2. Conduct Disorder encompasses a less serious disregard for societal norms than Oppositional Defiant Disorder.

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1 COURSES ARTICLE - THERAPYTOOLS.US Print Test 1. Conduct Disorder is a psychiatric disorder of childhood and adolescence that is characterized by a persistent disregard for societal norms and rules, as manifested by aggression toward people or animals, destruction of property, theft or persistent lying, 2. Conduct Disorder encompasses a less serious disregard for societal norms than Oppositional Defiant Disorder. 3. Conduct disorder is one of the less frequently diagnosed disorders of childhood and adolescence. 4. Currently, percent children and adolescents in the United States have Conduct Disorder. two to six three to six four to six 5. After puberty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder is as prevalent in girls as in boys. 6. Approximately of adolescents diagnosed with Conduct Disorder have a substance abuse disorder.

2 10 to 20%, 20 to 30%, 30 to 40%, 7. Young children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD; a psychiatric disorder characterized by poor impulse control, attentional problems, and hyperactivity) are at greater risk for developing Conduct Disorder during adolescence and adulthood 8. The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) describes Conduct Disorder as an ongoing pattern of behaviors that clearly violate the rights of others or disregard the accepted rules of 9. The age of onset for Oppositional Defiant Disorder is that for Conduct Disorder. the same as bit younger than much younger than 10. The DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Conduct Disorder has three major criterion. Which is not one of them? Aggression to people and animals Destruction of property Deceitfulness or theft 11. A child diagnosed with both Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder is diagnosed with Conduct Disorder. 12. Children with onset of Conduct Disorder after age ten are more likely to continue their antisocial behavior prior to adulthood. 13. Child Behavior Checklist allows to the child to report conduct problems.

3 counselor, neighbors close caregivers 14. Covert behaviors such as drug use or sexual promiscuity are easy to observe. 15. The Child Behavior Checklist allow the clinician to compare the child's score to the scores of other children in the general population. 16. Early intervention for children exhibiting conduct problems is. critical important necessary 17. One study found that adolescent girls with conduct problems were less likely than children without these problems to become young mothers, to be single parents, and to have children who display early signs of psychosocial maladjustment. 18. Conduct Disorder children are frequently uncooperative and often harbor chronic feelings of fear and mistrust towards authority. 19. Commonly used psychosocial treatments do not include? parent training family therapy social skills training aversion therapy 20. Treatment of Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder should include interventions directed at improving parenting.

4 21. skills training for youth combined with parent management training for parents produced beneficial changes in the youth and improved parent and family functioning. Isolated problem solving Parent directed problem solving Cognitive child and-parent problem-solving 22. Dyadic Skills Training is based on the idea that children exhibit antisocial or conduct-disordered behaviors because they experience non-responsive or faulty care-giving during infancy and early childhood. 23. Dyadic skills training consists of 12 to 18 one hour per week sessions designed for age children and their parents. pre-school elementary school Jr. High School 24. In family therapy, the primary goal is to change dysfunctional family systems, clarify family roles, and promote honest and open communication among family members. 25. Family therapy is believed to be a most effective with children who are in and who have not exhibited the most serious conduct problems. early to mid childhood late childhood early to mid-adolescence 26. Multisystemic therapy (MST) A variation of traditional family therapy, MST appears to be an effective method for treating the internalizing and antisocial behaviors of youth in mid to late adolescence.

5 27. While research has been limited, MST has been successful with children who are at imminent risk of being institutionalized due to their chronic delinquent behavior. 28. In a study comparing the effectiveness of MST to "eclectic" (psychodynamic, client-centered, or behavior) individual therapy, participants who completed MST had a 22 percent rate of recidivism compared to 71 percent for those who completed individual ther 29. In Community Center group therapy, researchers have suggested that minimizing contact with deviant peers and maximizing contact with prosocial peers in supervised settings may decrease conduct-disordered behavior. 30. Day treatment programs have shown promise for treating youth who can be treated successfully on an outpatient basis. 31. The majority of research states that psychopharmacological treatment appears to be an ineffective method of treating Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. in conjunction with group therapy in conjunction with group therapy alone Copyright 2011 THERAPYTOOLS.US All rights reserved