CAMS 101 MIDTERM EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT &
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM|
ALREADY GRADED A+
multifinality ✔Correct Answer-multiple (various) outcomes stem from similar beginnings (siblings
are completely different, certain genes express themselves more than others)
equifinality ✔Correct Answer-equal (same/similar) outcomes stem from different early
experiences
etiology ✔Correct Answer-cause
nosology ✔Correct Answer-classification system (ex: DSM)
Epidemiology ✔Correct Answer-tracks disease in population
prevalence: National Comorbidity Study of 2005 (Kessler et al) ✔Correct Answer-50% by age 14 &
75% by age 24 (illnesses are recognized to begin by this age)
prevalence ✔Correct Answer-commonness
most common causes of mortality in adolescence ✔Correct Answer-accidents, suicide, homicide
(actions led by emotions, behaviors, and thoughts)
health paradox of adolescence ✔Correct Answer-Adolescents are (for the most part) in best
health/shape of their life but even though you're much more capable physically, you die at a higher
rate, easier to get sick, drug overdose
Physically healthiest time or life
Idea that teens are remarkably healthy, best shape they'll ever been and yet you die & get sick at 3x
the rate (do to common cause)
adolescence is physically healthiest time of life yet overall morbidity and morality rates increase by
200-300% between late childhood & adolescence
due to control of behavior
History of present illness ✔Correct Answer-story of the individual, what's going on, why they're
here
rule outs (PAM ATE A PEST)
patient's & parents description of current difficulties
recent stressers
review neurovegetative status (sleep, eating, energy, attention)
major diagnostic categories to consider ✔Correct Answer-PAM ATE A PEST: psychosis (break w
reality), anxiety disorder, mood disorder, ADHD, tics/tourettes, externalizing disorders (ODD/OCD),
pervasive developmental disorder (autism spectrum disorder), eating disorder, self injurious
behavior, trauma
components of mental status exam ✔Correct Answer-general observations, behavior, appearance,
speech, mood, affect, perceptual disturbances, thought processes, thought content, sensorium and
,cognition, judgement and insight, reliability and impulse control (what's right in front of you at the
moment)
key aspect of child's developmental history ✔Correct Answer-mother's fertility
complications with conception gestation & delivery
use of drugs & alcohol during pregnancy
using prescribed meds during pregnancy
prenatal care, months gestation & type of birth
post-natal complications
milestones (motor, language, tolieting, social)
generally expected milestones
biopsychosocial assessment ✔Correct Answer-biological, psychological and social factors
putting it all together, finding out if they meet criteria for diagnosis bc of their symptoms
most common intelligence scale ✔Correct Answer-Wechsler (WISC)
WISC III tests verbal, performance & full scale IQ
WISC IV has verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory & processing speed
indexes
IQ test vs achievement test ✔Correct Answer-achievement test you can learn and do better on, IQ
tests cognitive ability to learn (IQ not a good device for ranking normal children)
IQ predicts school achievement, measure of academic intelligence
(heredity & environment influence IQ, not free from cultural influences)
purpose of neuropsychological assessment ✔Correct Answer-can explain gap between high IQ and
academic achievement (explain intelligence-academic gap)
explain degenerative issues
can support certain diagnosis
recommend specific accommodations
domains assessed w neuropsych testing ✔Correct Answer-IQ test, attention, sensory motor,
academics, executive functioning, motor tests (speech & language)
IDEA ✔Correct Answer-(individuals with disabilities education act) free & public education, IEP
(individualized education plan), culturally free assessment (without bias)
dyslexia ✔Correct Answer-speech & language disorder
oral readings characterized by distortions
substitutions or omissions
both oral & silent reading are slow w comprehension errors
specific learning disorder (SLD)
decoding ✔Correct Answer-sounding out pieces of words to form a word, enables students to
become proficient readers
sight words, phonemic awareness, reading rate & accuracy
tool that enables students to become proficient readers
learning disability ✔Correct Answer-average or above average IQ yet your academic achievement
is below what would be predicted given that score, individually administered evaluation to make that
diagnosis
, not matter of intelligence just language processing
diagnosed when an individual's achievement on standardized tests is substantially below that
