6 Child and adolescent psychiatry – 2
| T | F | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Very low birthweight is a risk factor for ADHD. |  |  |
| 2. ADHD is associated with alcohol dependence in later life. |  |  |
| 3. In ADHD, combined drugs and behaviour treatment is better than drug treatment alone. |  |  |
| 4. Autistic children have poor imaginative play. |  |  |
| 5. In autism, IQ is usually less than 70. |  |  |
| 6. Half of autistic children never develop language. |  |  |
| 7. Heritability of conduct disorder is about 0.1–0.2. |  |  |
| 8. Conduct disordered boys usually get approval from their non-deviant peers. |  |  |
| 9. Conduct disorder is associated with mood disorders in adulthood. |  |  |
| 10. In a 14-year-old boy caught shoplifting, depression is a likely diagnosis. |  |  |
| 11. Perinatal insult increases chances of violence in later life. |  |  |
| 12. After adolescence, girls get more depressive symptoms than boys. |  |  |
| 13. Fluoxetine is more effective than cognitive behavioural therapy in the short-term treatment of depression in adolescents. |  |  |
| 14. Encopresis is related to parenting style. |  |  |
| 15. Several studies have linked the MMR vaccine to autism. |  |  |
| 16. Primary enuresis in an 8-year-old boy is an indication for an intravenous urogram. |  |  |
| 17. Genetic influences are as important as family factors in children’s adjustment. |  |  |
| 18. More than 50% of mothers with Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy have psychiatric illness. |  |  |
| 19. Specific reading disorder is more common in boys. |  |  |
| 20. Specific reading disorder is associated with low IQ. |  |  |
| 21. School refusal is more common in girls than in boys. |  |  |
| 22. Antidepressants are likely to be useful in the treatment of school refusal if depressive symptoms are present. |  |
