Self-Test: ADHD and Related Behavioural Disorders in Childhood

What is a pro and a con of diagnosing children with ADHD?

Diagnosing means that clinicians have found the cause of the disorder, but some children and/or parents might not like the label
Labeling the disorder can be curative in itself, but it might pathologize normal behaviour
Can help inform intervention choices, but might result in stigma for the child
Can help predict the trajectory of the disorder, but the diagnosis might be inaccurate

What are the two categories of ADHD symptoms?

What treatments are recommended for ADHD?

What is the common understanding for the cause of ADHD?

What differentiates ADHD symptoms from “typical” childhood behaviour?

The symptoms significantly impair functioning and must be developmentally inappropriate
The symptoms include lack of interest in school-work and friends
The child has experienced these symptoms since birth
The child or parents reports that the child has difficulty paying attention and sitting still in class

What does it mean to malinger?

To fabricate or exaggerate medical symptoms for secondary gain
To grow out of ADHD symptoms
To sell your prescription drugs to another individual who does not have a prescription
To diagnose a child incorrectly

What is one of the main components of parent management training?

Combined relaxation and deep-breathing techniques for the parent during times of stress
Systematic rewards or punishments following a behaviour
Medication
Consistent time-outs given to the child for specific behaviours

What is the word associated with this definition? To define a trait or collection of traits as medically or psychologically unhealthy or abnormal.

What efforts have been made to limit the diverting of stimulant medication? Select all that apply.

What does it mean to say a behaviour is developmentally inappropriate?

The behaviour is only appropriate for children younger than whomever is enacting the behaviour
The behaviour is only appropriate for children older than whomever is enacting the behaviour
The child is misbehaving despite consistent behavioural and/or medical intervention
The behaviour is inappropriate for the age that the child is