - directed at the patient because the family feels that the disorder is controllable and that the patient is choosing not to get better.
2. EMOTIONAL OVER-INVOLVEMENT - when the family members blame themselves for the mental illness. This is the opposite of a hostile attitude, but the pity from the relative leads to relapse.
3. CRITICAL COMMENTS - commenters feel like they are helping by having this attitude. They not only criticize behaviors relating to the disorder but also other behaviors that are unique to the personality of the patient.
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The process by which new experience is assimilated to and transformed by the residuum of past experience of an individual to form a new whole... to perceive new experience in relation to past experience... is called ____________.
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Apperception. The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), popularly known as the picture interpretation technique, uses a standard series of provocative yet ambiguous pictures about which the subject is asked to tell a story.
- what has led up to the event shown
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What is pemoline?
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ADHD med Cylert, not available in US d/t hepatotoxicity.
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