expected for age, schooling & level of intelligence (substantially below is more than 2 standard
deviations between achievement & IQ)
diagnosis may be based on discrepancy between intellectual functioning & academic functioning
executive functioning ✔Correct Answer-a set of processes that all have to do with managing
oneself and one's resources in order to achieve a goal
serve a "command & control" function
viewed as the "conductor" of all cognitive skills
a term for neurologically-based skills
List of executive functions
Inhibition, shift, emotional control, initiation, working memory, planning/organizing, organization of
materials, self-monitoring
factors that influence reading development ✔Correct Answer-decoding, parents who read, fluency
(smooth manner, quickly), exposure to reading
intellectual disability diagnostic categories ✔Correct Answer-mild (IQ 50-70) (educable), moderate
(35-55) (trainable), severe (20-40), profound (less than 20)
diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability ✔Correct Answer-IQ below 70 & impairments in
adaptive functioning (effective coping w common life demands, ability to meet standards of
independence) (assessment of cognitive functioning (IQ) & adaptive functioning)
severity determined by adaptive functioning rather than IQ
most common causes of intellectual disability ✔Correct Answer-1. down's syndrome, 2. fragile X
syndrome, 3. fetal alcohol syndrome
prevalence of psychiatric disturbance under age 17 ✔Correct Answer-20%, 17 million (only 20% of
these 17 mil receive care, only 2% receive effective treatment)
why is prevalence so high ✔Correct Answer-people are better trained to recognize, better
technology, more acceptable to talk about, fomo, social media, less sleep
median time to treatment ✔Correct Answer-9 years
who receives services ✔Correct Answer-1 in 3 symptomatic caucasian kids
1 in 5 symptomatic black kids
1 in 7 symptomatic latino kids
child mental health service delivery ✔Correct Answer-mostly primary care providers (PCPs) aka
pediatricians & family doctors prescribe psychotropic meds (stimulants, antipsychotics,
antidepressants) but they have virtually no training
historical perspective ✔Correct Answer-"childhood" invention of Victorian age
etiologies for children's mental health based on religious explanations & magic
humoral theory ✔Correct Answer-until mid 1800s, predominant theory to explain all health probs
based on tradition of Galen
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM|
ALREADY GRADED A+
multifinality ✔Correct Answer-multiple (various) outcomes stem from similar beginnings (siblings
are completely different, certain genes express themselves more than others)
equifinality ✔Correct Answer-equal (same/similar) outcomes stem from different early
experiences
etiology ✔Correct Answer-cause
nosology ✔Correct Answer-classification system (ex: DSM)
Epidemiology ✔Correct Answer-tracks disease in population
prevalence: National Comorbidity Study of 2005 (Kessler et al) ✔Correct Answer-50% by age 14 &
75% by age 24 (illnesses are recognized to begin by this age)
prevalence ✔Correct Answer-commonness
most common causes of mortality in adolescence ✔Correct Answer-accidents, suicide, homicide
(actions led by emotions, behaviors, and thoughts)
health paradox of adolescence ✔Correct Answer-Adolescents are (for the most part) in best
health/shape of their life but even though you're much more capable physically, you die at a higher
rate, easier to get sick, drug overdose
Physically healthiest time or life
Idea that teens are remarkably healthy, best shape they'll ever been and yet you die & get sick at 3x
the rate (do to common cause)
adolescence is physically healthiest time of life yet overall morbidity and morality rates increase by
200-300% between late childhood & adolescence
due to control of behavior
History of present illness ✔Correct Answer-story of the individual, what's going on, why they're
here
rule outs (PAM ATE A PEST)
patient's & parents description of current difficulties
recent stressers
review neurovegetative status (sleep, eating, energy, attention)
major diagnostic categories to consider ✔Correct Answer-PAM ATE A PEST: psychosis (break w
reality), anxiety disorder, mood disorder, ADHD, tics/tourettes, externalizing disorders (ODD/OCD),
pervasive developmental disorder (autism spectrum disorder), eating disorder, self injurious
behavior, trauma
components of mental status exam ✔Correct Answer-general observations, behavior, appearance,
speech, mood, affect, perceptual disturbances, thought processes, thought content, sensorium and
,cognition, judgement and insight, reliability and impulse control (what's right in front of you at the
moment)
key aspect of child's developmental history ✔Correct Answer-mother's fertility
