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Flashcards by Averil Tam, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Averil Tam
almost 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? A. Anxiety disorders occur more commonly in girls than boys pre-pubertally. | False. Anxiety disorders occur equally in girls and boys pre-pubertally. |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? B. Anxiety disorders increase the risk of developing depression and substance disorders. | True. Anxiety disorders increase the risk of developing depression and substance disorders. |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? C. Extreme worry that others will think badly of you is a characteristic of a specific phobia. | False. Worry about being judged negatively by others is usually a feature of a social phobia. A specific phobia is characterised by intense and irrational fear of a specific object or situation. |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? D. A family history of depression or anxiety are not associated with childhood anxiety disorders. | False. A family history of depression or anxiety is a risk factor for childhood anxiety disorders. |
| 1. TRUE/FALSE? E. There is no relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety disorders. | False. ADHD and anxiety disorders are often co-morbidities. |
| 2. Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a pervasive condition in which the child experiences: A. Fear of fear. B. Continual apprehension and anxiety about future events. C. Continual flashbacks to past events. D. A desire to check that the environment is safe. E. All of the above | B: Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a pervasive condition in which the child experiences continual apprehension and anxiety about future events, and this leads to chronic and pathological worrying about those events |
| 3. TRUE/FALSE - regarding assessment of child and adolescent anxiety. A. Teachers, parents, and other physicians may be sources of assessment information. | True |
| 3. TRUE/FALSE - regarding assessment of child and adolescent anxiety. B. The area of diagnostic consideration should be narrow in focus. | False. The area of diagnostic consideration should be broad in focus particularly due to high co-morbidity of anxiety disorders with other psychological disorders. In addition, some psychiatric disorders have common symptoms with anxiety disorders and may be mistaken for anxiety in some cases. Psychiatric disorders may be either comorbid with or misdiagnosed as anxiety disorders. |
| 3. TRUE/FALSE - regarding assessment of child and adolescent anxiety. C. When screening suggests a possible anxiety disorder, the child and family should be offered a comprehensive diagnostic assessment that addresses the medical conditions of the child, the nature of the child's relationships with his or her external environment, as well as all facets of the child's development. | True |
| 3. TRUE/FALSE - regarding assessment of child and adolescent anxiety. D. The developmental history obtained should be in depth with special consideration given to social and affective consequences of developmental phenomena. | True |
| 4. TRUE/FALSE - Cognitive restructuring, a component of CBT treatment for childhood anxiety, involves: A. Challenging and replacing dysfunctional anxious beliefs. | True. CBT is the first line treatment for childhood anxiety disorders of which cognitive restructuring is an integral component. It involves identifying negative thoughts; challenging negative thoughts; replacing negative thoughts with realistic thoughts. |
| 4. TRUE/FALSE - Cognitive restructuring, a component of CBT treatment for childhood anxiety, involves: B. Generating thoughts that are more accurate. | True. CBT is the first line treatment for childhood anxiety disorders of which cognitive restructuring is an integral component. It involves identifying negative thoughts; challenging negative thoughts; replacing negative thoughts with realistic thoughts. |
| 4. TRUE/FALSE - Cognitive restructuring, a component of CBT treatment for childhood anxiety, involves: C. Encouraging children to “face their fears”. | False. CBT also involves other components which include psychoeducation, graded exposure (“facing your fear”), homework tasks and parent involvement. |
| 4. TRUE/FALSE - Cognitive restructuring, a component of CBT treatment for childhood anxiety, involves: D. Challenging the biases that children with anxiety hold about how frequently bad events might happen. | True. CBT is the first line treatment for childhood anxiety disorders of which cognitive restructuring is an integral component. It involves identifying negative thoughts; challenging negative thoughts; replacing negative thoughts with realistic thoughts. |
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