PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Dextroamphetamine, Conduct Disorder
2 Apr 2019
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6 months study 18% had a behavioural and emotional disorder. Conduct and hyperactivity more common in boys: higher in younger boys, conduct disorder was higher in older boys. Emotional disorders were higher among older girls. Etiology: biological predisposition runs in the family. Heritability is between 30% and 50: brain functioning reduced glucose metabolism, smaller frontal region and right side of striatum as seen in the movie. Treatment: ritalin usually the drug of choice, dexedrine stimulates brain so they become more attentive, behavioural social skills and coping development, supportive counselling for parents support groups, counselling, skills training. Oppositional de ant disorder (odd) these are the children who are obsessed with the questions why and why can"t i: they have no fear, they are very oppositional. Conduct disorder (cd) much more severe physical and emotional expression. Tuesday, march 26, 2019: they are violent, bullies, hurt pets, commit crimes, etc. 5-10% of children have odd and 3-6% of children have cd.