complications with conception gestation & delivery
use of drugs & alcohol during pregnancy
using prescribed meds during pregnancy
prenatal care, months gestation & type of birth
post-natal complications
milestones (motor, language, tolieting, social)
generally expected milestones
biopsychosocial assessment ✔Correct Answer-biological, psychological and social factors
putting it all together, finding out if they meet criteria for diagnosis bc of their symptoms
most common intelligence scale ✔Correct Answer-Wechsler (WISC)
WISC III tests verbal, performance & full scale IQ
WISC IV has verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory & processing speed
indexes
IQ test vs achievement test ✔Correct Answer-achievement test you can learn and do better on, IQ
tests cognitive ability to learn (IQ not a good device for ranking normal children)
IQ predicts school achievement, measure of academic intelligence
(heredity & environment influence IQ, not free from cultural influences)
purpose of neuropsychological assessment ✔Correct Answer-can explain gap between high IQ and
academic achievement (explain intelligence-academic gap)
explain degenerative issues
can support certain diagnosis
recommend specific accommodations
domains assessed w neuropsych testing ✔Correct Answer-IQ test, attention, sensory motor,
academics, executive functioning, motor tests (speech & language)
IDEA ✔Correct Answer-(individuals with disabilities education act) free & public education, IEP
(individualized education plan), culturally free assessment (without bias)
dyslexia ✔Correct Answer-speech & language disorder
oral readings characterized by distortions
substitutions or omissions
both oral & silent reading are slow w comprehension errors
specific learning disorder (SLD)
decoding ✔Correct Answer-sounding out pieces of words to form a word, enables students to
become proficient readers
sight words, phonemic awareness, reading rate & accuracy
tool that enables students to become proficient readers
learning disability ✔Correct Answer-average or above average IQ yet your academic achievement
is below what would be predicted given that score, individually administered evaluation to make that
diagnosis
, not matter of intelligence just language processing
diagnosed when an individual's achievement on standardized tests is substantially below that
expected for age, schooling & level of intelligence (substantially below is more than 2 standard
deviations between achievement & IQ)
diagnosis may be based on discrepancy between intellectual functioning & academic functioning
executive functioning ✔Correct Answer-a set of processes that all have to do with managing
oneself and one's resources in order to achieve a goal
serve a "command & control" function
viewed as the "conductor" of all cognitive skills
a term for neurologically-based skills
List of executive functions
Inhibition, shift, emotional control, initiation, working memory, planning/organizing, organization of
materials, self-monitoring
factors that influence reading development ✔Correct Answer-decoding, parents who read, fluency
(smooth manner, quickly), exposure to reading
intellectual disability diagnostic categories ✔Correct Answer-mild (IQ 50-70) (educable), moderate
(35-55) (trainable), severe (20-40), profound (less than 20)
diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability ✔Correct Answer-IQ below 70 & impairments in
adaptive functioning (effective coping w common life demands, ability to meet standards of
independence) (assessment of cognitive functioning (IQ) & adaptive functioning)
severity determined by adaptive functioning rather than IQ
most common causes of intellectual disability ✔Correct Answer-1. down's syndrome, 2. fragile X
syndrome, 3. fetal alcohol syndrome
prevalence of psychiatric disturbance under age 17 ✔Correct Answer-20%, 17 million (only 20% of
these 17 mil receive care, only 2% receive effective treatment)
why is prevalence so high ✔Correct Answer-people are better trained to recognize, better
technology, more acceptable to talk about, fomo, social media, less sleep
median time to treatment ✔Correct Answer-9 years
who receives services ✔Correct Answer-1 in 3 symptomatic caucasian kids
1 in 5 symptomatic black kids
1 in 7 symptomatic latino kids
child mental health service delivery ✔Correct Answer-mostly primary care providers (PCPs) aka
pediatricians & family doctors prescribe psychotropic meds (stimulants, antipsychotics,
antidepressants) but they have virtually no training
historical perspective ✔Correct Answer-"childhood" invention of Victorian age
etiologies for children's mental health based on religious explanations & magic
humoral theory ✔Correct Answer-until mid 1800s, predominant theory to explain all health probs
based on tradition of Galen
