PSYCH 477 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stimulant, Reinforcement, Chronic Care
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Weaknesses: use of adult criteria, co-morbidity: manifestation of more than one disorder; very common. Conduct disorder + add, poor prognosis strong picture of impairments and relatively poor reaction to treatment: most disorders dimensional, not categorical, inattention to age, gender, social/cultural: Another issue related to the diagnosis of a child is the phenomenon of labeling : stigmatization (by parents, teachers, peers, self-serving bias/self-fulfilling prophecy: child may feel that this is a. Assessment and treatment: general thoughts classroom/peer situation if you lose the family, you lose the child. ( a good) assessment is the first phase of treatment tell clinician where to. Child clinicians must have very good skills with adults as well as children. Change the environment to support changes in the child. Interview: talk with child and establish rapport; discover his view of the problem. Alan blamed others for his situation intelligence test.
