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RPNCE Part 5 (Adolescent psychiatry,
substance use) Exam Questions And Answers
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What is the most common disorder in children - Answer✔ADHD
mental disorders developed during childhood - Answer✔Mental retardation, developmental
disorder, elimination disorder, disruptive behaviour disorders, anxiety disorders
depression in a child vs adult - Answer✔child will act out as a symptom, and child will lose
weight but adult will gain weight
assessment: assess pt behaviour from the last 2 weeks to note a change in behaviour
adolescents signs of SI - Answer✔Giving away prized posessions, withdrawing suddenly from
family and friends, verbal hints/threats of suicide
conduct disorder - Answer✔patterns of behavior in which the rights of others or basic social
rules are violated
a persistent pattern of deviant behavior involving aggression to people or animals, destruction
of property, deceitfulness or theft, or serious rule violations
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conduct disorder diagnostic criteria - Answer✔A. *Aggression to people and animals*:
1) often *bullies*, threatens or intimidates others
2) often initiates *physical fights*
3) has used a weapon that can cause serious physical harm to others
4) has been *physically cruel* to people
5) has been physically cruel to animals
6) has stolen while confronting a victim
7) has forced someone into sexual activity
B. *Destruction of property*:
8) has deliberately engaged in fire *setting with the intention of causing serious damage*
9) has deliberately destroyed others' property (other than by fire setting)
C. *Deceitfulness or theft*
10) has broken into someone else's house building or car
11) often lies to obtain goods or favors or to avoid obligations (i.e. *"cons" others)*
12) has stolen items of nontrivial value without confronting a victim (e.g. *shoplifting, forgery*)
D. *Serious violation of rules*:
13) often stays out at night despite parental prohibitions, *beginning before age 13 years*
14) has run away from home overnight at least twice while living in parental or parental
surrogate home (or once without returning for a lengthy period)
15) is often truant from school, beginning before age 13 years
E. *The disturbance in behavior causes clinically significant impairment in social, academic, or
occupational functioning*.
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F. *If the individual is 18 years old or older, criteria are not met for antisocial personality
disorder*
conduct disorder symptoms - Answer✔Child younger than 18 yrs old (usually younger than 13):
-Bullying, threatening, or intimidating others
-Fighting
-Cruel to people or animals
-Stealing
-Destruction of property
-Deceitful and lying to get personal gains
-Truancy
-Running away from home
Aggression to people and animals
Destruction of property
Deceitfulness or theft
Serious violations of rules
what is included in asd - Answer✔group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in
socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger syndrome are examples
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) - Answer✔A pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant
behavior, during which a child often loses her or his temper, often argues with adults, and often
actively defies or refuses to comply with adults' requests or rules.
Characterized by a recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient and hostile behaviour
towards authority figures that persists for at least 6 months
Diagnosis is made if behaviours occur more frequently than typical for child of same age
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RPNCE Part 5 (Adolescent psychiatry,
substance use) Exam Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
What is the most common disorder in children - Answer✔ADHD
mental disorders developed during childhood - Answer✔Mental retardation, developmental
disorder, elimination disorder, disruptive behaviour disorders, anxiety disorders
depression in a child vs adult - Answer✔child will act out as a symptom, and child will lose
weight but adult will gain weight
assessment: assess pt behaviour from the last 2 weeks to note a change in behaviour
adolescents signs of SI - Answer✔Giving away prized posessions, withdrawing suddenly from
family and friends, verbal hints/threats of suicide
conduct disorder - Answer✔patterns of behavior in which the rights of others or basic social
rules are violated
a persistent pattern of deviant behavior involving aggression to people or animals, destruction
of property, deceitfulness or theft, or serious rule violations
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conduct disorder diagnostic criteria - Answer✔A. *Aggression to people and animals*:
1) often *bullies*, threatens or intimidates others
2) often initiates *physical fights*
3) has used a weapon that can cause serious physical harm to others
4) has been *physically cruel* to people
5) has been physically cruel to animals
6) has stolen while confronting a victim
7) has forced someone into sexual activity
B. *Destruction of property*:
8) has deliberately engaged in fire *setting with the intention of causing serious damage*
9) has deliberately destroyed others' property (other than by fire setting)
C. *Deceitfulness or theft*
10) has broken into someone else's house building or car
11) often lies to obtain goods or favors or to avoid obligations (i.e. *"cons" others)*
12) has stolen items of nontrivial value without confronting a victim (e.g. *shoplifting, forgery*)
D. *Serious violation of rules*:
13) often stays out at night despite parental prohibitions, *beginning before age 13 years*
14) has run away from home overnight at least twice while living in parental or parental
surrogate home (or once without returning for a lengthy period)
15) is often truant from school, beginning before age 13 years
E. *The disturbance in behavior causes clinically significant impairment in social, academic, or
occupational functioning*.
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F. *If the individual is 18 years old or older, criteria are not met for antisocial personality
disorder*
conduct disorder symptoms - Answer✔Child younger than 18 yrs old (usually younger than 13):
-Bullying, threatening, or intimidating others
-Fighting
-Cruel to people or animals
-Stealing
-Destruction of property
-Deceitful and lying to get personal gains
-Truancy
-Running away from home
Aggression to people and animals
Destruction of property
Deceitfulness or theft
Serious violations of rules
what is included in asd - Answer✔group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in
socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger syndrome are examples
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) - Answer✔A pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant
behavior, during which a child often loses her or his temper, often argues with adults, and often
actively defies or refuses to comply with adults' requests or rules.
Characterized by a recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient and hostile behaviour
towards authority figures that persists for at least 6 months
Diagnosis is made if behaviours occur more frequently than typical for child of same age
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